Slices of Everyday Taiwan's Life｜Selected Animation Works by Director Yang Zixin
Animation director Yang Zixin, who hails from Taichung, has a remarkable ability to capture the subtle moments of everyday life in Taiwan—moments that feel deeply familiar, yet are often difficult to put into words: the play of light and shadow on a street corner, the sounds drifting through narrow alleyways, and the unspoken distance and warmth between people. Within these seemingly ordinary scenes, Yang reflects on the ways we observe, experience, and look back on life. Through his images, viewers may also recognize a sense of intimacy and familiarity that feels distinctly Taiwanese.
AuthorGiloo紀實影音源自於「紀錄」的發音，是台灣唯一以影展及議題為導向的影音平台，搜羅台灣與全世界最重要的電影，致力打造影迷與知識影像的文化社群。
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Those irreversible slices of life
Recently, in a novel I've come to love, I found myself grasping the weight of life's slices. In the story, there is a wicked sorcerer who freezes people in the instant just before tragedy strikes—suspending everything, sealing it into a crystal ball, and building an entire museum from these frozen moments. And isn't film, in its own way, just as cruel? As viewers, we are little more than instruments for collecting tissue slices—slipping into a character's world for a single fleeting moment, wandering through it in passing, only to return, in the blink of an eye, to the reality that is our own.