Words Fly Back to the Black Earth
2024｜16mm to digital ｜19:09min. ｜color&bw/sound
A calling inhabits the blank pages, unfolding a secret writing of hers. The unseen written traces seep from the murmuring land, pushing through fragmented voices to become new forms—beings made material. Framed as a dialogue with my grandmother, this film explores an alternative form of personal writing by Chinese women in the political shifts— absent and abundant. The 'blank' becomes an image, carrying a search for agency: of land transformed, of women unheard, of voids rewritten. By breaking down linguistic structures, the film opens a space for imagining, reading, and performing, allowing for emergence.
从无生有，从静生声。一种栖息在空白纸页上的召唤，展开她未曾宣告的秘密字迹。这些书写的痕迹从低语的大地中渗出，穿透破碎的声音，最终化为具象的存在。以与作者奶奶的对话为框架，本片探索了中国女性在重大政治事件背景下的另类个人写作形式——一种既被省略又富有丰盈感的写作，一种与大地、身体相连的书写。‘留白’本身化作一种图像，承载着对主体性的追溯：被改变的土地、未被听见的女性、被重写的空白。本片试图通过打破传统的语言结构，为观众开辟一个开放的空间予以想象、阅读与表演。