Route 3 is a photography and video project being produced in Northwest Laos in an area bordered by the Mekong river, China and Burma. Route 3 is a road recently built to establish an all season trade route between China, Laos and Thailand.

Route 3 is a road film of sorts – conceiving of the new road in spatial terms – as a stage of current events and as a metonym of distant places and times.

With the generous support of the Asian Cultural Council, David Kelley and Patty Chang are continuing their work on Route 3 in 2010 and 2011.

Link to map of Route 3