Beyond the Shell
5 films
The body is a vessel—its contents, unspeakable.
Encased and bordered, the body is never entirely one’s own. It is governed—by nations, by societies, by ideologies. A body may be incomplete from birth. It may only reveal itself in a fleeting moment. It may only feel whole when it sings. Its darkness becomes whole when it finally takes revenge.
Five distinct films illuminate the tension between the body's inner desires and outer image.
In Oasis, a woman with cerebral palsy dances and sings with an Indian elephant—if only in a dream.
In Silent Steps, Ah-Chung tosses aside his crutch, holding up an entire theater with just his hands.
In Miracle, a spirit medium’s quivering, closed-eyed body breaks into another dimension.
In TPE-Tics, Huang Da-Wang owns his body only while singing onstage.
In The Women’s Revenge, a woman in an eye patch strikes back inside a slaughterhouse, leaving male bodies in blood and shreds.
Silent or twitching, imprisoned or forbidden—only when the body crosses a border does it become truly, differently embodied.
Curator
法國巴黎第十大學表演藝術研究所電影學博士，國立臺北藝術大學藝術跨域研究所教授兼電影創作學系代理系主任。
