The film begins and ends in a shopping centre in Hong Kong. We carefully observe the smooth movement of the escalators, the constant flow of people that never stops, the musical fountain that presides over the centre of the internal courtyard, as if this gigantic complex could concentrate the circulation of the entire city, or even, the entire country. From there, it will be more a tale about concrete, enormous port warehouses, glazed galleries built for the 2010 universal exhibition, overpopulated tower blocks, the fragments of still recent colonialism...

Lu Pan and Yu Araki share home video-footage of their 90s childhoods in all their funny, celebratory, awkward and banal glory. Edited together remotely during the pandemic, the two artists discuss early home video technology, the social status of this footage in different contexts (both migrated as children), and also how these images were made and circulated. Their playful yet insightful conversation stitches the chaotic footage together and gives new life to a nostalgic form of cinema.

鸦片战争后，驻扎香港的英军中弥漫着对于南中国地区热带湿热气候的焦虑与恐惧。19世纪流行的瘴气理论将瘟疫和空气、环境与种族联系起来，而这些焦虑间接地决定了香港直到今日的阶级分化和空间形态。这一时期港英政府开始着力于港岛的绿化，香港植物园的建立同时又肩负着为大英帝国博物学科收集整理殖民地植物和自然知识的任务。英国博物学家对于植物的档案需求促进了外销画在欧洲的流行。本作品着眼于梳理殖民地早期殖民主义和帝国扩张对于粤港空间与自然形态的影响，也试图探讨在这一框架下东西方文化抑或商贸交流的模式与今日的异同。

梗概：关于一个纠结于过去、现在和未来之间的城市的三个追问。
作者：
王博, 1982年生于重庆, 现居纽约布鲁克林, 艺术家、导演。他目前任教于纽约视觉艺术学院视觉与批判研究系。
潘律， 德国拜罗伊特大学跨文化研究硕士和香港大学比较文学系博士，曾在柏林科技大学（2008－2009）和哈佛燕京学社（2011-2012）担任访问学者，现任香港理工大学中国文化学系助理教授。