Muted Bridges records five oddly refurbished bridges in the Hong Kong Island which were once heavily covered with slogans, signs and information during the social unrest. It is a direct respond to my previous work Tugging Diary, where everything are renewed, erased, as if there’s a new page awaiting.

Muted Bridges documents five Hong Kong bridges once covered in political slogans, protest signs, and graffiti during the city's massive pro-democracy protests. Visual artist Yan Wai Yin offers an impressionistic study of inconspicuous absence, showcasing the structural deconstruction of these bridges and their surroundings. Once vibrant with the energy and heat of resistance, these urban structures now exude a cold aura. Yan's framing and composition invite viewers to look beyond the visible, creating a metaphor for a reality where history and politics cannot be directly visualized. The film serves as a meditation on landscape's effectiveness as a memory device. Through compositional assemblage, Yan evokes sensation, thought, matter, and memory, exploring how images mediate our relationships with and understanding of landscape.

• ProducerYAN Wai Yin
• Screenplay YAN Wai Yin
• Cinematography YAN Wai Yin
• Edit YAN Wai Yin
• Production Design YAN Wai Yin
• Sound YAN Wai Yin
• Music YAN Wai Yin
• Cast YAN Wai Yin