001 → A Point A Line A Plane
2024. 4
performer：Yeukai Makoni
Anna Cantes
Director: Bailey Bai
The “point” represents the particles of lived experience; the “line,” the flow of memory and emotion; the “plane,” the entangled space where individual, society, history, and family intersect. The square symbolizes societal order, while sand becomes a metaphor for time and boundaries—constantly reshaped by wind, hands, and will, yet always on the verge of disappearance.
I see the body as an extension of consciousness—movement tracing thought. Accompanied by the emotional tone of Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Opus and 20211201, I attempt to express my understanding of life through subtle rhythms of emotion and physical presence. The film also reflects my ongoing exploration of faith and identity. My grandmother was a devoted Buddhist, which led me to consider how belief transitions into philosophical reflection. To me, Zen is a way of facing life with clarity and openness.
During my journey to the Sahara Desert in Morocco, I was deeply struck by the cultural landscape of the Third World—sand, gasoline, white robes, and spiritual longing all wove together a world foreign to me. Entering their reality made me reflect on my own. The sand, in this context, becomes a carrier of time and dispersal—a symbol of both memory and impermanence.
本短片《点，线，面》围绕个体在时间维度中的生命体验展开，探讨自我意识如何在过去、现在与未来的交织中被建构。Yeukai 饰演“过去”与“未来”，而 Anna 代表“现在”。她们彼此影响、相互映照，共同走向一个开放且不可预测的未来。她们身上承载着来自家族的痕迹与影响，可能仍会重复面对与家族相关的情感循环。个体不再只是“个体”，而是家族记忆与个体经验的叠加体。影片以三重时间视角展开，呈现出意识层层展开与交错碰撞的过程。
“点”象征生命经验的粒子；“线”代表记忆与情绪的流动；而“面”则是个体、社会、历史与家庭之间复杂交织的空间。圆形 是循环，三角形 是人物关系，而正方形 象征社会规范与框架之中。而“沙子”则象征时间与边界——它可以被风、手、意志不断重塑，也随时可能消散。
我将身体视为意识的延伸，通过动作描绘思维的轨迹。借助坂本龙一的《Opus》与《20211201》，我试图以身体与节奏捕捉情绪的微妙波动与我对生命的感知。影片同时也承载着我对信仰与身份的探索。我的姥姥是一位虔诚的佛教徒，这促使我思考信仰如何通向哲学层面的反思。在我看来，“禅”是一种通透而坦然的生命态度。
在摩洛哥撒哈拉沙漠的旅行中，我深刻感受到来自第三世界文化的冲击——沙子、汽油、白袍与精神信仰交织出一个陌生的世界。作为外来者进入他者的现实，我也重新映照自身的经验。对我来说，沙子承载着时间与离散的意义，是记忆，也是无常的象征。
How past experiences shape the present, and how the present, in turn, shapes the future.
On a path that has already been laid out
Trapped in a repeating frame