Searching for Orchids
Some people speak of landscape as the earliest expression in shaping culture. Here preserving plants becomes about preserving cultural identity. In the forests of Taiwan, a man searches for endangered orchids, as a filmmaker searches for belonging. Her family name “蘭” (Lan), meaning orchid in Mandarin, turns this parallel search into an exploration of preservation and finding belonging on disputed land.
Some people speak of landscape as the earliest expression in shaping culture. Here preserving plants becomes about preserving cultural identity. In the forests of Taiwan, a man searches for endangered orchids, as a filmmaker searches for belonging. Her family name “蘭” (Lan), meaning orchid in Mandarin, turns this parallel search into an exploration of preservation and finding belonging on disputed land.