Yang Yongliang, ( Chinese, 1980), Fall into Oblivion (still), 2015, digital film, 58 minutes 13 seconds

7 pm | Katherine W. and Ezekiel R. Dumke Jr. Auditorium | FREE

FALL INTO OBLIVION Trailer from Yang Yongliang on Vimeo.

Watch Yang’s 58 minute-experimental digital film Fall into Oblivion (2015). Inspired by the Chinese tale Peach Blossom Spring by Tao Yuanming, Yang Yongliang takes viewers inside a lucid dreamscape. An armor clad character appears in chaotic urban setting out on a journey that questions his and our own reality. Yang Yongliang is the featured artist in UMFA's salt gallery. salt 14: Yang Yongliang is on view through June 2. 

Stay for a moderated Skype conversation with the artist after the film.

Learn more about the artist in the video below.