Out of border/ Animation/ 1:53mins
Meanwhile, the external force broke the local folklore cultural heritage and emotional links. I use the symbol of tunnel as a metaphor to show the process of how miao lanuage was born in drawing, then dissolves in the sign. And I use this transformation to display the multifaceted impact of Guangzhou urbanization process.
Screenshots/ 1920*1080/ 2021
Individual Project
Photography in guizhou/ 2019
In 2019, I visited Guizhou to investigate the local folk culture. Guizhou is a city in southwestern China, and its mountainous terrain had isolated its state from the outside world. Such geographical features have allowed Guizhou to develop many different ethnic cultures, while also causing some shackles in its development.
As I walked between the mountains, a train rolled out between the impregnable mountains. It passed violently through the huge mountains, as if the hard stones had no obstacle for it. It both breaks the mountain and links it to other mountain, like two sides of the same coin, contradicting and merging. And the buildings in cities becomes another ‘mountain’, separating people from the others mentally and physically. The tunnel is a symbol of modern civilization, which breaks the initial purpose in the continuous high-speed civilization process, revealing the breaking and linking between time, space and nation.
As a child born in a small town, I witnessed the urbanization process of my hometown. Isn't the process of urban development just like this train, roughly driving through nature, human beings and civilization? Is the process of civilization a blessing or a cruelty? Does "tunnel" mean a total hope?
In 2019, I visited Guizhou to investigate the local folk culture. Guizhou is a city in southwestern China, and its mountainous terrain had isolated its state from the outside world. Such geographical features have allowed Guizhou to develop many different ethnic cultures, while also causing some shackles in its development.
As I walked between the mountains, a train rolled out between the impregnable mountains. It passed violently through the huge mountains, as if the hard stones had no obstacle for it. It both breaks the mountain and links it to other mountain, like two sides of the same coin, contradicting and merging. And the buildings in cities becomes another ‘mountain’, separating people from the others mentally and physically. The tunnel is a symbol of modern civilization, which breaks the initial purpose in the continuous high-speed civilization process, revealing the breaking and linking between time, space and nation.
As a child born in a small town, I witnessed the urbanization process of my hometown. Isn't the process of urban development just like this train, roughly driving through nature, human beings and civilization? Is the process of civilization a blessing or a cruelty? Does "tunnel" mean a total hope?
Process& frame work
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