Sensing

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Sensing is a video by Jiayu Zhu that illustrates how we live in this world without being aware of every detail that comes along with living. She utilizes layered editing, with each of those layers representing different ideas about what is around us. The work is divided into several parts, based on the five ways how we, as people, can sense the world through seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. These five senses are often overlooked and underappreciated although we are constantly engaging with them in our daily lives. Zhu leads and directs viewers to explore the unconscious state of themselves; she posits that it is not only important to sense the world and sense ourselves, but it is also important to explore the uncertainty within us to find a brand new road connected to a wonderland.