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Swatch Art Peace Hotel Artist in Residency Program I live on the Bund, in an old building built by foreigners. There is history here, more than I can imagine. I try to connect to the past while looking at the towering present and future represented in the skyscrapers across the Pudong River. I am at the confluence of old and new, past and present. For over a century, these buildings have witnessed the connections between China and the rest of the world through economic and cultural exchange. Today, McDonald’s and Louis Vuitton logos scream for attention from the mass of humanity that now wanders the area, snapping up pictures and products that 1 exclaim, “We have arrived, and isn’t this great?”