Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Western China and the country's fourth largest city, has for years been referred to as "Gaydu" by Chinese millennials wise to the cosmopolitan city's reputation as China's "gay capital". Recent detentions are evidence that the government's tolerance for Chengdu's notoriety as a gay hub is fraying. Two Chinese men who allegedly produced and shared an AI-manipulated photo of two "gay pandas" from Chengdu - known as China's "panda capital", as well - have been detained
The installation also features two seesaws and an embedded MIDI sound controller, allowing visitors to modulate the surrounding soundscape through touch and movement.