Glücksspiel, 02:30, 2025

Film by Yuwen Huang

Music Composed by Niko Yin

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Glücksspiel is an experiment that intertwines games of chance with randomized music. The entire performance is built around a bass drum solo, with the order of segments determined entirely by the throw of dice. At the beginning, the performer rolls a die to decide the initial direction of the piece. Then, the visuals shift into a kind of "frenzy mode," resembling the wild chaos of a video game-exaggerated and intense. After that, six dice are rolled again, creating a new, randomized combination of the previously played sections, as if fate were being infinitely scrambled and rearranged.

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Gambling is like a hallucinogen-irresistibly seductive, drawing one in again and again in pursuit of fleeting pleasure and the thrill of losing control. This uncertainty becomes addictive, amplified by electronic sounds that heighten the sense of disorientation and unreality. The short film's visual style reflects this foggy, uncertain atmosphere: layered, dreamlike scenes filled with misty tree shadows forming tangled paths that seem to lead nowhere.

Each fall of the dice marks a subtle shift in the course of fate.​​​