Somewhere, late afternoon

Inspired by the rapid change of Asian cities, the makers looked for a way to restore the lost beauty of the landscape. A scale model of a typical Taiwanese high-rise block was taken out of its urban context and in this way acquired a mysterious beauty. The bond with nature seems to have been restored, even though the building isn´t real. Originally made for an installation. (IFFR2008)

An architecture model is used to represent a typical living space found commonly in Taipei. The video image refers to the space of traditional Chinese landscape paintings as an entry point to probe...