Metabolism is a film-essay by Eugenia Lim that maps a portrait of place—as body, as system, as ecology. Set across the Western Treatment Plant, the work frames metabolism as both intimate and industrial: a process that sustains, consumes, transforms. At its core, the film examines interconnection—between bodies and landscapes, human and more-than-human, capital and care.

The title design sits between the organic and the constructed. Fluid forms overlap with sharp lines, referencing the merging of river and infrastructure—of Wirribi-yaluk and the open carrier. A visual system of contrast and entanglement. Stylised captions are set in a utilitarian typeface chosen for its neutrality and restraint, expanding and contracting with the rhythm of the film’s breath.