Jiangbeizui — CBD
Part of the project "W.W.W (what we wanted)", this photograph depicts the financial infrastructure through which imagined technological futures acquire the economic power necessary to become material realities. Unlike the United States, where technological development is largely financed through private venture capital, China’s technological ambitions are closely intertwined with state-directed investment and financing through government-controlled banks. Jiangbeizui, Chongqing’s financial district, thus represents a place where visions of the future are translated into financial power, enabling their transformation into the cities, technologies, and infrastructures that shape contemporary society.