Rivers
2023•14m•Released
Documentary
"The river Lek reminded me of the river Xiang in my hometown Changsha. I had not been home for 3 years and one of the connections with home was the poems my dad wrote me every day via WeChat. The rivers seemed equally significant for the people in the Netherlands and in Changsha. They are both a romantic connection and an important symbol of daily trade and industry. In a Wechat session my father and I simultaneously read three pairs of poems we wrote for this occasion, he by the Xiang and I by the Lek. Giving the words to the waters that ultimately will meet somewhere in the ocean. The video shows fragments of the performance which took place at the same time in Changsha and Culemborg in June. The full-length documentation is presented as a dual-screen video installation. The three poems written by me can be found on the page "Writing"."
Director
Yiyi Chen
Writer
Haoming Chen, Yiyi Chen
Languages
Mandarin
Studio
Stichting LekArt
Cast
Yiyi Chen
Performer (Daughter)
Haoming Chen
Performer (Father)
Production
Company
Stichting LekArt
Producer
Yiyi Chen
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