Safe. Self. Sense (Dance Film+Exhibition+live Performance)
As a human being we need love. So in these times, what is love? Is love to stay safe and wait, slowly losing more and more precious time, being separated? Or is love to break free from restrictions and live life to the fullest here and now, knowing that we might die at any moment anyway ? How to be deal with this isolation? Which screen attracts out attention the most?
Dutch film director David Verbeek & Taiwanese dancer/choreographer Yu He Lin are an artist duo producing installations that attempt to find a new audio-visual language through cinematography & modern dance in a multiple screen set-up combining laser lighting, smoke, immersive sound and electronic music.
Selected for the Art Direction section of IFFR 2025, this work is presented in a large darkened space, composed of three 2×2 meter square screens and an immersive sound system. The audience sits on floor cushions, facing the screens positioned two meters apart. The outer screens on the left and right are slightly curved inward, creating a focused visual field for the viewer.
From left to right, the three screens represent Safe / Self / Sense. Through visual storytelling, the work creates an anxious inner landscape, confronting the threat to life and the meaning of survival. What, ultimately, is the best choice? This kind of anxiety has been deeply felt around the world during the years of the global pandemic.
Creative Team
Sponsor | National Culture and Arts Foundation
Director: DAVID VERBEEK
Producer: DAVID VERBEEK / VINCENT CHEN HOU TING
Associate: VINCENT CHEN HOU TING
Choreographer: YU HE LIN
Performers: YU HE LIN / HO CHIEN CHANG / YI CHUN CHANG / POPCORN
Cinematographer: DAVID VERBEEK
Gaffer: LIAM MORGAN
Laser Effect Artist: GIBSON CHAI
Set Designers: BOWEN CHOU / SING SING
Special Makeup Artist: UNA HO
Makeup Assistant: YAN ZHI HUANG
Composer: TZU NI HUNG
Voice Artist: KAHIMI CHANG
Production Coordinator: CHRIS LI
Editor: DAVID VERBEEK
Sound Design & Mixing: SWEETSPOT SOUND
Color Grading: CHRIS LI
VFX: CHRIS LI
Duration ｜40mins