An original 15-minute video clip of a street scene at a crossroad was captured and was played on a 25-inch TV screen. One corner of the TV-screened footage was filmed again to produce the 2nd video footage. This re-filming process repeated 7 times using the same focal distance (of the first re-filming's settings), and 8 video footages in 7 generations were produced. The images and sound became more abstract each time. The images were then displayed in the order of reproduction and decreasing resolution. The video installation was first staged in Hangzhou in 1996, composed of the 8 video footages displayed on 8 TVs on 110cm x 50cm x 50cm boxes placed 80cm apart lined up in a row. An alternative installation for this work is to stack 8 TVs up vertically on a box 130cm high.

Note: Only 7 televisions appear in this image, which is different from the artist's sketch in the reference; the sketch also indicates that each video on the respective screens should be 60 minutes long.

Please refer to Artistic Working Manual of Zhang Peili, Lingnan Meishu Chubanshe, Guangzhou, 2008, p 208 for more information.