Sleepwalk, Sleepwalk

Tsai Ming Liang, Tsai Ming Liang

Taiwan, 2012, 20’

Architects Michael Lin and Liao Wei-li showed a work at the 2012 Venice Biennale titled Architect/Geographer. They invited me to create a video for the exhibition space. We filmed at a preview of the exhibit at a factory in Yunlin. The first shot was of Hsiao Kang (Lee Kang-shen) sleeping. He fell asleep and snored. Then, we filmed him walking, as if if he was walking in his own dream. That dream resembled the scenario presented by the two architects. A formless void before the world began and a home that is far away.

Tsai Ming-liang

Technical sheet

  • Original version:
    without dialogue. Script: Tsai Ming-liang. Image: Lao Peng-Jung. Editing: Lei Cheng-Ching. Sound: Huang Hsian-Che. Casting : Lee Kang-shen.
  • Production and Distribution:
    Homegreen Films.