Ebb and Flow is inspired by the I-Ching, the book of change, Chapter 42 – Yi (Increase). Yi is a message about expansion and fullness. It is simply another cycle of life as it flowers, decays, and achieves rebirth. Ebb and flow, darkness and light, life and death… ‘What is’ springs from ‘what is not. Lichun and Robert use 16mm film projectors and analog generated waveforms to create an immersive, trance-inducing journey. Through layering, constructing, and deconstructing visual and auditory textures they strive for a sense transcending experience where the spectator is no longer consciously watching nor listening. Just being.


This programme is supported by a grant from Acción Cultural Española (AC/E).
Lichun Tseng is a Taiwanese artist based in the Netherlands. She is interested in exploring the experience of the vital dimensions of life, absorbing and partaking in it, grasping its wholeness; in which reflective contemplation are profound mental drives. She approaches her research and practice mainly with 16mm film, installation, and performance in the last years. She is a core member of Filmwerkplaats Rotterdam.
Robert Kroos is a musician, sound designer, and field recordist based in Rotterdam. He explores music and sound in all its manifestations and prefers to use his skills to support film, animations, and installations. His interests focus on sine-waves, the proximity of sound, binaural recording, and brainwaves.