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LOTUS . ELEPHANT 澤芝 象
LOTUS . ELEPHANT 澤芝 象
LOTUS . ELEPHANT 澤芝 象
LOTUS . ELEPHANT 澤芝 象

LOTUS . ELEPHANT澤芝 象

Nil
B&W
Sound
16:9
Single-channel Video
production year /
2012
duration /
04'51

In film the lotus and elephants, lotus, Live in the silt but not imbrued; Elephants, holy and noble. A couple of mother-son wearing a gas mask in a barren land, it was revealed that the unknown future, fear in uncertainty, where the pure land on earth? “…Visiting brilliant among the best, elevation the name of lotus.” – Bao Zhao,Fu Rong Fu(Prose of Lotus) “…I’m the only who love the lotus, rising from the sludge, but it isn’t stained. Bathed by clear waters, but it isn’t seductive。”-Zhou Dunyi, On Loving the Lotus According to legend, The Enlightened One,the reincarnation of a holy six tusks white elephant with white lotus on its mouth, appeared in Kapilavastu, and entered into Lady Mayadevi’s left rib,yet… 

⽚中的蓮花與⼤象,蓮花,出淤泥⽽不染;⼤象,聖潔⽽⾼貴。 ⼀對
穿戴著防毒⾯具的⺟⼦出現在⼀⽚荒蕪的⼟地上,那是⼀個沒有可知
數的未來,恐懼陷⼊不安,世界何處是淨⼟?
“…訪羣英之艷絶,標⾼名於澤芝。”-鮑照 《芙蓉賦》
“…予獨愛蓮之出淤泥⽽不染,濯清漣⽽不妖。”-周敦頤《愛蓮說》
傳說:覺者化乘⼝含⽩蓮六⽛⽩象,下降迦毗羅衛國,從摩訶摩耶夫
⼈左肋⼊胎…

about the artist /

Pow Lai Xiang comes from Malacca, the ancient city of South Malaysia. Graduated from Cosmopoint Diploma in Multimedia Application. It has been engaged in photography and short film ingress for seven years, and is inspired by the bold composition of William Eugene Smith (American War Correspondent), Tim Burton ‘s fantasy surrealism and the narrative style of Akira Kurosawa (Japanese director). Lai Xiang specializes in Documentary, street and concept photography, directed short films won the Malaysian Chinese Film Festival – Best Drama Award (2012), Youth Creative PSA Short Film – Top 10 (2013), with BMW Shorties – Top 10 (2016), Short films are also exhibiting in China, Korea, Japan, Singapore and Thailand etc. style bias experimental and documentary. 

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