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2025 Engraved Light Poem

experimental documentary

A Film by TSAI Yi-Chin

Sound by Methas Chantawongs


Length: 2 minutes 51 seconds

Techniques: shoot with 16mm film, scratch on film

Synopsis: 


In the Nordic winter, sunlight is fleeting yet warm; in its absence, the world is submerged in the coldest shades of blue. This work unfolds as a visual poem, tracing the movement of light and color.


The poem is hand-engraved in the dark with logographic characters onto 16mm film. Variations in pressure produce a textured visual rhythm, where each character functions both as language and image. Printed from negative to positive through combinations of colored light, the film’s material process becomes inseparable from the poem itself, light not only reveals the work, but becomes the work

The work is developed as an artist in residency at Filmverkstaden, and partially supported by National Culture and Arts Foundation.

Festivals and Screenings:


2025 Ground Level/Rebel Cinema 台日實驗電影放映 Vol. 6.0

Copyright © 2025 TsaiYiChin 

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