All and nothing
Country:
- Taiwan
- United Kingdom
- Italy
- DCP
- Art
- Culture
Synopsis
This documentary is about the late artist Li Yuan-Chia and his journey from China, Taiwan, Italy, and to the UK. He built a museum on his own (L.Y.C. Museum) in the middle of nowhere in the British countryside in the 1970s. The local people called him the “Chinaman.”
Li Yuan-Chia invited more than 300 artists worldwide to exhibit in the L.Y.C. Museum. The exhibitions embody the art practice, which goes beyond the boundaries set by races, nationalities, and even social classes. He held the gesture as Sisyphus and was against the art market led by capitalism in western countries.
This documentary is unfolded in dialogues crossing time and space, and his legacy is justified by his diaries, recordings, works, and friendship. Directors have gradually turned to be witnesses of Li’s lost time in the process of seeking, interpreting Li’s life journey and art practice in the light of Laozi’s dialectical idea of “All and Nothing.”
Director Statement
'Thank you Li Yuan-chia, you are the most important person in our heart, and we are your invisible friend. We are all a small dot in the vast ocean because we cross the barriers of space and time and we have a surreal relationship. We wouldn't say it's a metaphysical spiritual exchange, I think we completely change each other's lives.
'When we saw the words you left behind before your life had vanished, and watched you concentratedly working, we just want to tell you that we believe we found what you thought you had lost. If it was your fate to be lonely, misunderstood, and for your life to fade away, and perhaps no one would ever remember all the things you did, would you still make the same choices? We would because we have found you.' - LIAO I-ling and CHU Po-ying
Festivals & Awards
2024 TIDF(Taiwan International Documentary Festival) - Taiwan Competition
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