Co-Directors: Ken Wu and Wendy Tong
Cinematographer: Ken Wu
Co-Editors: Ken Wu and Wendy Tong
An experimental film regarding human emotions.
Exhibited at New Bund 31"Fantasy Market" from May 9, 2023 - May 23, 2023
Within fear, there exists a bondage of illusory thoughts and expectations. Within peace in meditation, there exists bondage by the mirage of relief and sacredness. Fear and peace as two polar regions of emotions often present themselves to be contrasted in feeling, but in nature, they are one and the same, merely just an illusion - a hidden mental tramp.
No boundary between sacredness and fear. it's all about the feelings that 3 cortices in your brain create.
No boundary between god and demon. In Buddhism, it is said that there is no difference between ghosts and gods, only the difference in blessings.
Through the exploration of the coexistence of fear and peace, we want to experiment with the presentation of the complexities of human emotion as a mental space in this short experimental fiction. Mental space to us is not merely a singular feeling but presents with itself a dualism - not only of feeling but of meaning. Within the absence of the mental space, there's peace, but it is this absence that also establishes fear. Absence, or emptiness, is then a mental and social construct that's illusory, hence it becomes a source of bondage. Yet, it is a bondage not eternal.·
