film still © Shen Xin

The Gay Critic

digital video, 26:11, 2015

The film depicts friendships among working class men in Sichuan, with excerpts of  Yukio Mishima’s “The Temple of the Golden Pavilion” delivered through the singing of vocaloid figure “Oliver”.

Text: The Temple of the Golden Pavilion, Yukio Mishima

Translator: Zoénie Liwen Deng

Proofreader: Patrick Davies

Vocaloid: Oliver

Camer, Score, Edit: Shen Xin

Animation: He Jiayin

With special thanks to Nuno Direitinho, Ricardo Ferreira, Cezar Sperinde and Sara Varandas