Concept

Blue Glass is a 3D video work that uses the proliferation of blue glass buildings in China around the turn of the millennium as its visual thread, depicting the stories behind these futuristic structures. It traces the social imagination and historical trauma hidden beneath the country’s rapid urbanization during this era. The work not only documents these architectural relics—once infused with dreams of the future—but also reveals how they served as symbols that helped construct a collective memory and utopian fantasy for China’s Gen Z during their childhood. As the grand feast of urbanization comes to an end, the once-hopeful blue glass façades begin to expose their coldness and fractures. Blue Glass dwells in this rupture, offering a profound reflection on the disillusionment and identity confusion inherited by a generation born from a dream now faded.