Features, Stories:
Place of the Day – Urban Utopia and the Nostalgic Garden by Weili Zhang This essay discusses the titular terminologies (Utopia, Nostalgia, Garden and Place) in relation to each other, showing how various concepts are interlinked through a brief account of history and observations of contemporary Chinese society. positions → featured Wu Jin by Rania Ho Wu Jin is an experiment in running a small business that supports a platform for events, performances and different activities — all while dealing with the different challenges Beijing’s hutong alleyways and the local government have to offer. positions → featured Stranger Than Science-Fiction? by Samuel Kay and Muxia Liu Urban Inequality, Density, and the Spatial Imaginaries of Beijing’s City Plan and Hao Jingfang’s Folding Beijing residencyprojects → story Beijing Mushroom by Yu Gong and Zhangbolong Liu In Beijing people sometimes spot giant green mushrooms by the road. In summer they stand still, but in winter, they seem to be breathing and spreading their spores at night. residencyprojects → story Making Xiong’an: Remnants Promises One Thousand Years by Annie Malcolm We are here in the catastrophic. How can it be “good” in spite of things? What are the aesthetics of a good anthropocene? residencyprojects → featuredArchive