Two Dreams

Site as a stage

We consider the neo nomad people non-contextual, non-national, no-identity and perhaps multilingual. Neo-nomad people are detached from places; entering and exiting a new place puts another layer on top of their identity and may temporarily remove the old one. It is one's identity that informs one's interpretation of space; their identity fragments decide that their perception of the space might not entirely be dependent on the space itself.

In contrast, the Non-nomad people are deeply attached to a familiar space and might consider the neo-nomad people intruders. We discussed the co-existing smooth area where the two encounter and live at the end of studio one.

This stage is not just a physical meeting point of the two's paths, but also the overlapping of their perception of space as "destiny". It is a complex structure that notions of demands layering together. What will happen when neo-nomads become still and the boundary between their territory starts to blur?

The composition of Nomadland can be seen as an accidental attack against the desire- machine. The enclosure of production is uncovered and expanded to a broader field which becomes the stage for the encounter. By this approach, we invite the perspective of “outsiders”, they approach every situation like an intruder, completely foreign and amazed, and form their opinion of this absurd, sophisticated system. It helps to build duality within the stage: nomad / non-nomad, living / production, dissonance / harmony, control / liberate…

Nomad--Non Nomad

Human--Machine

Living--Production/infrastructure

Systematic--Random

Dissonance--Harmony

Free--Control

Production--Reproduction