入圍理由 Reason for Nomination

華麗又纖細，迷人又雋永，充滿符號與隱喻的當代劇作。敘事層面藉著一幅古畫的辨真過程，直刺真相與虛偽、真性與名利、市儈與藝術價值的高下，情節扣人心弦，層層布局，冷熱交織，微巨相映。故事底，更精彩的是情與物的纏繞，透過修補古畫，筆觸相銜，硯墨傳遞，情思相合，人間凡欲流洩於清寡女尼與弟子之間。《十八羅漢圖》以最幽微流轉、情牽意繫的「聲色微變」，為當代京劇美學打開了情物交疊的新感性型式。在表演體系上，體現戲曲本體韻味，在文學高度上，題旨崇高，辭藻繁麗，情意綿長。進出傳統與當代之間，《十八羅漢圖》渾然天成，延續古典品味，叩擊現代心靈。提名觀察人—紀慧玲

Re-inventing the classical form, this work is magnificent, refined, charming and eternal. Through the process of authenticating an ancient painting, the narrative straightforwardly juxtaposed truth and hypocrisy, true nature and fame and wealth, philistinism and artistic value. The plot captured the audience’s attention with its layered structure, the interlaced calm and tensional moments, and the use of the microcosm to reflect on the macrocosm. Embedded in the story was an entanglement of affection and objects. In mending the ancient painting, each brushstroke carried the next, and the ink delivered mutual affection. An undercurrent of mundane desire ran between the nun and her disciple. With the most subtly free-flowing, emotionally charged “delicate changes in facial and vocal expression, The Painting of 18 Lohans introduced a new sensibility that merged feelings and objects in the aesthetics of contemporary Chinese opera. In terms of the delivery of performance, it embodied the essence of the genre, and in terms of literary achievement, its topic was noble, the lyrics brilliant, and the sentiment enduring. Unifying the traditional and the contemporary, The Painting of 18 Lohans was as perfect as nature could be as it continued the classical taste and collided with the modern minds. (Commentator: CHI Hui-Ling)

年度入選獎得獎理由 Jury’s Statement on Award Winners

本劇由古典形式創新，華麗又纖細，迷人又雋永。敘事層面藉著一幅古畫的辨真過程，直刺真相與虛偽、真性與名利、市儈與藝術價值的高下，情節扣人心弦，層層布局，冷熱交織，微巨相映。故事底，隱藏著情與物的纏繞，透過修補古畫，筆觸相銜，硯墨傳遞，情思相合，人間凡欲流洩於女尼與弟子之間。

《十八羅漢圖》以最幽微流轉、情牽意繫的「聲色微變」，為當代京劇美學打開了情物交疊的新感性形式。在表演體系上，體現戲曲本體韻味，在文學高度上，題旨崇高，辭藻繁麗，情意綿長。進出傳統與當代之間，《十八羅漢圖》渾然天成，延續古典品味，叩擊現代心靈。

Re-inventing the classical form, this work is magnificent, refined, charming and eternal. Through the process of authenticating an ancient painting, the narrative straightforwardly juxtaposed truth and hypocrisy, true nature and fame and wealth, philistinism and artistic value. The plot captured the audience’s attention with its layered structure, the interlaced calm and tensional moments, and the use of microcosm to reflect the macrocosm. Embedded in the story was an entanglement of affection and objects. In mending the ancient painting, each brushstroke carried the next, and the ink delivered mutual affection. An undercurrent of mundane desire ran between the nun and her disciple.

With the most subtly free-flowing, emotionally charged “delicate changes in facial and vocal expression,” The Painting of 18 Lohans introduced a new sensibility that merged feelings and objects in the aesthetics of contemporary Chinese opera. In terms of the delivery of performance, it embodied the essence of the genre, and in terms of literary achievement, its topic was noble, the lyrics brilliant, and the sentiment enduring. Unifying the traditional and the contemporary, The Painting of 18 Lohans was as perfect as nature could be as it continued the classical taste and collided with the modern minds.