In “Soon It Will Be Deep Enough”, a group of people are having a pool party inside an airplane while the water level is slowly rising up. It was made while being confronted by a large wildfire in Los Angeles, a city with a strong pool party scene. Initially conceived as a reflection on the global climate crisis, it may accidentally correspond to many other critical situations we find ourselves in today.

“很快就會夠深了”作品中，一群身材健美的泳裝男女，在一個飛機艙內舉行泳池派對，對逐漸上升的水平面彷彿視而不見。作品創作於當時被山火包圍的洛杉磯，一座充滿對海灘與泳池想像的城市。作品的初衷是對全球氣候問題的回應，但也似乎意外地可以對應當下許多其它問題和情境。

HU Rui (b.1990, China) works with 3D graphics, video, installation, game and virtual simulation technology. His practice deals with issues related to time and temporality from a multitude of perspectives, such as causation, prediction, choice, and language. He received an MFA in media arts from the University of California, Los Angeles and a BFA in film from New York University, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Practice in Media Arts at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). He recently received the Best Experimental Animation Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival, a Jury Special Mention at the 25FPS Festival Croatia, and was a finalist of the ifva Award from the Hong Kong Arts Centre. His work has been shown in exhibitions and screenings at art spaces, institutions, and film festivals, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Ann Arbor Film Festival, ISEA, Images Festival at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Videotage Hong Kong, among others.