Intertwining discourses around labyrinths, social anxiety, and post-truth, Junshu Gu’s work is rooted in rhizome theory and draws from her 13 years of experience in interdisciplinary, culture-related media work and her profound expertise. Her practice incorporates painting, sculpture, and time-based media, appearing minimal and abstract, yet formally lithesome and precise.
Hanna Tzong-Han Wu is a Taiwanese choreographer and dancer based in Los Angeles, California. The dance language that lies between Western contemporary, hip-hop, and martial arts punctuates her signature style. Hanna is most interested in creating works that reflect on humans and humanity and believes that arts are the reflection of society. In her work she blends arts, culture, society, humans, and self.
Zihao Zhou is a Chinese fashion designer based in London. His art explores the connections between the macro and the micro, revealing the hidden wonders of the world. In 2024, he took a leap of faith and launched his own eponymous brand, Illogic, in London. With a blend of traditional craftsmanship and contemporary aesthetics, Zihao aims to carve his unique mark in the fashion industry.
Tong Tong is a cutting-edge fashion designer and creative based in New York City. Tong's designs draw inspiration from a rich tapestry of influences, including personal memories, a profound passion for fashion history, and an adventurous exploration of materials. His collection Home Alone draws inspiration from a cherished childhood memory, the clandestine explorations into his parents' wardrobe.
Qibai Ting is an artist currently based in Beijing and London. Her practice mainly focuses on narrative objects and sculptural installations. Qibai is interested in stargazing activities, and she considers her works as “constellations”. Living very close to forests and mountains, she identifies with the philosophy of nature and practices within landscape.
Black Void is an art and science collective founded and directed by Yixuan Cai in partnership with Stella Miao and Yuhan Xiao, as well as Hong Yun and more members from various fields, including architecture, digital art, data science, algorithm, and experimental music. Their artistic endeavors center around the hybrid ecology, interwoven by nature and technologies.
Shiqing Chen uses multiple visual languages and elements to communicate through print, website, and digital media. Her works focus on cross-medium storytelling and visual communication. During the pandemic, she became interested in the organic errors and uncertainties of data. By leveraging available technologies, she aims to present data through sounds, games, performances, and other means.
Known for her immersive and evocative media installations, Jiayu Liu is a media artist based in Beijing. Jiayu's artwork often recreates and augments the natural world and focuses on relationships between humans, nature, and the lived environment, exploring human behavior and response. Her latest project, Streaming Stillness, has been presented at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022 for the China Pavilion.
Nora Papp is a Swiss artist born and based in Zürich, Switzerland. Nora Papp combines her interest in human perception and the digital photographic picture with her investigation of the image as an object. She develops her works with the help of common image processing programmes on the computer, where she collects "aesthetic data" through the dissection of the digital image.
Joanna Wlaszyn is a Polish-French interdisciplinary artist, teacher, and researcher based in Paris. Her work fuses visual language with conceptual experiments. She attempts to create alternative interpretations in response to a constantly evolving post-digital culture. She challenges perception and representation through video, installations, digital art, and hybrid drawings and paintings.
