Rock and Cliff The Geological Surface of Horn Town

Video essay Rock and Cliff investigates the creation of Horn Town a new model village and centre of large scale tourist development and the experiences of rural residents moved there through governmentled displacement Horn Town is located in Wulong a rural district near the Three Gorges Dam administered by the Chongqing municipality a city of 30 million people Narrated in the style of a science documentary but using local Chongqing dialect the video brings a geological and topographical perspective to types of rocks found in the areafrom mythological stones from a mountain cliff to ruins of the original settlement to a stone sculpture from a dubious Land Art Biennial in order to address issues of land acquisition topdown development and spatial politic