SHEN XIN 沈莘

  • a pair of hands holding a steaming dish of food in black and white image, with another pair of hands slightly blurred in the back, suggesting a food related gathering at a table.
  • a low resolution video footage showing an architecture in the shape of Crystal Palace central structure, the beaming light seem to suggest an on-going fire. The sky is dark, it seems to be the night.

Records of Rites

16:14 / single channel video / colour / stereo / HD / 2014

An essayistic film concerning the proposal by Chinese Billionaire Mr. Ni Zhaoxing and ZhongRong Holdings Group to rebuild Crystal Palace in South London. The film adopts the perspective of a guest at a dinner table, realised through narratives in which differences are to be reclaimed in both historical and personal contexts.

Camera, Text, Voice, Edit: Shen Xin

With special thanks to Hedda Roterud Amundsen and family