2019–2020 Fellowship Recipients
Dylan DeWald | Bologna, Italy
Viktoria Klansoe | Standard Gauge Railway, Kenya
Daniel Smith | Butte, MT
Cheung Lun (Jeremy) Son | Kyoto & Tokyo, Japan
Arnauld Sylvain | Manila, Philippines
Shuqing Zhan | Osaka, Japan; Shanghai / Shenzhen / Zhuhai, China
Projects
Dylan DeWald
Dylan DeWald traveled to Bologna, Italy and Mondragon, Spain to study alternative labor models for working-class neighborhoods. He investigated archives and museums, visited a bike manufacturing cooperative and its headquarters, and conducted interviews to better understand the social aspects of labor cooperatives and how they invest in communities to support long-term employment.
Viktoria Klansoe
Viktoria Klansoe investigated the social and environmental consequences of the Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway, built as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The railway was constructed on an embankment that has become a border across Kenya’s landscape, dictating points of connection and areas of division. She travelled along the railway to record its violent effects on local environments and communities.
Daniel Smith
Daniel Smith traveled to Butte, Montana to study the city’s relationship to its mining industry. He spent time in local archives, conducted interviews with residents, and photographed the landscape.
Jeremy Son
Jeremy Son traveled to Kyoto and Tokyo, the respective former and current capital of Japan. The two cities, which represent Japan’s past and future, are less than three hours apart via high-speed railway. Commuting between them, Son studied the primal order of space-time in Japanese gardens while situating himself in the region’s expansive urban infrastructure and rail network.
Shuqing Zhan
Shuqing Zhan travelled among Shanghai, Osaka, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai on three types of marine ships to better understand their spatial relationships as modes of transportation. She experienced the strange, unsettling way a voyage can alter one's sense of time and place and how activities on different ships regulate passenger behavior.
Arnauld Sylvain
Arnauld Sylvain examined ephemeral communities in the Philippines along the coast of Manila, where he explored the gradient of “wetness” which defines the borders between the ocean, landmass, and possibly, social class. He created a photo essay and interviewed locals to unpack questions of aggregation, dwelling, and camps, and to explore ways of inventing and promoting temporal hybrid space.
