Mike Liu

A long-divorced Chinese couple reunites in Texas for their daughter’s college graduation. The mother stays in the daughter’s small apartment, while the father returns each night to a hotel room of his own. The daughter drifts between her parents and her own thoughts. At times, they appear to be a family. After years of absence, what remains between them goes unspoken, as the father keeps his distance, lingering nearby.

An exploration of the founding of nature aquariums and the way that they reconnect people with the natural world.