Artist Huang Heshan’s cyberpunk metropolis celebrates and critiques modern urban life, weaving together rich human connections with the looming dangers of modernization
Somewhere high above bustling streets, a small balcony is wedged between two towering high-rises. “Peeing prohibited,” reads a large sign in Chinese, surely appreciated by the pedestrians below. A sprawling cityscape unfolds—a mix of old, weathered structures and futuristic skyscrapers. Shiny surfaces and endless facades adorned with neon lights reflect the relentless pace of a city that feels both familiar and alien.
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Roman Kierst is a staff writer and editor at The World of Chinese based in Beijing but much more at home in Chengdu, where his own China story first began as a high school exchange student in 2006. Likes to pick up a film camera occasionally to take pictures of (mostly) old places.
