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Alaric Zhou's written thesis "SEEN" forms part of his MFA/EDA thesis, SEEN. The printed thesis consists of Part 1. Hands written on notebook papers; Part 2. 8x8'' photo paper, printed photos with words on the other side; Part 3. A screenplay, printed with A4 paper and bound with gaffer tape; Part 4. A research paper, printed in academic format.

Alaric Zhou's MFA/EDA thesis for 2024, titled SEEN consists of photo prints: 44x44'', Epson Premium Luster Paper, black and white, photos taken with Hasselblad 500cm with Ilford films. The experimental essay film is not included.

Zhou Chengshun (b. 1940) is a resident of Jimingqiao Village, Baiyun Town, Shimen County, Hunan Province. During the Great Famine Zhou did not suffer from hunger thanks to his position as the director of the people's commune canteen. In his memory, no villager died of starvation in their canteen. Zhou also recalls that slogans were written on some young women's breasts to mobilize the workers at the construction site of Heping Reservoir in 1959.

Zhou Chengyou (b. 1941) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Yindian Town, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. He was the leader of No. 3 production team for 20 years since he was in his twenties. Zhou believes that 'the transitional period' of grains (the Great Famine) was because China had to pay debts to foreign countries. He recalls a few people who starved to death in different production teams. Zhou described in detail about the procedure of struggle sessions during the Four Cleanups, how he was criticized as he hadn't cleaned up some reactionary elements. He argues that the Four Cleanups movement was good at the beginning, but was overdone as it developed. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

Zhou Huodi (b.1932) is a resident of Zhaixia Village, Pengzhai Town, Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province. During the three years of the Great Famine, Zhou's husband sold vats to get potatoes, corns and wheat. She once lived on just rice, not suffering too much from the hunger. Afterwards, people got so hungry that they started stealing food. Zhou ate pork out of a dead pig, which made her out of milk, and her less-than-one-year-old daughter starved to death as a result. Many people died back then, including Zhou's Uncle and mother; people refused to help burying her mother's body unless they were given food in return.