青园 (The Cyan Garden)

| #14 Lost Archives II
(BALi, KulturBahnhof Kassel)

THE CYAN GARDEN considers the limits of giving form to the past which cannot cohere into memory. In part filmed on “Lucky”, a discontinued b&w 16mm film reel stock intended for military aerial detection, the film revolves around a radio station that was not supposed to be detected and an Airbnb apartment that has been reconstructed named “The Lover”. Between 1969 and 1981, a Malaysian communist underground radio in exile “Voice of the Malayan Revolution” resided in what is now soon to be a resort. Contemplation on a revolution’s fraught relation to emancipation, THE CYAN GARDEN interweaves visual notes on contemporary urbanization, revolutionary bodies, stifled romance, and inability to remember “rightly” as love songs lull in the background.

  • Duration: 8 Min.
  • Countries: China
  • Languages: Chinese
  • Subtitles: English
  • Production year: 2022
  • Premiere: Europe Premiere

  • Director: Peng Zuqiang
  • Camera: Peng Zuqiang
  • Editing: Peng Zuqiang
  • Sound: Wenbo Zhu, Cong Zhao, Wenbo Zhu, Cong Zhao
  • Production: Peng Zuqiang