Zone, reflects on how liquid infrastructure operates within the space of abandoned memory, and the ruins of successive empires. Contrasting the constructed landscape of the Panama Canal, an artificial well is staged in an abandoned parking lot, mirroring the man-made Gatun Lake within the Panama Canal’s water system. Drawing on his family’s lineage as Chinese immigrants who worked on the Canal, Shim-Sutcliffe charts the construction of forgotten images, demonstrating how fluid landscapes have been instrumental in directing our collective fictions of progress. Zone uses archival materials, aerial tracking shots, 16mm and digital film, phone footage, stage design, and collage, to explore the overlapping political and cultural forces that have shaped this site.

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SCREENINGS

📍 Gemstone: Azure |25.09.2025 | 8.00pm

📍 4DX Cinema |28.09.2025 | 3.30pm