Metamorpolis is a long term project about the city of Chongqing ( 5 years ). This city, one of the biggest in central China, went through one of the fastest development process in the country. The main reason is, located upstream of the three gorges dam, the government has welcomed all displaced population from submerged region into its main urban areas . The city is fascinating because of its accelerated development that produced high rises buildings on the side of rivers and mountains, taking over the farmlands and old architecture, but also because of its political and social history. Once at the hand of the biggest organized crime group in China, the city has been re manipulated into a neo communist style red propaganda machine, led by the highly controversial son of a famous revolutionary named Bo Xilai.