you live on
Runtime: 23 minutes 12 seconds
Join Victoria as they remember, forget, discover, and rediscover their grandfather, who passed away in 2021. This delicate and emotional experimental film captures the personality, love, and life of everyday objects, and brings the fragmented memories of their grandfather back to life. Performed alongside a set of Cantonese and English spoken letters, nostalgic Hong Kong background noise, and snippets of an interview with him before he died, "you live on" mirrors the gentle mourning and kindness of commemoration, and the performative, shattered nature of remembering and forgetting.
Victoria Elen Drave
My practice inevitably consolidates theories and inspirations from both mediums I study. My subjective perception of life influences my work, particularly heightening my interest in experimental filmmaking. My art is human, messy, tender, rhythmic, and fragmented. “Human” seems to be an obvious descriptor but what that means is that I focus on the mundane, microscopic details of everyday life, often framing moments in experimental ways. My work intends to make viewers unflinchingly confront their perception, and illustrate my unique experience.