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Journey #1: A user explores a surreal theatre where highlighted piano keys awaken playful babies of contrasting natures, creating a whimsical musical scene. As keys are pressed, babies pop and interact, sometimes fighting or friends, adding lively chaos. When too many babies gather, the scene dissolves into the remnants of HK’s old airport, planes crashing, restoring the loop of enchantment and chaos.

Journey #2: A chaotic yet cozy North American living room, dimly lit and cluttered with toys, invites interaction as a flickering TV hints at hidden worlds. Suddenly, we’re at a poignant airport scene, bidding farewell to crying loved ones, fading into the distance. With a remote, we navigate surreal channels, switching from Hong Kong popular music to hockey games, while each press unlocking a new, immersive world in endless rotation.

Journey #3: A split scene reveals bustling, busy Hong Kong on the left and quiet Vancouver on the right, symbolizing a migrant’s contrasting world. Over time, Vancouver’s calm transforms into vibrant detail, mirroring growing familiarity and comfort. As the city stabilizes by the army, the once-blurred Hong Kong fades, echoing how migrants blend their origins with new beginnings.

Journey #4: A single, shuddering sigh condenses into a tarnished coin on a shore of erased memories. Picking it up, the character is flung into the interior of a car racing through Hong Kong. The heartbreak of the past becomes the frantic, high-speed escape of the present.

This project is led by the UBC Centre for Migration Studies , and funded by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund through Migrant Integration in the Mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides.”

Bridging Divides is a collaborative research project between UBC and Toronto Metropolitan University (PI), Concordia University, and the University of Alberta.

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