在那遥远的地方｜ In that faraway place（video）

“In that faraway place” is set against the backdrop of the Gonghe and Delingha regions near Qinghai Lake in China, a desolate land rich with historical remnants that has witnessed countless traces of labor reform and social movements. The work uses symbolic elements such as the abandoned labor reform farm ruins, wind-eroded prison mud walls, closed railway tracks, and a counterclockwise clock to construct a disordered space of fragmented time and memory. The piece blends social landscapes, historical relics, rituals, and scenes from the process of modernization to create a space filled with absurdity.

It explores history, forgetfulness, and human memory, with “backward” and “counterclockwise clocks” opposing conventional notions of time and space, representing the non-linearity and distortion of history and memory. The “corrected time” blurs the boundaries between the past and present, forcing the audience into a state of stagnation.