SHUNQIZIRAN 顺其自然 (2020)
In Xiongan, forests are sprouting on empty corn fields, and the burial mounds they once housed have been flattened, replaced by temporary columbariums. SHUNQIZIRAN depicts a spirit world in Xiongan, where local and non-professional actors in green screen suits roam.
Sponge Gourd Collective 丝瓜集团 (Diane Zhou, Beatrix Chu, Daphne Xu)
17 min, digital + 16mm to digital
Screenings and installations:
2024 - Blink of an Eye: Beijing’s Urbanisation on Film, Barbican Centre (London)
2022 - Speculative Grounds - Positions on Beijing’s Transformation Book Launch, Basis Frankfurt; Eco/Systems, Asian Arts Initiative (Philadelphia); Voicing the City, Germany Embassy (Beijing)
2021 - Heavy Snow and Monstrous Winds, Nextex Gallery (St. Gallen, Switzerland)
2020 - A Truck is Parked in the Grass Near a Tree in Doubt (Nurnberg, Germany)
