Sighing Flowers and Shamisen

歎煙花與三味線|Sighing Flowers and Shamisen
8 channel projections, installation
2012

Phrases are picked out From Taiwan Jiu Shi Tan (Taiwan Old Tales) by Lin Dongchen first published in 1979 April 15th and films are shot in the location mentioned in the book. In this book, the author depicts Taiwan during the times of Japanese occupation from second hand information. Hsu Che-Yu has never been through those period, hence for him they only exist/non exist in a elusive and ghostly form, but always on his mind.






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