
Documentary
I am not a collector - Kevin White
2018, Singapore
Director / Editor
'I am not a collector' is a documentary about Kevin White, an Australian "collector," with his unique and rare collection of antiques in Singapore.
I met Kevin from one of my friend's dad, because her dad used to fix and clean the air-conditioner at Kevin's house. The black and white house with a car garage full of cars, street signs, antiques, and toys, etc.from all over the world, but now is all on this small island. I still remember how impressive it was just by looking at them outside the house, and I know this is something that I won't be able to see again in Singapore. With that, I came up to Kevin's house and asked him if he is willing to share his story and collection with me. He accepted the shoot and interview straight away and gave me a quick intro of his collection.
On the shoot day, I had a small talk with Kevin about his life experiences and story about his family, the first collection and how it changes him as a person...
During the Interview, Kevin mentioned that "I am not a collector, but I am just a bad seller", which is some really interesting point of view of the connection between collector and seller. And, that is also how the title of this documentary came from
“我不是一個收藏家“ 是一部講述一位在新加坡的澳洲收藏家Kevin White的故事。
Kevin是從我朋友的父親介紹認識的,她爸爸曾經去過Kevin家修冷氣,當時也是因為他的收藏令人過目難忘,所以也就一直放在心裡。舊式的黑白別墅與一整個後院來自世界各地的車子,路牌,古董,玩具等,現在全都聚集在這座島上,這個後院裡。這種種的奇物讓在院子外的我看的興致勃勃。也在當天決定詢問Kevin的意願。他很爽快的答應了這個拍攝,也向我簡短的介紹了他的收藏。
在拍攝當天,和Kevin的對話當中,他向我分享了他家人的故事,第一個收藏,甚至是收藏這件事對他的影響。
其中,他講了一句話讓我印象深刻。“我不會稱我自己為收藏家,我只是一個糟糕的賣家”。我認為這個想法十分有意思,有趣的將買賣家和收藏的概念套在一起。這也是為什麼我將這部紀錄片取名為 “我不是一個收藏家“。
