CinemaOSMovie · 2023 · 0h 14m

Rivers

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"."

Directed byYiyi Chen

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 14m
Language
ZH
Released
March 16, 2023
Studios
Stichting LekArt

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Yiyi Chen

Yiyi Chen

Performer (Daughter)

Haoming Chen

Performer (Father)

Creative team
Directed by
Yiyi Chen
Yiyi Chen
Written by
Haoming Chen
Yiyi Chen
Yiyi Chen
Produced by
Yiyi Chen
Yiyi Chen

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