Amo Te Vita examines the archaeological imagination departing from a Roman silver ring with an inscription “Amo Te Vita,” or translated “I love you, my love,” excavated on the route of the Rotterdamsebaan. Confronting biases in imagining to whom and how the ring belonged, this short documentary provides a critical perspective to the notion of ancient romance by queering the local history.
Seoul International Pride Film Festival (2020, KR)
Six Degrees of Separation (2019, NL)
Cyan Bae
Ayla Aron, Nathan Doorduin, Yamuna Forzani, and Rob Verhoeven
Archaeology Department of the Municipality of The Hague, the ‘Rotterdamsebaan’ major road project, and Stroom Den Haag
Roel Backaert
Chaeyuen Bae (they/she) is a visual artist, researcher, and graphic designer based in the Netherlands.
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Amo Te Vita | 내 사랑, 그대를 사랑하오 (2019)