The video begins with a dream under anesthesia during neurosurgery and develops into a satirical critique on industrialization and gentrification campaign, all materialized into a series of sculptures in the video installation. The documentary on craniotomy surgery echoes with Italo Calvino’s fantasy novel “Cosmicomics;” the process where doctors remove brain tumors also resemble the Moon milk purification ritual in a factory within the dream. Through Italian and Chinese narratives, this work interweaves dream and reality, reimagining human agency that transcends the boundary between material and immaterial.
CREDIT:
Artist: Liu Wa
Voiceover: Noemi Quintili
Neurosurgeon: Liang Jiantao, Song Gang
Nurse: Sylvan Shan
Cinematographer: Yang Bo, Yu Hao, Li Kaiqiang, Meng Fanzhao
Edited by: Cheng Weiran
Recording Engineer: Shi Qian
Italian Translator: Sara Paccagnini
Visual Effects: Liu Xiaoyu
Music by: Sam Wu, Max Herve, Mike Kelleher, Neon Ridge
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