“Infinity Music – No One’s Game” Composition & Performance © 2024 Yang Bao. All Rights Reserved.

Yang Bao and Wa Liu’s single-channel 4K video, “No One’s Game,” draws from their long-distance rainforest trek and motorbike journey. Decades ago, the tropical rainforest, once shrouded in mist, was severely damaged by chemical defoliants. Today, as global temperatures continue to rise, these deforested lands struggle against rising sea levels, urging efforts to restore ecological balance by replanting mangroves. Meanwhile, another pristine rainforest is being clandestinely logged and replaced with palm oil plantations, where the fruit is harvested and processed into biofuel at a low cost to meet the enormous global demand for clean energy. Across the sea, a serene lake now covers what was once a cluster of villages, submerged by a dam. As humans relocated, the surviving wildlife began to reclaim their territories in the remaining rainforest, while inadvertently transforming these deserted islands into prime destinations for eco-tourism.