Statements: the video is a provocative design to make people trace and document the tracks of cryptid, the big foot. It has collected and edited together found footage and aerial views of amazon forests. It is about how sexuality plays into the sightings of big foot. It is a transcendental chase and transformation of urban environment through becoming the hunters, the scientists, and the information gatherers. etc.
Concepts: the concept of the video is to explore how people encounter mysterious species and cannot resist the urge to categorize them. It has made multiple intervals of silence, quiet periods and contemplation to suggest that big foot is mere a symbol of human consumption. etc.
Essays: do people chase cars?
Cars are urban elitists’ assets. They are monetary collaterals for the rich and ordinary people in the case of an emergency, such as wars, conflicts, israel palestine conflicts and political events. They often carry the meanings of a mobile and nubile home. It has become familiar that people uses cars to suggests those are women, girls or any attractive beings belonging to them. They are often sold on the markets for a cheaper price after used. It has enabled the oil economy and various nature related projects in the urban environments such as publications, c magazine, and artworks which won prizes. It has an undertone of criticism embodied in the image of a vehicle, carrier and technology. Elon musk has made cars not just objects of status but a precious assets that is expensive, hard to come by and requiring all sorts of monetary supports and backings. The nature of car chase is always residing in the fact that people owns those cars, not chase or chasing itself, or any objects of desires. People don’t chase cars. They chase dreams, dreams of having it all. etc.
Yuling Chen 