Yen Wang-Yun

The Othered Scene 他人的場景 16mm transferred to digital 16 毫米轉數位 , digital sound  數位聲音 , 8mins During the outbreak of the plague, the island was in a post-war transitional period. Locals lived through the abrupt disaster through community mobilisation. Years later, this work set out from the coast towards the hillside at the center of the island, searching along the way for the white clay from the locals' memory. Recounting the childhood experience of the springtime epidemic contained the uncertain identity of language. Guided by sound and image, the trip approached the places where other people had once arrived. Soundtrack "Cibotium Taiwanianum Kuo" by Nick Tsai. 據歷史調查，瘟疫爆發時，島嶼處於戰後過渡時期，許多當地人透過社區動員面對突如其來的災難。 多年之後，帶著攝影機，從海濱出發前往島中央的山坡地，沿途尋找記憶中的白土。關於春天瘟疫的兒時經驗，夾帶不確定的語言同一性，和聲音影像互相帶領，逐漸逼近人們曾經抵達的地方。 聲音作品 " Cibotium Taiwanianum Kuo"由 Nick Tsai製作。

Flame Gazing 觀火 16mm transferred to digital 16 毫米轉數位 , digital sound 數位聲音 , 8mins Flame Gazing re-composes scenes from two funerals held by a big family in Taipei, based on the home videos recorded in 1993 and 2001. The re-editing principle of the film threads together clues to the passage of time: the elder who had attended the funeral of the young lady passed away eight years later. In selecting and transforming a huge amount of video footage into hand-processed 16mm film, I searched for both the affective loads and documentary evidences in these images. With both accidental and non-accidental solarization, the reassemblage of materials becomes a time-traveling experience through local rituals, gestures, faces, and remembrance of family members. Such process of rediscovery offers something to contemplate upon, or to“guan huo” (Taiwanese Mandarin), literally staring at the fire. Coincidentally, fire is a recurring element in these funerals. Drawings by Chin Meng-Hsuan. 《觀火》組構兩場喪事的場景，喪

Writer and filmmaker. After the training in documentary practice and theory in Lyon, Y.W.Y. is pursuing a PhD study at Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. His research focuses on the intersection between aesthetics, material culture, and museum-related moving image projects. In filmmaking, the recent cycle of works approaches the phenomena around certain deaths in personal or collective memories, often with photochemical film techniques. Y.W.Y. is a member of Filmwerkplaats, Rotterdam, learning the ethos of artist-run film lab. CONTACT university w.y.yen@uva.nl personal yenwangyun@protonmail.com PEOPLE Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis Filmwerkplaats