The Lab examines a cultural transition by engaging with curiosity in human non-human relations as the identity of a territory. An approach to position the artistic, design and architecture field beyond its comfort zones and look at the non-human as an intimate part of human condition and place our creative tools in analytic studies where all matters matter.

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"We are all matter, and we all matter" 

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We started our exploration in the field collecting experiences, stories and samples connected to the relations between human non-human conditions in the territory of Panqiao, a village threatened by gentrification in the outskirt of Shanghai. The focus of the five day workshop was to work for a common goal, applying and developing methods to learn and reflect by experiencing, listening to stories from the people and investigating relations found in the territory. 

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