Chinese artist Xu Bing in Hong Kong for the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, for which his film Dragonfly Eyes, made entirely from surveillance camera footage, will be screened. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Chinese artist Xu Bing in Hong Kong for the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, for which his film Dragonfly Eyes, made entirely from surveillance camera footage, will be screened. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

How Chinese artist Xu Bing made an entire film out of surveillance camera footage

Dragonfly Eyes, ostensibly a love story told through publicly accessible footage compiled from surveillance cameras, is yet another example of Xu having to wait for reality to catch up with his initial concept

Chinese artist Xu Bing in Hong Kong for the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, for which his film Dragonfly Eyes, made entirely from surveillance camera footage, will be screened. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Chinese artist Xu Bing in Hong Kong for the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival, for which his film Dragonfly Eyes, made entirely from surveillance camera footage, will be screened. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
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