Shadowplay
Andy Liu, Iris Gao, Edro Gonzales (Vancouver, BC) EMERGING
World Premiere
Duration: 4:59
An office worker in white just clocked in, waiting for the next phone call, inputting data for new models and going about her day, before she realized there's nothing ordinary from the shadow she's casting. As she begins to realize the shadow isn't a part of her anymore, she slowly loses control of her hand as it picks up a pen and writes out "BACK TO WORK" on the notepad in front of her.
Thus a game between the worker and her shadow begins to unfold. As she shifts her focus from the mind-numbing daily routine to the consciousness with her surroundings, she realizes that there's another part of her in red that goes against rules set by the shadow, which she tries to awaken.
As the worker attempts to bring out her shape in red, the shadow also constructs a shape of its own with its own shadow cast as light. Exuberant with his new form, the shadow moves joyfully. When the red shape is finally realized, a conflict between the worker and her shadow ensues, as there's only one goal in the worker's mind: To break out of this paradoxical loop of control once and for all.
Director: Andy Liu
Actors/Dancers: Iris Gao, Edro Gonzales
Music Score: Chris Jassmann
Sound: Ayesha Cheung
Assistant Director/BTS: Normey Liu
Poster design: Justine Dimou
We'd like to specially thank Cineworks and VIVO Media Arts Centre for production and workshop support, Justin Yunhan Zhao for production support, Spectra Film and Video for film stock development, Nicki Doyle from Negative Space for film stock scan, Sophia Wolfe and Nancy Lee 李南屏 for artist mentorship, Josh Lam, Sasha Langford and Sarah Wong for workshop support and F-O-R-M family for bringing this project to life.
Co-commissioned by BC Movement Arts