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Wang Kai

Wang Kai

China

Wang Kai is a researcher and artist who focusing on a work in the field of essay film, experimental documentary and socially engaged art. Now he is studying in UK for his PhD degree.

His recent research interests mainly aim at a social significance of dialogue with different individuals in terms of a documentary filmmaking and screening. His documentary debut The Lovely Widow and Her Annoying Son made in 2019 was luckily selected or awarded in several film festivals, like Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, FIRST International Film Festival, Vancouver Bridge Film Festival, DC Chinese Film Festival and Amsterdam World International Film Festival. Additionally, he devotes himself to exploring alternative screening experiments (which out of system of film festival) and attempts to stimulate more open and diverse social and emotional communication with different audiences in the terms of the relationship between filmmaking and individual experiences based on everyday life. He has organized a range of such screening events at universities, independent book store, shopping mall and art institutions in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Taipei and London respectively.

Mahjong - Hong Zhong

In the future, unfortunately (or fortunately), people will have totally understood the concept of ‘no future’. The real crisis will not come with any one particular great event which you and I try to imagine today, but it will come with the loss of media entertainment. In this poor future world, water, electricity and affection will be considered extremely luxurious; and any programs or products which require electricity will have gradually disappeared. So, Mahjong, will be given an opportunity to get ‘reborn’ in peoples' lives. This game will be the last and only affordable, convenient and unaccountable way of entertaining used for experiencing empathy and establishing connection in the future.

Bra

There’ll be no concept distinguishing ‘he’ or ‘she’ in the future; wearing a bra will be very much a choice of anyone, not a necessity. In this future, you’d better transfer your view from ‘bra’ to ‘true?’: yes or no. Although a 'bra' will still be a piece of cloth covering a person's chest, it will be used for featuring a person's ‘true’ heart in the middle of their chest; and this will help people judge others' sexual attractiveness more quickly.

Kitchen Knife

The only thing you need to understand is that this will have become a rather pragmatic 'music instrument' for us in the future. People will put it on their table when they play Mahjong. They will slightly beat it on the table when they’re thinking of their next step.

Guitar

Unfortunately, it will still remain as a popular music instrument. But, it will be used more frequently in the service of a pedicure. (PS: people will wear bra more frequently than usual when they are in this service)

Tree

I’m afraid to say this will be a very, very important thing in the future, because it entirely won’t exist any more. The concept of tree will be created for understanding ‘no tree’.

Central Territory: Rusted metal

The state and scope of a rusted area is not always certain as you can see——it always changes. When people meet frequently to play Mahjong, the surface of the territory will get smooth, and this territory will be considered as a new place for pedicure services.