VESAK
A sweeping 3D visualization of a techno-Buddhist future
This film was a finalist in the NOWNESS China New Talent Awards, an initiative that shines a spotlight on an outstanding new generation of Chinese directors. The 2020 awards received approximately 500 entries, ranging from feature films, documentaries, animation, conceptual art, fashion and experimental films. These works use brand-new technical means and novel narrative methods to present the diverse possibilities of video media. To see all twelve films that were shortlisted for the 2020 awards visit NOWNESS China.
On the day of Vesak, the biggest Buddhist festival in South and Southeast Asia, a monk carries out annual prayer rites at the Quantum Temple. Artifacts that belong to the past and foretell the future swirl overhead in a hyper-fictional topography made up of hill fort homes, geodesic monuments, haunting projections, and gigantic fish.
Directed by Ina Chen.
Music and Sound design by Santiago Amézquita
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