Video essay ‘Rock and Cliff' investigates the creation of Horn Town, a new model village and centre of large scale tourist development, and the experiences of rural residents moved there through government-led displacement. Horn Town is located in Wulong, a rural district near the Three Gorges Dam administered by the Chongqing municipality (a city of 30 million people). Narrated in the style of a science documentary but using local Chongqing dialect, the video brings a geological and topographical perspective to types of 'rocks' found in the area,from mythological stones from a mountain cliff, to ruins of the original settlement, to a stone sculpture from a dubious 'Land Art Biennial', in order to address issues of land acquisition, top-down development and spatial politic.
Rock and Cliff: The Geological Surface of Horn Town explores themes of avant-garde, essay film. It is available to stream for free in HD on Ernax — no account required.
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 47 min
Director: Yu Guo
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Themes: avant-garde, essay film
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