Obscure Peeling

外星人通过巫师的帮助来到地球寻找爱情。偶遇了失恋的人类后，前往他的家共同探讨爱情的本质。通过与人类的相处，外星人触发了性别意识，产生了对情感、权力、规则等问题的困惑。这个过程犹如一层层剥开洋葱的表皮，反复咀嚼其辛辣滋味，最终外星人以杀戮结束了对爱情的探索……

With the help of a wizard, the alien travels to Earth in search of love. By chance, it meets a human who has just gone through a breakup and accompanies them back to their home to explore the essence of love together. Through interacting with the human, the alien develops a sense of gender awareness and becomes confused about issues such as emotions, power, and rules. This process is like peeling off the layers of an onion one by one, repeatedly savoring its pungent taste, and eventually, the alien’s quest for love comes to an end with a killing…

导演：赵昀彤
编剧：赵昀彤
主演：赵昀彤
制片人：赵昀彤
摄影：和雪宁、当牛
类型：实验短片
时长：11分钟
完成时间：2025年
对白语言：汉语普通话
地区：中国

Director: Zhao Yuntong
Screenwriter: Zhao Yuntong
Cast: Zhao Yuntong
Producer: Zhao Yuntong
Cinematographer: He Xuening, Dang Niu
Genre: Experimental Short Film
Length: 11 min
Year: 2025
Dialogue: Mandarin Chinese
Region: China

赵昀彤是央美实验艺术系在读研究生，以影像创作为核心媒介，建构起融合身体表演与身份置换实验的艺术语言体系。其作品通过虚构叙事解构社会权力拓扑，在性别政治与阶层秩序的隐喻性表达中，植入神秘学符号与人类行为档案的双重观察视角。

Zhao Yuntong is a graduate student currently studying at the Department of Experimental Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts, who takes video as the core medium to construct an artistic language system that integrates body performance and identity replacement experiments. Zhao’s works deconstruct the topology of social power through fictional narratives, and embed a dual observational perspective of esoteric symbols and human behavior archives in the metaphorical expression of gender politics and class orders.  

“洋葱不是爱情，洋葱之后的才是。”掌权者解释规则时向来顾左右而言他。边缘性群体随时都会被剥离集体。答案在反复追问下已经不再重要，问题的制造才是深刻而又隽永。

“Onions are not love; what comes after the onions is.” Those in power always beat around the bush when explaining the rules. Marginalized groups can be excluded from the collective at any time. The answer no longer matters after repeated questioning; the creation of the question itself is what is profound and enduring.