Road Movie: A Trip to the Moon

No matter how hard I chase, the moon always maintains the same distance from me.

In this scene, only the 3D printer exists physically. The model of the “road” initially resides in my mind and on my computer before being printed out as a tangible object, and eventually transformed into an image. The printer appears to function as a mental machine, continuously shuttling back and forth, repeatedly stacking consciousness.

Ultimately, the “road” produced by the printer seems to extend to the moon, or perhaps it never does. Following the “trip to the moon” by George Méliès and Neil Armstrong, even if the body remains still and merely beholds, this journey constitutes the sculpting of the mental process, the creation of consciousness about the world. Through imagination, I maintain my distance but still reach the moon, remotely.

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King Car Cultural & Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan

Photo by Chu Chi-Hung.

2021

Underground Gallery, TNUA, Taipei, Taiwan

Photo by Chu Chi-Hung.

Exhibition View (filmed by KO LAIHE; edited by LIN Pei-Yao)

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Credits

Writer, Director, Videographer & Editor: LIN Pei-Yao
Sound Design: Justin Lin, LIN Pei-Yao
Voice-Over: LIN Pei-Yao
Car Seat Base Design: Sam Yong
Projection Film Mounting: Wu Yi-Jhen, Sam Yong

Music Credits

Piano Sonata No. 14, Op. 27 No. 2 — Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Paul Pitman (piano)
Source: Musopen, 2014
License: Public Domain

Nocturnes, Op. 9 — Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Guiomar Novaes (piano)
Source: Vox Records, 1956
License: Public Domain (US status varies)

Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune — Claude Debussy
Performed by Paul De Bra
Source: 2021
License: CC BY 4.0