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Teil 5 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13. März - 13. Mai 2013. Kuratorin: Yuko Hasegawa. Mehr als 100 Beteiligte.
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Hair Dance. 2012
Farbvideo mit Ton (4 Min.)
Lanyu Seascapes. 2012
Farbvideo mit Ton (4 Min.)
Shi Na Paradna. 2012
Farbvideo mit Ton (4 Min.)
At once highly personal and broad in concern, Charwei Tsai’s work is grounded in a sense of Taiwanese identity. In this series of three videos, Tsai continues her exploration of the relationship between nature and spirituality through an examination of the Tao tribe from the Lanyu Island of Taiwan. Each video illustrates a different aspect of the island’s tradition and its intimate relationship with the sea.
Hair Dance focuses on the ritual dance performed by the tribe’s women, in which they use their sensuous long hair to emulate the movement of the waves in order to ensure the safe return of their men from the sea. Lanyu Seascapes captures the unpredictability of the sea, to which the natives have learned to adapt from moment to moment. Shi Na Paradna tells the tale of a boy who lost his soul to the sea. His grandfather performs a ritual to call back his soul.
© Stills: Charwei Tsai
Foto: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB11 Guidebook
Teil 5 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 11: Re:emerge. Towards a New Cultural Cartography, 13. März - 13. Mai 2013. Kuratorin: Yuko Hasegawa. Mehr als 100 Beteiligte.