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Butterfly Dreams is an experimental split-screen video in which two visual fields unfold simultaneously within a single frame. Drawing loosely on the Daoist parable of Zhuang Zhou dreaming of a butterfly, the work explores a state where distinctions between self and other, subject and world, begin to blur. Rather than illustrating transformation, it approaches it as an ongoing process of becoming, echoing the notion of wuhua (the transformation of things), where identities remain fluid and unresolved. Across the divided image, two interconnected perceptual spaces emerge. On one side, paper butterflies inscribed with fragmented signs are enclosed within a transparent acrylic box surrounded by mirrors. Reflections multiply and overlap, creating shifting structures that hover between coherence and instability. On the other, a landscape shaped by a woman’s recollection unfolds through drifting images and traces of romantic memory, where light and movement remain suspended, resisting clarity. Moving between these two modes of seeing, Butterfly Dreams lingers in the subtle moment before perception settles—when images remain uncertain, and meaning is still forming.
Directed by Wenyu Joyce Yang (China)