A synthetic realm unfolds, meticulously engineered by global startups. Everything is bound together by a dark slime—an oily, recurrent presence that merges Jurassic-era flora with plastic plant decorations destined for shopping malls. Petroleum, in both refined and unrefined forms, opens up a portal to the gory logics of petro-capitalism and global extraction practices, revealing the flawed rationale behind techno-solutionist visions of the future.
Green Grey Black Brown
a film by
Yuyan Wang
Biography
Yuyan Wang, born in China and currently based in Paris, is a filmmaker and video artist. Her works involve recycled materials from the industrial sphere of image production, tracing their mutation and proliferation within the digital frameworks and representations. Her work has been showcased at Tate Modern, Palais de Tokyo, the 12th Berlin Biennale and various festivals, such as Berlinale, IFFR, European Media Art Festival, Indie Lisboa, receiving numerous awards.
Filmography
• Green Grey Black Brown — 2024 — short film
• The Moon Also Rises — 2024 — short film
• Look On the Bright Side — 2023 — short film
• One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean – 2021 – short film
• All movements should kill the wind – 2019 – short film
