Do the choices we make dictate the type of person we are? Are we a good person even if we make bad choices? Black, White and Grey is an interactive short film meant to challenge one’s sense of morals and explore their decision-making in moments of everyday ethical situations.
I believe that having the capacity to make both good and bad decisions is what makes us human. To make bad choices and still want to try to be good is an inherent human experience. Black, White and Grey references the good, bad and in-between respectively. Exploring this as an artist and as a person who often struggles with the question of “am I a good person?” allowed me to project some of the choices that I find myself making in public and in my personal life. My hope is that this film will make viewers reflect on their innate goodness or evil in a no-pressure, no-consequence environment.
Chip Lei is a Canadian-born, Chinese artist from Vancouver who fell in love with photography in high school. Since studying at Toronto Metropolitan University, they have found a passion for conceptual photography and cinematography in both film and photographic mediums. Outside of lens-based art, they spend a good chunk of their time drawing, laying in bed and kissing their cat.