Spring Night Forever
2023, HD video and live performance, color, sound, work in progress
Ruins, as remnants of history, stand as witness to violence and struggle. This is a video essay on the role of architecture in carrying the cultural and collective memories. The footage was shot in Xianning, Berlin and Shanghai, places with which I have personal connections and memories.
This work is like a possession, where I became the agency, and the spirits from those places that were silent or misrepresented are speaking through me. It does not aim to present history but rather to explore how one approaches history when absent from the narrative of witness. Just like when one visit historical sites, one can only see the bricks of the ruins and the moss growing on them.