The Eden Summer Institute is a situated, evolving artwork that takes place in Eden, North Carolina. It gathers people, practices, and conversations into a shared time and space.

One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean by Yuyan Wang

Screened from August 18 to September 18, 2025
One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean by Yuyan Wang
One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean by Yuyan Wang
One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean by Yuyan Wang
One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean by Yuyan Wang

One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean

Presentation

One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean reflects on the experience of not being able to see the world with depth perception. Made up of micro-events from "satisfying video" that swarm on the internet, the abstract narrative unfolds through an appropriation way by referring to trance and minimal music. It's about a desire for groundless waves, blended with today's inexorable entropy of our information societies.

Biography

Wang Yuyan (b. 1989, China) is a filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist living in Paris. She graduated from Le Fresnoy - National Studio of Contemporary Arts in 2020 and Beaux-Arts of Paris in 2016. She takes inspiration from the endless media production underpinned by industrial productivity. Her works oscillate between film and installation, often in an immersive perspective with a disintegrating abstraction process.

Credits

Director: Wang Yuyan
Producer: Le Fresnoy: Luc-Jérôme Bailleul
Sound Design: Raphaël Hénard
Editor: Wang Yuyan
Screening Format: DCP, Prores, H264
Shooting Format: Footage
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 / 1.77:1
Sound: 5.1, Stereo
Spoken language: English
Subtitles: None
Colour: Colour

Cinema

Num Film Date Lenght Period Type
001
Just a good crash
by David De Beyter David De Beyter
2016 6 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Documentary • Art
002
Auto-Sculpture I
by David De Beyter David De Beyter
2015 5 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Documentary • Art
003
Auto-Sculpture II
by David de Beyter David de Beyter
2017 3 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Documentary • Art
004
Auto-Sculpture III
by David de Beyter David de Beyter
2017 13 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Documentary • Art
005
A Greatest Possible Distance
by Fred Cave Fred Cave
2015 4 min (Loop) 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • 3D
006
Love: A simulation of the revelation of Simone Weil
by Joe Cave Joe Cave
2023 6 min (Loop) 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • AI
007
Thug Roi, Extraordinary Rendezvous with My Brother
by Pierre Gaignard Pierre Gaignard
2016 48 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Fiction • Musical
008
Fingertips
by Olivier Jonvaux Olivier Jonvaux
2024 06 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • Musical • 3D
009
Pirovano
by Olivier Jonvaux Olivier Jonvaux
2020 15 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • 3D
010
Illusion
by Antoine Renard Antoine Renard
2025 9 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 AI
011
Catharenthus roseus 2020
by Antoine Renard Antoine Renard
2020- 4 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • AI
012
Crypto-pharmakopoeia
by Antoine Renard Antoine Renard
2020 10 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • AI
013
Untitled Performance
by Céleste Rogosin Céleste Rogosin
2021 10 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Performance
014
The Edge of Eternity
by Céleste Rogosin Céleste Rogosin
2025 12 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • 3D
015
corporating/discorporating
by Anhar Salem, Shakeeb Abu Hamdan Anhar Salem, Shakeeb Abu Hamdan
2025 6 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • AI
016
Love & Revenge
by Anhar Salem Anhar Salem
2022 31 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Docu-Fiction
017
Grafted-Memory-System (extract I)
by Ugo Schiavi Ugo Schiavi
2022 6 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Archeology • 3D
018
Grafted-Memory-System (extract II)
by Ugo Schiavi Ugo Schiavi
2022 8 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Archeology • 3D
019
One Thousand and One Attempts to Be an Ocean
by Yuyan Wang Yuyan Wang
2022 11 min 08.18. — 09.18.25 Experimental • Musical
The Eden Summer Institute will take place from August 18 to September 18, 2025, in Eden, North Carolina, throughout Rockingham County, and abroad.

WITH : Kuralai Abdukhalikova, Tom Barbour, Lou Bellegarde, Rebecca Bengal, Justine Bernachon, David de Beyter, Joe Cave, Zoé Chauvet, Aminah Coppage, Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques, Josie Curran, Eva Díaz, Albane Duvillier, Brendan Embser, Pierre Gaignard, Daniel Fabian Gonzalez, Michelle Heavener, SayaKa Hickey, Lee Ortiz, Jesse Hoyle, Laurent Isler, Olivier Jonvaux, Antoine Langlois, Jalaya Moore, Kasia Ozga, Antoine Renard, Céleste Rogosin, Elliot Rogosin, Anhar Salem, Ugo Schiavi, Katelyn Shaifer, Henry Shaughnessy, Amit Shilo, Amber Smith, Brad Spencer, Sara Wallgren, Yuyan Wang, Molly Wilson, RaShaun Wilson.

Eden received the first Immersion commission awarded by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès and Aperture Foundation in 2015. The Eden Summer Institute is supported by the Reidsville Area Foundation, Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, Villa Albertine, and agnès b. It is operated by FAFA Rockingham County, with the support of the Salvation Army of Eden, University of North Carolina Greensboro, The Eden Preservation Society, Barbour Studio & Gallery, Russell's Starter & Alternator, Clarence Hale Motor Sales, individuals, and friends.