Zhu Changquan
Dark Beyond Deep





In Dark Beyond Deep by Zhu Changquan the film presents the process of how consciousness gradually develops and extends from the real world to virtual space through a raven named Cyma. Cyma redefined things in the “digital garden” in the film by comparing them with the logic in reality. It opened a new passage for mutual reflection between objects in real life and the existence of digital objects in digital space. As digits are very rational, all the emotional imaginations in the work are based on extreme rationality. By reconstructing digits into visual and spatial videos or images through digital modeling, the artist makes the virtual world into a myriad of interconnected variables.The broken statement by Cyma in the video creates spaces for the audience to develop their answers from their perspectives. One experience unfolds and extends to another experience. As human beings, it is also the cumulation of countless experiences which shaped us into individuals with different souls. The vivid and random movements in the digital garden contrast with the logical and rational thinking behind it. The work opens a new question of virtual reality in the coming 5G era.