Li Xiang

相见时难 Hard to meet, hard to part - Film - 22min - 2024

presented as part of the exhibition Panorama 26

Film


The poet Amin once loved a woman named "Hong" and wrote about her in his poems. In these poems, Amin transformed himself into another man, meeting, getting to know, and eventually parting ways with "Hong."

Li Xiang


Born in Mudanjiang, China, Li Xiang is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Paris. After studying at the Łódź Film School in Poland, he joined Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains. His work explores themes of time, space, memory and death. Developing a minimalist and introspective aesthetic, he favours sequence shots and seeks to uncover a form of poetry in the banality of everyday life.

Production


Le Fresnoy - Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing

Credits


› Réalisateur, directeur de la photographie, montage image : Li Xiang
› Chargé.e de production : Siqian Yang
› Assistant réalisation : Mingze Li, Yanjia Zhang
› Assistant caméra : Jiacheng Li
› Montage son : Luc Aureille
› Mixage son : Tom Nollet
› Chargé de production : Stéphane Smogor