The work focuses on narrative-making, both physical and virtual, centered around the development of a collective series of stories and models. The model/story assemblage speculates on the future of several social, ecological, and societal prompts such as climate, energy, density, safety, and togetherness.

'The Leap' imagines a dystopian post-climate catastrophe epoch, where the dwelling is forced to be underground. In this new social structure, the floor where people can live and access is defined by their social level. Here a new religion is raised, which is the ultimate purification is to take the leap toward the brightest and the warmest core of the earth. On the path to the paranoid belief of eternity, the weak will be despised, and the strong will be worshiped. Masculinity is praised, and any critical ideas will be restricted within the poor vocabulary and basic syntax.Video for Model Fictions of GSAPP Spring 2022. 

Production design: Lu Xueyin, Steven Gan, Xu Haoran.
Video Production: Xu Haoran, Steven Gan.
Instructor: Josh Jordan