ChihYing Cheng

If we observe through the tree’s growth, we begin to understand that for the tree, the land has never had a name or a boundary. Trees grow toward light, water, and wind-their directions shaped by the rhythms of the world, not by human maps. From this perspective, the project invites people to see our society through the tree’s eyes-to look beyond the lines we draw and the nations we divide. When we begin to see in a softer way, we may recognize that without boundaries,we are all part of the same living system, sharing the same world, breathing the same air, and rooted in the same earth.

The film records 290 years of history, can see the tree remains, while humans come and go. It then invites people to see our society through the tree’s lens, to recognize that the land was never born with a name. Through this softer gaze, we re-think human relationships within the land without boundary.