In the summer of 2022, the complexity of the quarantine policy in China rendered traveling between my homeland and the United States unfeasible. As a result, I abandoned the notion of returning home and departed from the East Coast of Rhode Island, where I reside, for San Francisco. I intended to trace remnants of the past and find a possible sense of belonging along the Pacific Coast. Halfway through my journey between the camera obscura and the lighthouse, a chance occurrence drew me into the narrative of the ruined baths.

The hazy video essay "Coast to Coast (Preamble)" combines travel shots with retrospective narration, serving as a visual capsule awaiting retrieval by my future self.

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