No One’s Game
2024
Single-channel 4K video
15 min 35 sec
“No One’s Game” draws from Wa Liu and Yang Bao’s long-distance rainforest trek and motorbike journey. Decades ago, the tropical rainforest, once shrouded in mist, was severely damaged by chemical defoliants. Today, as global temperatures continue to rise, these deforested lands struggle against rising sea levels, urging efforts to restore ecological balance by replanting mangroves. Meanwhile, another pristine rainforest is being clandestinely logged and replaced with palm oil plantations, where the fruit is harvested and processed into biofuel at a low cost to meet the enormous global demand for clean energy. Across the sea, a serene lake now covers what was once a cluster of villages, submerged by a dam. As humans relocated, the surviving wildlife began to reclaim their territories in the remaining rainforest, while inadvertently transforming these deserted islands into prime destinations for eco-tourism.
Music © 2024 Yang Bao.
无人之局
2024
单频4K影像
15分35秒
《无人之局》取材于艺术家刘娃与鲍杨雨林徒步和长途骑行的经历。浓雾弥漫的热带雨林曾在数年前因空中喷洒的落叶剂而化为荒芜。如今全球升温，退化的森林已难以阻挡海水侵蚀，迫使人们在荒地上重新种植红树林，修复对自然的伤害。与此同时，另一片原始雨林却正被悄悄砍伐，替换成棕榈油种植园，其果肉被用来榨取生物燃料，以低廉的成本满足全球对清洁能源的大量需求。海的另一边散落着一群无人小岛，平静的湖面下是被大坝淹没的村庄。当人类迁离家乡，幸存的野生动物终于得以重返家园，在残存的雨林中徜徉，意外地使无人岛成为今天生态旅游的热点。
音乐 © 2024 Yang Bao.
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