BE A VIEWER / CITY 08 30.2741° N / 120.1551° E WEST LAKE / HANGZHOU

WATER BEFORE THE STREET

HANGZHOU

The frame begins on the lake and waits for the city to appear.
ENTER THE FIELD NOTE

01 / FIRST NOTE

THE LAKE
SETS THE PACE.

Hangzhou enters quietly: a low mountain line, moving water and Leifeng Pagoda held at the edge of the frame. This first note stays with that distance instead of rushing toward a conclusion.

SUBJECTWATER / HORIZON FORMONE CONTINUOUS TAKE STATUSFIELD NOTE OPEN

02 / ONE TAKE

MOVE THROUGH
THE WATERLINE.

Drag the timeline to inspect the note at your own pace.
00:00 00:09
West Lake beneath green hills with Leifeng Pagoda in the distance
FIELD NOTE 08 / WEST LAKE / 2026

03 / HOLD THE FRAME

A CITY CAN BEGIN
AS A DISTANCE.

Water in front. Hills behind. The pagoda is not the centre, only the point that lets the eye measure everything around it.
HANGZHOU / FIELD NOTE 01

THE NOTE
STAYS OPEN.

More streets, weather and ordinary gestures will join this chapter as the archive grows.

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