Fengjie, China, 2005. Painter Liu Xiao-dong goes to the region of the Three Gorges to make a series of paintings in oil. He paints 12 laborers at work dismantling installations in the region that will be flooded to build an enormous dyke. Fengjie with its 2000 years of history is soon to be destroyed. After the completion of the Three Gorges Project, the town will be completely submerged. During his stay with the laborers, the artist is gradually taken by this hard reality.
