Pteridophilia backdrop
Pteridophilia poster
Trailer
Pteridophilia
7.0
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1h 18m
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2016
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Released
Overview
A VIDEO ART WORK IN FIVE CHAPTERS. 1. Six young ​men walk ​into a forest in Taiwan, making close contact with ferns. They establish emotional and physical relationships with the plants, relying on their bodies rather than words. Ferns are very common in Taiwan​. They​ are valued by ​indigenous ​people but not by Japanese colonists​ or the Nationalists​. 2. A man makes love to a bird's nest fern​ and then starts eating it. Zheng reflects on our current moral outlook that it is “natural” to eat plants but “unnatural” to make love to them. Bird's nest fern is a popular delicacy in Taiwan. 3. Zheng collaborates with three local BDSM practitioners who in turn collaborate with three ​fern species​ to expand BDSM practice. 4. For centuries humans have been in love with furled fronds of young ferns. Inspired by Yaoi anime, this chapter follows a young couple in their acts of love with fiddleheads. 5. This chapter connects spores and sperms.

Cast
Chen Hsin-hung poster
Chen Hsin-hung
Kuo Tang-An poster
Kuo Tang-An
Liu Yu Ting poster
Liu Yu Ting
Tsai Chia-Wei poster
Tsai Chia-Wei
Tzeng Yu-Hsing poster
Tzeng Yu-Hsing
Wang Jen-Wei poster
Wang Jen-Wei

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