Kin Festival

It is the year 2053 and ‘family’ has been redefined. With the population expanding, population aging, and negative population growth, our demographic structure is now changing dramatically. Under the threat of climate crisis, energy scarcity, and food shortages, having one's own biological children will no longer be a human obligation, the traditional family structure will be replaced, people will be free to choose other individuals as their relatives, and the pattern of living together within the family will change, with the phenomenon of one parent supporting one or several children no longer being the norm.

The Bloomsbury group was one of the pioneers of open relationships one hundred and forty years ago, and their unique way of being together at Charleston house was a precedent for a different kind of kinship, the use of the venue reflecting on the state of their lives. Today, Charleston house is a place for the chosen families, to hold the KIN FESTIVAL, and a series of events are taking place there. The ‘other ways of being’ explores the idea that people can create kinship as they wish, and that the composition of the family does not have to be determined by blood. Women do not have to bear children in order to fulfill their tasks, and men can become households within the family. There is no longer a stereotypical view of the family, and relationships within the family become equal.

CREDITS: Produce by Zijian Chen. Directed by Zijian Chen. Edited by Zijian Chen. Actor / Actress: Miriam Dryer, Umme Hanny, Sherry Kang, Jiayi Lin. Sounds: Zijian Chen, Umme Hanny, Sherry Kang, Jiayi Lin. Music: Black in Space by stevebass60. Founded Footage : 00:21:23 RODNAE Productions / 00:28:02 Ekaterina Bolovtsova 00:32:07 Cottonbro studio / 00:35:10 Denys Gromov / 00:43:21 Artem Podrez / 00:49:07 Cottonbro studio / 00:57:05 KoolShooters / 01:05:10 Cottonbro studio / 01:13:16 Cottonbro studio. Drone Videos are shoot by Jiayi Lin. Other videos are filmed by Zijian Chen