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As the second layer of skin, the latex suit allows the character to slide into another personality smoothly. The alienated landscape embodies an anxious state of diaspora. Between character and identity, opposition and resistance, the dissociated multiple narratives are built. At the side of the present, the character yields to the metaphor. As a drifter, all together, in the flash of image and terminology, towards the annihilation of the figure.

Degrader
untitlab® AW22 Conceptual Film
A film by Nicolas Tian Cai
8’15’’
Single channel video, color, HD
2022
London, Shanghai, Helsinki, Singapore and New York

The Lake by Alvin Li

Sometimes the city gets
so insufferably boring
I abandon the routine pathways I walk
and instead go swim
in the artificial lakes in the parks
No matter how shallow
Out of the mouth of the fountain into
another body of water laying on concrete

The thrill of suffocation lies in the delirious feeling of displacement
Of the body slipping out of the skin it lives in
Towards that claustrophobic place
Between breathing and waning
a lip and another lip
Mouth to mouth
Ass to ass
On repeat
Definitely addictive

Hey I saw you the other day in the darkroom
I mean I think I saw you
Because no one shows their face there
In spite of that
I know it must be you
Just from the rhythm of your breath
your footsteps your smell your vibe
and the shape of your bulge
Underneath that layer of
Thick black velvet

Tomorrow when I wake up I will make sure
To check everything off the to-do list
Laundry, groceries, and all the pills I should take
And I will consume 138g of protein
So that I can have enough energy in my mind-body-spirit
To go swim in the lake
Again.

Written and Directed by Nicolas Tian Cai
Producer Kristina Pringle
Director of Photography Carmen Pellon Brussosa
Editor Amy Dang
Music Composer Oscar B. Morgan
Starring Lewis Cameron Walker,Alexander Love

First Assistant Director Jemima Stephenson
Production Manager Omar Kent
Production Coordinator Lucien Meng
First Assistant Camera Chelsea Bernard
Second Assistant Camera Ciaran Tunmer
Steadicam Operator Chris DuMont
Stills Photographer Zhuo Chen
Gaffer Owen Whitehead

Hair & Make-up Kevin Cordo
Costume Designer Margaux Daly
Stylist Nicolas Tian Cai
Assistant Stylist Sans Peng

Stunt Driver Hugo Garca Romero
Stunt Coordinator Ewen Osorno
Stunt Company Innercityriderz
Rescue Diver Frances Katz
Production Driver Charles Roberts
Production Assistant Lauren Hart

Colour House Electric Theatre Collective
Colourist Megan Lee
Colour Producer Olivia Jessop
Sound Design Calum Sample
VFX Artist Skene Milne
Digital Modelling, Animation, SFX production E-Kung
Graphic Designer Han Gao

Special Thanks Ciaran O’Brien, Joseph Edwards, Rudi Rodel