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curated by
Leong Puiyee
double bill #1
Transforming settings into metaphors, the film screen becomes a reflection of inner and collective concerns, lingering on the fragile boundaries between escape and entrapment, stillness and turmoil. Meltse Van Coillie’s elephantfish and Taiki Sakpisit’s The Age of Anxiety explore this liminal space, caught between dream and decay.
The lone ship in elephantfish is surrounded by an infinite horizon. Its characters retreat into reverie. Boredom becomes a portal because in this nothingness, imagination can finally breathe. Sakpisit operates at the opposite end of this spectrum; the archival footage in The Age of Anxiety pulsates with unease, tracing the collective unconscious of a nation in perpetual tension.
Where elephantfish drifts in contemplative calm, The Age of Anxiety trembles with agitation—its montage and soundscapes translating memory into unrest. Together, they reveal how isolation—whether personal or historical—breeds both anxiety and imagination. The mind moves even when the body cannot.
- Availability worldwide
- Language English, Tagalog
- Subtitles English
yanco’s double-bill series explores private and public Belgian archives, from museums to national film schools. Guest curators pair a Belgian short film with a companion audiovisual work to create a thematic or formal dialogue. Each resulting micro programme includes curatorial notes alongside a supporting essay, article, or interview.