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geotagger (ongoing)
game (web)

Fan Ju/饭局 (2025)game (larp)

Sn, Cu, Fe... (2025)
video

Non-existent Intelligence(s) (2025)
installation

Warp and Weft (2023-2025)
game (street)

blinders (2024)
video

club with no entry (2024)
game (larp)

Dancefloor Assassination (2024)
game (larp)

Garden of Forks (2024)
installation

a fraction of time.zip (2023)
installation

Elderly’s Heave-ho! (2023) game (alt-ctrl)

Path of Spells/字字惊心 (2018) game (digital)

Life on a String (2017)
game (digital)

small games made between (2017 - 2018)
game (digital)
visuals/performances
"𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑒" (ongoing)
"潮汐明体" A/V performance (2025)
“Odd Species” A/V performance (2024)
img2img home (2023)
“A/B” A/V interactive performance (2023)
a bunch of visuals (2019 - 2023)
client works
“NIKE LEBRON’17 INTERACTIVE BASKETBALL TRIAL” (2019)
 
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“Dancefloor Assassination” 


2024
— live-action roleplaying scenarios
— appox. 40 min
Events
— 2024 playtested at Cedar Shanghai, Shanghai, China
— 2025 playtested at Hex Haus, New York, United States


Set during the span of a single DJ set, this dancefloor assassination game involves over 60 participants taking on fictional roles in a live social deduction game. While dancing, each player follows role-specific movement patterns, searching for allies and enemies, and secretly passing messages to carry out assassination targets. By weaving immersive roleplay into the nightclub setting, the game aims to challenge traditional social dynamics and bring attention to harmful behaviors often overlooked on the dancefloor. Through short bursts of gameplay and shifting objectives, we create moments of heightened awareness, using the altered atmosphere to provoke reflection on issues like sexual misconduct and predatory behavior in nightlife spaces.