In June 2019, a three-day field study in Hongcun shifted from a structured nine-dimension survey to an immersive reading of the village’s temporal and spatial logic. Loosening the rigid framework revealed interstitial codes—midnight barking dogs, fish leaping over ripples, faded spring couplets, villagers’ voices—that unlock its essence. Documenting the rural texture under urban modernity’s pressure, the work captures not just wooden architecture’s form but its life pulse beyond clock time. Through the interplay of planned inquiry and chance observation, it unveils the survival wisdom of contemporary Chinese vernacular society grounded in lived reality.
2019
Video 11′50″
Audio by Luka