
Night Stroll explores queer desire and cultural identity through the context of the 1940s Chinese love song Ye Lai Xiang (Fragrance of the Night). Censored by the Republic of China due to the singer’s complex identity, the song was performed by Li Hsiang-Lan (the stage name of Yoshiko Yamaguchi) whose background encompassed multiple cultures. The lyrics evoke a yearning for love in a dreamlike garden on a summer night.
In Night Stroll, an anonymous adolescent cruises through a decaying domestic landscape, evoking a Taiwanese interior intertwined with the unsettling presence of construction sites—pylons, sirens, and scaffolding. The protagonist grapples with a fractured sense of self through a visceral monologue and performs the love song through body gestures that shift between expressive and repressive. As the night unfolds, the domestic space becomes alien, and the unfamiliar transforms into intimacy.
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