2023 | Chengdu, Sichuan, China
Advisors: Mary-Lou Arscott, Tommy Yang
Advisors: Mary-Lou Arscott, Tommy Yang
The concept of “Memorance” describes the act of reliving memories as well as experiencing the tension and dissonance between past and present.
China went through a series of political and social changes in the past century. As it shifted from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy in the mid-1900s, it went through a rapid process of urbanization and many people moved into the city. Building typologies also changed from single-story family housing to high-rise apartments. That being said, the three generations of people born before, during, and after the urbanization process grew up with very different social and economic backgrounds.
To help situate my thesis in this large pool of questions related to generations, I am using my family’s own experience in Chengdu as the anchor point. I started by conducting interviews with people from different generations. By extracting individual narratives and recording the events that happened in the house in connection with historical research, I aim to create an immersive experience for people to understand generational dissonance using various mediums like drawing, mapping, animation, and modeling. And then through jumping back and forth between memories and reality, I want to evoke a personal connection with the audience and highlight the mismatch that comes with generational dissonance.
