Tracing the shape of an old place.

The soaked soil
Taking the shape of a mountain
Our river
Flows into yesterday's late sun
Fish try to shun their reflection
Bubbles wrapped the words filling up the fish tank
Fish die in between the gaps of language

Banana leaves brush away the dust on the table
Lungs that refuse to be cleansed
Thermos is a container for storing the shadow of the mountain
The inner shell broken
The mountain walks away in the night

Everything is collected into a shriveled wooden drawer
Bamboo baskets piled on the concrete floor, swaying
The grey soil flowing
Filling up all the old boundaries
The dried earth needs no expression
All decisiveness and hesitation lie underneath the smooth surface

浸濕的泥土
糊成了山的形狀
我們的河水
流入昨日的晚霞


魚類試圖迴避自己的影子
包裹著話語的氣泡佈滿水缸
魚在語言的空隙中死去


芭蕉葉拂去桌面的粉塵
不願被清洗的肺
熱水瓶是儲存大山影子的容器
內膽破碎
山在夜裡出走


一切收進乾癟的木頭抽屜
竹籃堆疊在水泥地上 搖晃
灰色的泥流動著
填補所有陳舊的邊界
乾涸的土地不需要表達
一切的果斷與猶豫都在光滑的表面之下


Direction& Animation& Sound by Yujie Xu
Production by Matt Hamilton

Duration: 05'28''
Medium: 2D, 3D, cell animation, mixed media
Year: 2024