2021: Beautiful Life
In this episode of our 2021 video series, Taiwanese multimedia artist Monofee uses the medium of silent cinema to present a narrative of hope, conflict, and uncertainty over the turn of the new year.
The short film was set in the artists home of Banqiao 板橋, New Taipei, Taiwan. The characters of Monofee and Olammy struggle under the shadow of ominous futures, threatening family, and security and opening into an unknown 2021.
Credits
Story, Direction, Illustrations: Monofee
Editting, FX: awe IX
Camera: 安E堂
Music: Monofee
Starring: Monofee, Olammy, Tommy?
awe IX is a visual artist who has worked alongside various musicians and runs the collective Quantum Natives. They have exhibited and performed worldwide, including at ISSUE Project Rooms New York, ICA London, and KW Institute Berlin, as well as across Europe and East Asia. Follow Awe IX on Tumblr.
For the 2021 edition of the Norient Film Festival NFF, Norient commissioned ten artists around the world to work on short artistic media pieces. They were asked to reflect on their personal thoughts of «2021». How do they see and describe the world they live in? How do they see the present and the future? What sounds, clips, media pieces, and thoughts give hope for «2021» and for the future? What makes them angry, hopeful, depressed, suicidal, or happy?
Biography
Published on February 04, 2021
Last updated on April 10, 2024
Topic
A form of attachement beyond categories like home or nation but to people, feelings, or sounds across the globe.
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