This film develops its narrative from British archaeologist Aurel Stein’s Archeological Excavation in Khotan, Xinjiang, in the early of 20th Century, a colonial era’ .It explores the human activities of expedition and archeological excavation.To establish a connection to the deep layers of the earth. And also this film explores the ‘Wind’ and the ‘Sand’, as a romantic natural medium, how they connect the faded past that buried under the desert with our present times. Based on archaeological logs written by Aurel Stein, the film is narrated in the first person and The landscapes in the film are worthy of particular heed. The hundreds of millions of years old glaciers, the stretching Kunlun range, the deep gorges, the dry-up riverbed, the terrible sandstorms, the ancient ruins site, the dead desertAll these landscapes constitute the historical depth of field. And the artist, working like an archeologist, try to dig up the vanishing memories and build up an imagination about ‘Treasure Hunt’.

影像内容基于匈⽛利裔英籍考古学家斯坦因在20 世纪初期,在中国新疆和⽥地区进⾏的三次考古发掘,它探讨了“考古发掘” 这种⼈类远征探险活动与地表深层所建⽴的连接,以及“风和沙”作为⼀种浪漫的介质, 它是如何勾连起了消逝的历史与当下。影⽚以斯坦因所著作的考古⽇志为基础,以第⼀⼈称叙述的⽅式,探索了绵延的昆仑⼭脉、上亿年的冰川、⼲涸的河床、可怖的沙漠与红柳沙包这五种地形。这些迥异的风景构成了历史的景深,艺术家以半虚构的历史⼈物形象重建了关于“寻宝”的想象。

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An Archaeological Journey—Topographic Exploration, Still Image, 2020-2021

An Archaeological Journey—Topographic Exploration,Double Screen Video Installation,Color, Sound,21'12",2020-2021,Ed.5+1AP
考古⽇志—地形探索,双屏录像装置,彩色,有声,21分钟12秒

AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL JOURNEY—TOPOGRAPHIC EXPLORATION 考古日志—地形探索

EXHIBITION HISTORY 展览历史

Liu Yujia Solo Project: Bianjiang Hotel(Border Hotel), DRC No.12, Beijing, 2021;
“刘⾬佳个⼈项⽬:边疆宾馆”,外交公寓12号空间,北京,2021

Dancing with Xinjiang, M WOODS 798,Beijing, 2021
《我和新疆跳舞》,⽊⽊美术馆798,北京,2021