In 1987, a rural bedroom on Chongming Island contained a small desk with a world globe, family photographs, and two chairs. This modest arrangement evokes both the routines of daily life and aspirations that extend beyond the room itself.

Just outside the frame, the parents’ bed lay to the left and their eight-year-old son’s bed to the right. The photograph records a shared domestic space shaped by family structure, limited room, and the careful placement of meaningful objects.