This project unfolds within a factory residential compound near Ledu Town at the foot of Mount Emei in Sichuan, China - a relic of the Third Front Construction era. As a third-generation descendant of this historical initiative (born in 1995), my grandparents migrated here in 1970 under Mao-era national mobilization. The Third Front Construction, a Cold War strategic project, secretly established military-industrial complexes deep in southwestern mountains to manufacture aircraft and artillery, sustained by revolutionary slogans that propelled generations to sacrifice their youth in these remote areas.

Now existing in liminal space between utopian visions and fading reality, this compound houses:

1. Elderly original factory workers (mostly octogenarians)

2. Yi ethnic migrants from Daliang Mountains seeking education opportunities

3. Remnant infrastructure whispering Cold War histories

I hope this will be a co - creation project, where we'll work together with the children and women in the residential area. The specific direction of the project will gradually emerge during the process of getting along. The whole process of the project will be recorded on video and then displayed.