When the Sea Sends Forth a Forest / 直到海里长出森林

Through a 3D virtual universe simulated by a game engine intertwined with historical pictures, a lost moment of history can be experienced. The story revolves around the memory of a Chinese survivor of the Khmer Rouge. This tragedy, which took the lives of 2 million people, continues to reshape the present in virtue of today’s narration.

“An encounter with a forgotten community in Chinese history was the starting point of this project. Over time, I gradually established an image of French Indochina in the 1970s. It isn’t about judging history through the mixture of 3D and archive, but to provide a space in which the past can seek to become present again.” Guangli Liu