Plot Summary:Contemporary Shanghai, the young gathering A mega-structure under rapid development Ubiquitous screens, fragmented materiality, masked crowd We keep performing ourselves hard Living in a space-time construction created by the times and us Seeking for blending in and communication In many moments We have no clue in which layer of space are we in: Virtual space, dream space, daily space, urban space, bodily space, cellphone space, social space... This moment, he is a flaneur of night LA; Next moment, he is laughing on Shanghai street Today, she is a killer in suits; Next day, she is a body on beach without reason Maybe each layer keeps a "you" always in Confusion, loneliness, fragility, indifference, When smiling, mostly it's because seeing the absurdity of life itself Living in a daily routine, a sense of detachment haunts Life Imitation (2016) is the first feature film made by Chinese video artist Chen Zhou. It is a non-fiction film, an expanded documentary. It is a work parallels ...
