Re-encounter (2023)


Collaboration:

Poetry—Xianing Zhou

Voiceover—Daniel Pegg

Sound design—Nicholas Faris


Mediums:

Digital short film—2.22mins · photogrammetry · blender · Adobe Premiere Pro
Photo collection—35mm SLR film camera · black and white film


Featured in:

The 3rd Digital-Intelligence Art Expo 2025, Sichuan Culture and Art Centre (Chengdu, China)

• National Youth Designer Competition 2023, Suzhou International Conference Hotel (Suzhou, China)

Best Emerging Talent Festival 2023, BritCham SH (Shanghai, China)
• The Next Thing Award 2023, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre (Bury, UK)

• Parallax Art Fair 2023, Kensington Town Hall (London, UK)

Death of the Spectacle Exhibition 2023, Kensington Town Hall (London, UK)
RCA2023 MA1 Events and Exhibitions, Kensington Town Hall (London, UK)

Re-encounter (2023)


Collaboration:

Poetry—Xianing Zhou

Voiceover—Daniel Pegg

Sound design—Nicholas Faris


Mediums:

Digital short film—2.22mins · photogrammetry · blender · Adobe Premiere Pro
Photo collection—35mm SLR film camera · black and white film


Featured in:

The 3rd Digital-Intelligence Art Expo 2025, Sichuan Culture and Art Centre (Chengdu, China)

• National Youth Designer Competition 2023, Suzhou International Conference Hotel (Suzhou, China)

Best Emerging Talent Festival 2023, BritCham SH (Shanghai, China)
• The Next Thing Award 2023, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre (Bury, UK)

• Parallax Art Fair 2023, Kensington Town Hall (London, UK)

Death of the Spectacle Exhibition 2023, Kensington Town Hall (London, UK)
RCA2023 MA1 Events and Exhibitions, Kensington Town Hall (London, UK)

Through the photo collection and digital short film, Re-encounter (2023) traces one of London's greatest myths—the Hardy tree and people's companionship throughout their lives—from historical and social perspectives, creating a poetic narrative space. By examining the tree's story from birth, growth, death, and re-encounter (meeting people again with new life), accompanying humans and witnessing city development, this project attempts to reawaken viewers' emotional connection with trees (nature). It aims to invite the audience to reflect on the following: In the context of current ecological destruction, how can we rediscover our original spiritual connection with trees (nature) and reawaken the stirring feeling of the initial encounter?


“重逢”通过一本相片集和一部数字短片,从历史和社会的角度追溯了伦敦的神话之一—哈代树与人们相伴一生的故事,营造出诗意的叙事空间。通过观看哈代树从诞生、成长、死亡,再到重逢(以新的生命形式与人们再次相遇),陪伴人类、见证城市发展的故事,本项目试图重新唤醒观众与树木(自然)的情感联系。旨在邀请观众思考:在当今生态破坏的背景下,我们如何才能找回与树木(自然)的精神链接,回到最初动人的时刻?

Through the photo collection and digital short film, Re-encounter (2023) traces one of London's greatest myths—the Hardy tree and people's companionship throughout their lives—from historical and social perspectives, creating a poetic narrative space. By examining the tree's story from birth, growth, death, and re-encounter (meeting people again with new life), accompanying humans and witnessing city development, this project attempts to reawaken viewers' emotional connection with trees (nature). It aims to invite the audience to reflect on the following: In the context of current ecological destruction, how can we rediscover our original spiritual connection with trees (nature) and reawaken the stirring feeling of the initial encounter?


“重逢”通过一本相片集和一部数字短片,从历史和社会的角度追溯了伦敦的神话之一—哈代树与人们相伴一生的故事,营造出诗意的叙事空间。通过观看哈代树从诞生、成长、死亡,再到重逢(以新的生命形式与人们再次相遇),陪伴人类、见证城市发展的故事,本项目试图重新唤醒观众与树木(自然)的情感联系。旨在邀请观众思考:在当今生态破坏的背景下,我们如何才能找回与树木(自然)的精神链接,回到最初动人的时刻?

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