The One Minutes started out in 1998 as a show on local television in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Sandberg Instituut, Masters of Art and Design was invited to fill an hour of airtime once a month, between midnight and one A.M. Then two students asked their friends and family to make one-minute films. A brilliant new format was born. Within the inexorable limit of 60 seconds, it turned out, anything was possible, whether it's a formal investigation, a statement, an experiment, a short narrative or a documentary.
一分钟影像于1998年在荷兰阿姆斯特丹以一个当地的电视节目起步。桑德伯格学院，艺术与设计的研究学院曾被邀请每个月为艺术时间频道制作一小时节目，时间就在午夜到凌晨1点之间。有两名学生随后邀请他们的朋友和家人来制作时长仅为1分钟的影像，一个很好的艺术形式就这样开创了出来。然而在严格的60秒时间内，事实证明任何事都是可能的，无论是一场严肃的调查，一则声明，一次实验，一场简短的叙事又或是一个纪录片。
For the spectator The One Minutes offers a provocative experience, a challenging way of viewing moving image. The strength of the format comes from the films’ diversity on every imaginable level. Making watching them in sequence an overwhelming experience. It opens you up to the diversity of the work and makes you long for even more variation, more surprises, more amazement. That is what makes The One Minutes so compelling.
对于观众来说一分钟影像为他们提供了刺激的体验，一个具有挑战性的方式来观看移动影像。这种形式的力量来自于影像本身在各层面的多样性，这就让逐一观看它们成为了一场拙力的体验，它向你打开了作品的多样性并让你渴望能看到作品更多的变化，更多惊喜，更多惊讶。一分钟影像也因此能够如此引人注目。
The One Minutes Foundation’s core activity is it’s monthly series, that enables the creation of new films. Other important activities include the workshops we initiate locally and abroad. In this respect The One Minutes Jr., our division for youth, is also notable. We aim to be an organisation that creators and curators recognise and embrace as a place where they can experiment, produce and show film to a broad audience in an authentic way.
一分钟影像基金会的核心项目是其每月一次的影像系列，它实现了新影像的诞生。其他一些重要的项目包括了我们在当地和国外发起的工作坊，在这方面一分钟影像Jr.作为我们的青年项目部门也同样值得关注。我们致力于成为能够被创作人和策展人共同认可的一个组织，成为一个使他们能够进行实验，制作以及用最本真的方式向国外观众展示影像的平台。
In terms of content The One Minutes exists at the intersection of art and film. For artists this can mean an opportunity to experiment and to present their work outside the bounderies of their oevre. A democratic platform where art functions also outside the context of the art world. Established artists are encouraged to forge alliances with up and coming artists, amateurs, art and film students and even youth, opening up new territories for makers and audience.
在内容方面一分钟影像则处于艺术与影像的交点上，这对于艺术家来说是一个机会，能让他们进行实验并在常规界限之外呈现他们的作品。它又是一个民主的平台，在这里艺术功能体现于艺术世界的语境之外。已成名的艺术家会被鼓励去和新兴艺术家，业余爱好者，艺术和影像专业的学生甚至青少年等建立合作联盟，为创作人和观众开拓新的领域。
The one hour at midnight on local tv grew into a worldwide platform. As a result sister organizations emerged, while television channels, arts institutions and film festivals all adopted segments of The One Minutes, each introducing it’s own interpretation.
午夜一分钟影像在当地电视节目里逐渐成长为一个世界的平台。结果之一则是电视节目频道，艺术空间和电影节都曾采用一分钟影像的片段且每一个都用自己的方式阐述着这些片段。
In 2000, the first The One Minutes Workshop in Xiamen University was held. Since then we have witnessed the development of The One Minutes in China. In 2008, Chinese artists participated in the Venice Biennale as part of The One Minutes. In 2009, the first The One Minutes Awards ceremony took place in Shanghai. In 2010, City One Minutes were presented at EXPO Shanghai. Since 2011, The One Minutes is a returning section in the annual Shanghai International TV Festival.
In time, The One Minutes became a bridge of cultural exchange between Chinese and international artists, filmmakers and students.
2000年，中国的第一个一分钟影像工作坊在厦门大学举办。从那时到现在我们目睹了一分钟影像在中国的发展，2008年，曾有中国艺术家的作品作为一分钟影像的一部分参加了威尼斯双年展。2009年，中国第一届一分钟颁奖庆典在上海举行。2010年，城市一分钟在上海世博会展出，自2011年起，一分钟影像在一年一度的上海国际电视剧节作为回播展出。
介时，一分钟影像已成为一个中国与国外艺术家，电影人和学生进行文化交流的桥梁。
This catalogue celebrates the new and fruitful collaboration of The One Minutes Foundation and the Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts. The museum co-curated and designed a show that is in a sense a truly Chinese remake of the realm of The One Minutes. For this, I would very much like to thank Professor Qin for introducing us to the museum, Chen Rui for curating the exhibition, and The One Minutes team for all their efforts. It is their commitment and hard work that made this special exhibition
possible.
现以这段文字来庆祝一分钟影像基金和南京艺术学院美术馆之间全新成功的合作，和美术馆联合设计策划的这场展览，在某种意义上可以说是一分钟影像在中国真实的再现，为此，我非常感谢将我们介绍给美术馆的秦教授，策展人陈瑞和一分钟影像团队工作人员以及他们为此付出的努力。正因为大家的付出才使这场特别的展览成为可能。
We look forward to the future. To exploring, together with all our partners, the great potential that moving images have for art and for the world.
我们期待未来能够和我们的合作伙伴一同在艺术和世界里探索移动影像所具有的无限潜力。