Wandering People

The world as I know it is simply the sum of the things and people around me I have access to. As someone who has lived half in the East and half in the West, I often have a sense of chaos and tension. More and more people have similar experiences to me but have an entirely different life. I want to talk to such people; I want to know their stories. As ordinary people, being stuck in any political dichotomy is oppressive for the individual. If we don’t talk about politics per se, can we really get around its effect on us? All confused people are like wanderers, and there is a need for understanding and dialogue between wanderers and wanderers.

The project summarizes my study and life in Western. I wanted to confront my own confusion and to understand more about the people around me; without knowing them is also ignorance of the world. Every person is a book, a book with real personal stories. There are no truths or answers in the book, only experiences. I want to record them honestly, to bring out more diverse thoughts in the dialogue and to find a way to be compatible.

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Curator:

Hanssi Li

Co-Curator:

Canqi Lin, Chufan Chen, Yao Lu

Set Designer:

Hanssi Li

Motion Media Designer, Illustrator:

Changyu Zhou

Sound Designer:

Ólafur Arnalds, Lishan Xu

Graphic Designer:

Changyu Zhou, Kathie Yang, Hanssi Li,

Installation Designer:

Hanssi Li, Yao Lu

Filmer, Photographer:

Anna Wang, Uji, Hanssi Li

Editor:

Renkai Tan

Special Thanks to:

The Bomb Factory Archway

Camille Eymieu, Connie Deng, Georgina Qing, Iris Wang, Kathie Yang, Mengtian Zhang,

Renkai Tan, Yijie Huang, Yimeng Wang, Yuyan Zhou, Zeyu Liu

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