SLow is a performance that shows the defenseless human body surrounded by machines, systems, etc.

Karel noticed that in Taiwan, like in other Asian countries, there are strict rules people (have to) live by, and that these rules cannot be easily put aside. Slowly but imperturbable the boy in the video follows his own path. Using an invisible electric tackle, he drags himself in an even tempo through the Taiwanese urban landscape, marking in an entertaining and wondrous way the contrast between the route of the defenseless human body and the hectic world surrounding it.

Director, Performer Karel van Laere

Year of production 2013

Director of Production 李少哲

Line Producer 凌瑋隆

Assistence 莊皓巖 & Trixie Ballesteros

Special thanks 莊陳保, 鄭敬儒, 葉柏青, 孫斌立, 劉錫權, 陳愷璜 , 榮工工程公司 關渡施

工所, 台北市北投區關渡宮, 台北市關渡國小

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