Directing
Liyan Zhao
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Directing
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Liyan Zhao (US) is a visual storyteller working primarily in video. She is especially invested in telling stories of border spaces. Moving from China to the US as a child and growing up near the US/Mexican border, she has experienced firsthand the importance of imagination and mythology as tools of survival in these kinds of liminal spaces. Liyan holds a BA in Architecture from Princeton and an MFA from Yale.
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NRA close look at the domestic lives of different beings during quarantine. An experimental documentary about shared life, media consumption and lifeforms under lockdown.
The Visitors
2021
NRHow do we live in a shared world, under a shared sky? A few strategies are offered.
A Few Attempts to Understand the Sky
2024
Behind the camera
NRA close look at the domestic lives of different beings during quarantine. An experimental documentary about shared life, media consumption and lifeforms under lockdown.
The Visitors
2021
NRHow do we live in a shared world, under a shared sky? A few strategies are offered.
A Few Attempts to Understand the Sky
2024