Projects
· I Am a Palm Tree· Luv Ur Neighbor
· Nandan Island
· How to Be a Gate Attendant
· A Solitary Cloud And Solid Trees
Project 3: Nandan Island
In 2023, I found that Nandan was primarily inhabited by elderly Shanghainese speakers and featured unique integrated spaces like hardware shops, gardens, barbershops, and dance halls—fostering strong autonomy and exclusivity. Interviews revealed that mainstream labels like "run-down" and "backward" were undermining this ecosystem. In response, I created a conceptual “Nandan Island” with a passport system and a closed-loop calendar to safeguard its identity.
· Calender & Passport & Stamp & Flag
Yet, by 2024, Nandan Island had vanished, marking the failure of my preservation efforts. This project urges the public to reconsider the interplay between old and new, modern and "backward," mainstream and marginal, in a post-human era.
· Archive Center