Jiafeng Qu 瞿嘉锋

In my perspective, nostalgia transcends the boundaries of homeland and unattainable yearning, evolving into a persistent preoccupation with the limitations of human existence and the absence of freedom. It represents a profound longing for a bygone space-time, where the present moment can only be fully grasped by descending into the abyss between the fragments of our lives and the impending future.

This experimental film seamlessly blends 2D animation with live-action footage, employing a deliberate separation of narration and emotion. The 2D animation serves as the storyteller, guiding the audience through the narrative, while real footage is utilized to convey the rawness of emotions. The overall narrative style accentuates a sense of powerlessness and the struggle through poetic expressions. Rather than relying on explicit logic or linear storytelling, the film employs metaphors and contrasts to underscore the disorientation and alienation experienced by individuals who can no longer reconnect with the essence of harmonious coexistence with nature. Furthermore, it captures their melancholic attachment to past spaces and times. The film transcends external actions, conflicts, or events, aiming instead to express the ideas that reside within people's hearts and provide a narrative on life itself.

While the film draws inspiration from my specific experiences and surroundings, its essence transcends geographical and temporal boundaries. It is a deeply personal exploration of the human condition, capturing the universal yearning for connection, identity, and a place to call home. In conclusion, my film is a heartfelt exploration of nostalgia, born from my own journey and reflections. It invites the audience to delve into the depths of their own emotions, to contemplate the complexities of longing, and to celebrate the beauty and resilience of the human spirit.

The nearby is a collection of spatial and temporal human perception and presence of nearby things, an important memory or data that creates a close connection with the real world, a space between the very near and the very far, people always neglects the space in between, and as a result fail to recognize how the social world is concretely constituted through interconnected differences. The nearby transformed the "nearby" in the sense of our direct physical perception into a data-based "nearby." The "nearby" is not simply evaporated but transformed, and behind this transformation is the power of capital, a technical process, and a recombination of many interests. It will bring a new sense of "convenience" - what I want will come immediately. This convenience is a kind of immediacy and is a reflective ability to decline because it seems that everything is no distance.

Retrospect, Experience, Observation and Integration I will adopt VR and 3D technologies to reconstruct the possibility of the nearby and guide the audience to participate in our project to reconstruct our ‘the nearby’ memories in digital space, to evoke the ability to bridge differences and build trust and love in the ‘the nearby’. I hope to generate a 3D experiential ‘nearby’ story field through the "nearby" memories of the different people, and to guide people to understand and experience the process of disappearing and reconstructing the "nearby" space. The audience can immerse themselves in any space and observe our "nearby" story from a three-dimensional perspective through the models, voiceovers, ai music and words in the space. After that, the audience will generate their own nearby memories and light up their own nearby wafers with the assistance of the creative staff, and finally complete the reconstruction of the nearby as a basis for reflecting on their life experiences.