Meet-ing

For this double-screen HD video, the artist set up the camera in the streets of Hangzhou, focusing on passersby: workers, students, young office workers, restaurant owners, and elderly people sitting nearby. When the subjects become aware of the camera, the moving image freezes into a still picture, initiating a new encounter. This creates a sense of longing and captures the fast pace of life. The moment their eyes meet the lens—possibly a collision for them—marks the point of encounter with the audience. The emphasis is on this moment as the true intersection between the work and the viewer.