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Self-
spectating

Reconstruction   2022
MMM   2023
Recognition   2022
Transcendence   2024
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2022

Reconstruction

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A man is trapped in a fortress of his mindset. He is lost and longs to find his way out using his own strength and understanding, rather than the evidence provided by the 'mysterious being.' Each time when he ignores the evidence, he is pulled back and forced to start the same loop in different mindsets. After several warnings and failures, he finally frees himself from the fortress—isolated, and perhaps only to enter another one.

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2022

Recognition

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An ordinary man feels lost in identifying himself within the vast metropolis. As he embarks on his short journey into the city's core, we follow his perspective, trying our best to see beyond the initial impressions, recognize the exciting details of what he observes, and sense the surrounding environment as it unfolds within the frame.

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2023

MMM

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A man FEELS LONELY ON a misty CHRISTMAS EVE AND TRIES TO ALIGN HIMSELF WITH THIS SELF-SPECTATOR TO FEEL THE RHYTHM OF CITY WHILE APPLY HIS BOREDOM IMAGNATION OVER THE CITY LANDSCAPE. 

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2024

Transcendence

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Through his trip to Edinburgh, Scottland, David Crocpsy Li communicates with his younger self in Vancouver via gestures. As time passes, the younger self keeps reminding him to enjoy his time as an adult and farewell to his adolescent-hood, though he is unprepared.

woe   2023
Simons   2024
Frontline   2024
David Crocpsy Li:
Roundabout experience at THE Parliament
2024

wAR-
us&them

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2023

woe

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Neo recalls his wife two days before his departure to Spain for a duty c; however, that night he dreams of his deceased wife, Caroline. No one knows how Neo perceives the message, as he shares his concerns with his best friend, Brad, in an unexpressed manner. Ultimately, aside from the fact that Neo dies in a car crash, no one knows more than what he was thinking in that moment. Among all the characters—and for the audience, like you and me—Brad gains the most insight. In this sense, the unspeakable secret remains forever buried, and the weight of silence will linger on.

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2024

FRONTLINE

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This is a 1 min rumination on the illustration of the frontline of a war based on the National Gallery of Canada’s exhibition (The Great War: A Hundred Years On), depicting the cruelty of war as well as the absence of experiences that the media can portray us with the real war experiences.

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2024

SIMONS

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Simons is sent from a fictional post-war city Vaken to modern-day Canada via the solar eclipse. During this day trip, his mind jumped back and forth between his ruined hometown by Nuclear Weapons and modern-day Toronto to examine the themes of SOCIAL variation (COMMUNTIES GATHERING), reconstruction, MECHANISM and isolation.

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2024

David Crocpsy Li:
Roundabout experience at THE Parliament

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David CROCPSY LI'S ONE SHOT FILM AT THE PARLIAMENT HALL MUSEUM TO DISCUSS THE CONCEPT OF TIME AND SPACE IN RELATION TO THE HISTORICAL INSTALLTION ART.

Space
home & nostalgia

Impression   2022
Void, Despiteful Waves and The Brushed Sky
2023
Long Day’s Journey Into the Night
2023
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2022

iMPRESSION

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At the end of the school year, David Crocpsy Li wants to document something to bury for the time past and look forward to the near future.

2023

Void,
Despiteful Waves
& Brushed Sky

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David Crocpsy reflects on his hometown experience as he visits one of his beloved places—Hainan. By showcasing a monotonous animated motion picture of a rock repeatedly struck by the tides, David reminds himself of the loss of innocence and feels sad for a beach that has ceased to exist

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2023

Long Day’s Journay Into Night

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This is a recording of the last night before he left China. Sitting inside a car, driving the road he’s leaving off for the airport the next day morning, David Crocpsy Li films and gazes at the moving streetlights and the sceneries in front of him as they pass.

gUIDE   2022
URBAN   2023

TRILOGY OF RHAPSODY

SHED   2022

2022

GUIDE

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A man who felt lost lit a candle, quietly praying for God to send him a guide back to clarity. As the flickering flame cast shadows, he reflected on his solitude, only to realize later that he wasn’t alone—many others were wandering through their own darkness, searching for a way home

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2022

SHED

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A man is captivated by the intricate structures and diverse environments surrounding him, feeling an irresistible urge to explore their depths. He is determined to break both external and internal limitations—casting aside societal expectations and his doubts—to get closer to these fascinating elements.

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2023

URBAN

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This is a video essay. It is a brief analysis of the connection between the individual and the self, the individual and the changing environment, and the individual and other individuals through three clips:

Part 1: 1980 video of Andy Warhol eating a burger
Part 2: Canva clips edits

Part 3: Clip from Jacques Tati’s “Parade”, 1974

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