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    Body Talk

    Singing CHEN 2018 Taiwan color 82min DCP
    Is this my body? Who am I? As the carrier of spirit and will, how does a woman’s body struggle, jostle, collide, and merge with all things other than themselves. The body seems to follow the mind as merely its shell or tool. However the body does possess memory. A tired body, an injured body, a sick body, a fat body, a visible or invisible body, a body nourishing life or a decaying and aging body… Have you looked at your own body carefully? Everything about you is buried amongst the hair, deep in your skin, down in your viscera and bowels, or within those millions of nerves. No matter whether you have forgotten about them, your body still remembers.

    In this film we have interviewed up to thirty women, and all the interview clips interspersed throughout the film recessively discuss the “birth, aging and illnesses” of the body during the course of life. Through their talks, we are led into the diverse female body experience. It is akin to secretive women’s talk emitting a feminine and flowing tone.

    Director

    Singing CHEN

    Singing CHEN's work encompasses fiction, documentary and VR films and has received numerous festival accolades. Her debut Bundled (2000) competed at Vancouver IFF, God, Man, Dog (2007) premiered at Berlinale. Her documentaries detail artistic practice and the environment. Through VR technology she explores space and movement. Afterimage for Tomorrow (2018) was exhibited at the NewImage Festival. Her VR experience The Man Who Couldn't Leave (2022) won Venice Immersive Best Experience at 79th Venice International Film Festival.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Singing CHEN

    -2018 實驗/紀實短片《恍惚與凝視的練習》Experimental & Non-fiction short film：“In Trance We Gaze“

    -2018 紀錄片《尋找乳房》Documentary：“Body Talk“

    -2015 紀錄片《來得及說再見：好好吃飯》Short Documentary: “Ways into Love”(segment “A Real Meal”)

    -2014 紀錄片《行者》“The Walkers”

    -2014 紀錄片《山靈》“Mountain Spirits”

    -2013 劇情短片《台北工廠I：豬》Short film:“Taipei Factory 1”(segment “The Pig”)

    -2012 劇情短片《昨日的記憶：阿霞的掛鐘》Short film: “When Yesterday Comes”(segment“The Clock”)

    -2007 35mm劇情片《流浪神狗人》“God Man Dog”

    -2000 16mm劇情片《我叫阿銘啦》“Bundled”

    -2000 35mm 紀錄短片《流離島影：誰來釣魚》Short Documentary: “Floating Islands”(segment “Who’s fishing?”)

    Screenplay and Director：陳芯宜   Singing CHEN 

    Cinematographer：廖敬堯 陳芯宜 LIAO Ching-Yao   Singing CHEN

    Editor：陳芯宜 廖敬堯 陳曉東 Singing CHEN  LIAO Ching-Yao  LIAO Hsiao-Tung

    Sound：周震 CHOU Cheng

    Music：徐文 XU Wen

    財團法人公共電視文化事業基金會
    Public Television Service Foundation
    news60105@mail.pts.otg.tw

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