Unfinished Progress

Giraffelike construction cranes are avid eaters They forage around in the woods and fields for their feeds the collective longing for development and prosperity As they crane their necks longer they make the fantasy of progress more alluring And that is what ChungMing Wang steps forward to fight Left his stable life behind he devoted himself into local environmentalism in his hometown TamsuiDanshui tried to keep it distant from developmentalism that Taipei had been suffered for long Few years later he decided to change his way of political participation This documentary film depicts his third attempt to run in the City Council Election in 2014 including the difficulties and conflicts he encounters and the diverse imaginations toward progress The film also tries to brings up an important question do we need more edifices in our city or we need to find a way to edify ourselves