‘When Stoves Fly' (previously name as Plan 14: Stove ⇌ Jet engine) presents a real story of budget airlines and carbon offsets market through a metaphoric evolution process of a portable stove into a modern aircraft engine. Speculated technical drawings and narrative painting are made to illustrate a fictional metamorphosis between the two technologies. The Plan 14 project at the end becomes a contemporary mythology for the ambiguous nature of carbon offset strategy.

Collaborated with Qiaochu Guo.
The project is commissioned by the exhibition: GEO-DESIGN: BUDGET AIRLINES. in Van Abbe Museum. https://geodesign.online

TECHNICAL CONSULTATION: Jordie Verstappen
VIDEO EDITING ASSISTANCE: Sabina Scorțanu
NETWORK Design: Lu Lin

Stills from Video: Plan 14

Exhibition view, Van Abbemuseum photo by Peter Cox

Starting stage：New Laos Protable cooking stove:
Size: 30*30cm

Complet stage: CFM International CFM56 series 5B turbo fan engine:
Size: 290*300cm
Use:

Middle stage: cooking stove with a complet aircraft combustion chamber
Size: 100*100cm

Middle stage: cooking stove with turbo
Size: 120*200cm

Exhibition view, Van Abbemuseum photo by Peter Cox

Narrative painting, acrylic on aluminum, 4.5*1m