The Bodhi Tree in Bosch’s Garden
in collaboration with Yezi Lin and the archive of Leopold Liu      

40 min.
(2024)

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One Eyed Sights
Text that accompanies the film


Installation version
  
‘The Bodhi Tree in Bosch’s Garden’ is a film tracing the artist’s exploration of her father’s art archive made during the ‘90s. In her attempt to grasp the meaning of his notes and works, Maia relied on the cultural mediation of her best friend Yezi. Throughout their exploration, they encounter a series of peculiar absurdities. Yezi deeply resonates with both the work and the life story of Maia’s father, whom Maia herself barely knows. This triggers a complex interplay of appropriation, projection, intimidation, and admiration among the three characters — the father’s artworks, the daughter, and the friend. Their interactions form a composition, continually shifting by their perceptions of one another and the inherent gaps that emerge. Within this dynamic, the camera plays a crucial role as a fourth character, intensifying frictions between life and art, identity, migration and its disillusionments, anarchist dreams and institutional structures.





















Artworks included in the film:

Leopold Liu, The New Colonizer, 1 min. (documented performance), 2000, Brussels, filmed by Ives Jossa
Leopold Liu, The Oracle, 53 min. (documented artist talk), 1999, Leuven, filmed by Herman Labro
Leopold Liu, Trinity of Negation, 3 min. (documented performance), 2001, Leuven, filmed by Leopold Liu
Leopold Liu, The Tenth Symphony - Pseudo Artistic Performance by Leopold Liu, (written slogans), 2002, Eindhoven 
Leopold Liu, No Title (To Humanity), 67,5 x 70 cm (painting), 1996, Leuven
Leopold Liu, Emotionless Cliff, 28 x 30,5 cm (painting), 1993, Leuven
Leopold Liu, Subliminal Life, 21 x 29,7 cm (painting), 1994, Leuven
Leopold Liu, First Year of Tai-Chi Celestial Dynasty, 28 x 30,5 cm (painting), 1993, Leuven
Yezi Lin, Snake Give Me a Chance of Rebirth, 18 min. (film), 2024, Rotterdam