Video

Fly

Year: 2009
Medium: Digital video
Running time: 5 min
Director: Qiming Liu
Cinematography: Qiming Liu
Editing: Qiming Liu

Poster forthcoming. Painting used as a temporary replacement image: Scooping Up the Moon No. 05 · 2009 — Poster forthcomingTemporary replacement imageScooping Up the Moon No. 05 · 2009

Qiming Liu, Fly, 2009: film still 1, with the landing sequence transformed into blurred diagonal bands. — Fly, 2009. Film still.

Qiming Liu, Fly, 2009: film still 2, with the landing sequence transformed into blurred diagonal bands. — Fly, 2009. Film still.

Qiming Liu, Fly, 2009: film still 3, with the landing sequence transformed into blurred diagonal bands. — Fly, 2009. Film still.

Qiming Liu, Fly, 2009: film still 4, with the landing sequence transformed into blurred diagonal bands. — Fly, 2009. Film still.

Qiming Liu, Fly, 2009: film still 5, with the landing sequence transformed into blurred diagonal bands. — Fly, 2009. Film still.

Qiming Liu, Fly, 2009: film still 6, with the landing sequence transformed into blurred diagonal bands. — Fly, 2009. Film still.

Qiming Liu, Fly, 2009: film still 7, with the landing sequence transformed into blurred diagonal bands. — Fly, 2009. Film still.

Qiming Liu, Fly, 2009: film still 8, with the landing sequence transformed into blurred diagonal bands. — Fly, 2009. Film still.

Made in November 2009, Fly applies visual effects to footage of an aircraft landing, offering a different experience of seeing. The actual relationship between aircraft and ground becomes a continuous sequence of abstract images. Only the noise of the people on board and the roar of the landing reconnect the viewer to a lived experience of the event.