Stefan Gota
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Liyo Gong
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Stefan Gota | Liyo Gong |
Stefan Gota | Liyo Gong |
One reason is that it centres on two characters who share their creator’s appreciation for nuance. Stefan (Stefan Gota) is a construction worker in Brussels who’s preparing for a trip home to Romania. Over the course of his strolls and his farewell visits with friends and family – many of whom get to enjoy a bowl of the soup that Stefan has thoughtfully prepared – he has a fateful encounter with ShuXiu (Liyo Gong, co-editor on Wang Bing’s Youth (Spring), 2023), a doctoral student who also works in her aunt’s restaurant. ShuXiu’s area of research is mosses, and her poetic observations and insights on the topic of these ancient plants bring a new focus to Stefan’s interest in the wilderness that persists in the city’s parks and peripheries.