who says idle feelings have been cast away for long
"who says idle feelings have been cast away for long” is a 30mins video works, captures the daily life of (a) Chinese living in an Amsterdam home, highlighting a series of subtle everyday moments. These moments primarily revolve around habitual life activities and small interactions with objects that stir the heart without eliciting strong emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness. Instead, they evoke
a profound and inexplicable moodiness that comes up during idle times. The title, from a well-known ci poem by Feng Yansi 冯延巳, beautifully encapsulates these inexpressible feelings.
This project suppoted by Amsterdam Fonds Voor De Kunst
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Screening at Lab 111，Amsterdam, NL, June, 2024
This project was screened at Lab 111. As part of the screening, Qihang Li performed a sound piece, < 平常的风景 >, an arrangement of audio fragments she recorded in response to the film. A reed boat sailing plan was also introduced, inviting people to spend idle moments among the abundant reeds in Amsterdam parks during the summer. While conducting research and visiting people’s homes, the sight of reeds evoked childhood memories of making reed boats.
Promotion design by Jan-Pieter Karper.
Typeface by Theetat Thunkijjanukij.
Sound piece performed by Qihang Li.
Screening with food gesture at E.SCAPE Art Space, Shanghai, CN, August 2024
This project was screened at E.SCAPE Art Space. As an extension of the reed boat-making plan, I transformed it into a food gesture during my dinner project Gleaning at the exhibition and events Around Publishing.
