Changan Boulevard

Shot in oneminute increments Ais video obsessively documents daily life along Changan Boulevard a thriving road that bisects the capital city along its eastwest axis Changan literally means long peace Ai and his team of videographers stopped at 50meter intervals to record each fixed shot The result is an impassive yet revelatory videologue that charts the blood flow of Beijing through its supermodern heart to its impoverished extremities