Composed of ten short film episodes shot in Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, mainland China, and the USA, Life-world Series (2017, 118 minutes) is a collection of cinematic meditations on everyday life.
1. Hong Kong: Study One (7:35, Hong Kong)
Visual and aural environment of Hong Kong taken from the continuum between the human masses to the non-living elements of the life-world.
2. Study Two: Young Filipino-Hongkongers (13:49, Hong Kong)
Portrays the subjectivities of young Filipino-Hongkongers in two parts; namely, direct cinema coverage and shots from interviews on their aspirations.
3. Study Three: Floating Notes (13:15, Japan)
Interplays simultaneous interjections of titles, still photographs and asynchronous sound - all drawn from empirical perceptual experience - to cinematically render the modern condition.
4. Study Four: Resilient Textures (20:15, Vietnam)
Contemplation on the shared patterns and textures between nature and spiritually inspired art.
5. Study Five: 雨 (Rain) (14:01, Hong Kong)
A cinematic meditation on rain, this piece poignantly follows the arrival, presence, departure and aftermath of a storm in the city. Inspired by Regen (Joris Ivens, 1929)
6. Study Six: Return Home (14:00, Indonesia & Hong Kong)
Quotidian travel footage interweaving with still shots outside the main route complicate the rational concept of final destination.
7. Study Seven: The Street (7:12, Hong Kong)
Simultaneously playing multiple screens highlight the cinematic medium's affinity with movement and – as seen in this panoramic mosaic form – the flow of life.
8. Study Eight: Intercity (12:16, Mainland China & USA)
Alternating shots taken from two cities thousands of miles apart and sequenced from the mundane to the transcendent invoke a trance-like unpacking of the essence of city life.
9. Study Nine: Yard Life (6:00, USA)
The wind, which is invisible but cinematic, invokes the animated life-world without having to show humans and animals - only their artefacts, which also 'breathe life'.
10. Study Ten: Under the Bridge (9:04, USA)
With an evocative piece by Beethoven in the background, this cinematic experience of meaningful formations in nature fosters insight on the ever-expansive life-world in which conceptual rationality is only one of the many elements.
(The English text is provided by the student)
生命的世界系列 (2017 年，118 分鐘) ——在香港、日本、越南、印尼、中國和美國拍攝的十條小短片所組成而來的。這部系列以短片去思索我們的日常生活。
1.研究一：香港 (7:35，香港)
香港的視聽環境是由群眾和非生物元素逐漸演變出來的。
2.研究二：菲律賓裔香港青年 (13:49，香港)
從兩部分描述菲律賓裔香港青年的主體性：電影報導和圍繞他們抱負的採訪。
3.研究三：漂浮中的紙條 (13:15，日本)
同時將標題，靜止的照片和非同步的聲音互相穿插、相互影響——從感知上、經驗上——直至以電影化的形式去表達現今的情況。
4.研究四：適應力強的質地 (20:15，越南)
在自然和靈感上，思考著共同的圖案和質地。
5.研究五：雨 (Rain) (14:01，香港)
受到了雷根 (Regen) 的啟發，這場有關雨的冥想留意了一場城市風暴之來臨，出現，離開和後果 (尤里斯·伊文思，1929)
6.研究六：回家 (14:00，印尼和香港)
將日常旅行片段和旅程外的鏡頭互相交織，最終使目的地的概念變得模糊。
7.研究七：街道 (7:12，香港)
在同一時間裏播放多個屏幕，並以全景的鑲嵌形式，突顯出電影媒體運動的吸引力和生活的流動。
8. 研究八：城際 (12:16，中國和美國)
在兩個相距數千英里城市拍攝的鏡頭，從世俗到超凡，喚醒了昏睡中城市生活的本質。
9.研究九：庭院生活 (6:00，美國)
風，雖然是無型，但具電影性的。這引起在動畫世界裏無需展示人和動物，只需注入新生命的人工製品。
10. 研究十：橋下 (9:04，美國)
在貝多芬背景音樂下，使人想起美好的回憶。在自然界形成了具有意義電影體驗，培養出對浩瀚的生物世界有深刻見解，其中概念上的原理只是衆多的要素之一。
