AU Sow Yee × CHEN Yow-Ruu (Her Lab Space)
lecture performance | 40 minutes | commissioned by Taiwan International Documentary Festival (TIDF)
*photos courtesy of Taiwan International Documentary Festival
Starting from the 'heroes' of two 1960s Taiwanese-language Cold War films, "Female Agent No. 7" and "Tarzan and the Treasure", "Beyond the Cold Sea, Every Cloud a Silver Lining" explores history, temporal construction and their perceptual imaginaries through the 'empty shots' within the heroes' trajectories. It unfolds as a heroic journey in which characters recede and landscapes take voice — a speculative play of absences between north and south.
*In the title, 'Cold Sea' merges the imaginaries of the Cold War and Southeast Asia, while 'Silver' alludes to the silver screen — cinema itself.