Signal 8, 2019
16mm // Sound // Color // 14 Minutes
They said a storm is calling this way but we’re still waiting. Lives carry on in Hong Kong as traces of civic upkeep morph into sites of remembrance. Decorative structures mimic nature then occasionally malfunction - transforming common spectacle to warning signs. The light urges to tell us something but can't quite get its point across, patience tested for another day.
“Simon Liu’s eerie, entrancing portrait of contemporary Hong Kong tracks a series of strange disruptions to the city’s urban infrastructure. Deceptively tranquil 16mm images of everyday life are accompanied by muffled music cues, ominous radio transmissions, and intimations of an impending hazardous event that may never arrive.” — Projections, New York Film Festival
“Disconnected from the flow of daily life, Simon Liu’s incursion into the alienation of Hong Kong is an enigmatic symphony of the city’s discordance and fury. Something belies the trance cast by this tapestry of 16mm images—is it unrest or is it complacency? Or is it already too late?” — MUBI
Recent SCREENINGS
New York Film Festival: Projections 2019
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
Cinéma du Réel @ Centre Pompidou 2020
Onion City Film Festival 2020
Images Festival 2020
Portland International Film Festival 2020
Music / Sound Design by Julia Bloop - More Info HERE
