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Laying Ground
Feature Film (2022)
Director, Producer, Sound:  Xinwei Che
Cinematographer:  Noah Penner
With Assistance From: Laura Herridge, Matthew Stephanson
Clip from Laying Ground, 75mins, Xinwei Che, 2022.


Feature Film Duration: 75 mins

Screened At:
  • Libby Leshgold Gallery, Vancouver, BC 
  • Cineworks, Vancouver, BC
  • Reliance Theatre, Vancouver, BC
  • Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, Singapore
Developed from footage of Che's durational performance Maintenance in Progress, this feature-length film invites viewers to experience the vivid colours and lush materiality of clay through intimate close-ups and patient long takes. On screen, Che slowly blurs with the surface and texture of clay as mineral oxides stain her skin, creating a deep connection between body and earth. This work is inspired by Lee Carruthers' writing, which urges us to experience cinematic time as an active process - something we do as viewers, rather than a background for the narrative. The film's duration invites viewers to slip from the rush of capitalist time and experience the slow geological transformations embodied by clay.

Interconnected Projects: Maintenance in Progress, durational performance (40 hours)
Clip from Laying Ground, 75mins, Xinwei Che, 2022.


Still frame from Laying Ground, 75mins, Xinwei Che, 2022.
Still frame from Laying Ground, 75mins, Xinwei Che, 2022.
Still frame from Laying Ground, 75mins, Xinwei Che, 2022.
Still frame from Laying Ground, 75mins, Xinwei Che, 2022.
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