Trying to pass through Siren in the ocean, Odysseus drifted towards the feared unknown chasm. This won't happen today. Knowledge of geology and climatology has blocked humans' curiosity from wandering around the unknown world. The precisely depicted continents, oceans, islands and mountains seemingly announced the death of primitive mythology.
This book comes from a short film by the artist, trying to reboot an individual's search of nature, just like Don Quixote's rebellious journey. It retrogradely explores the motif of mythology that swings between reality and imagination. Any established knowledge about the contrast between the surf and turf can be subverted and restructured by an individual's footage. The secret words are whispered in the unrelated two polarized extremes. The key to this Pandora's box can be merely an unexpected turbulent incident in an individual's life.
Wang Kejing, born in 1993, graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2018 with an MFA in Photography and Related Media. Her documentary short Kayaking premiered at Doclisboa International Film Festival in 2020; narrative short A Walk Down Memory Lane won the Best Narrative Short at Minute Short Film Festival (Chengdu) in 2021; both films were also selected for Beijing International Short Film Festival and CineCina Film Festival (New York).
Editor: Yang Yiying
Designer: Cheng Yinhe
Size: 155 × 110 × 20 mm
Binding: Paperback
Printing: Four color process on color paper
Language: Chinese & English
February 2026
