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Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 – Navigating the Cloud
Welcome to Stay Connected: Art and China Since 2008 – Navigating the Cloud! Running from 26 September 2025 to 4 January 2026 at Tai Kwun, this exhibition offers a panoramic look at how China’s social transformations since 2008 have shaped art and society on a global scale. Curated by Dr. Pi Li and Ying Kwok, the exhibition explores the integration of digital technologies, the internet, and social media into contemporary art practices.
Featuring more than 50 works by over 35 artists and collectives, Navigating the Cloud addresses urgent themes such as information bubbles, artificial intelligence, online communities, and the changing nature of human labour in the digital age. Divided into eight thematic sections, the exhibition invites audiences to reflect on how art can help us remain connected across physical and digital realities.
Since 2008—a year marked both by the Beijing Olympics and the rapid spread of digital platforms—globalisation and technology have redefined society, creating new opportunities as well as new divisions. This exhibition highlights how artists from China and beyond respond with creativity, resilience, and innovation, offering audiences a lens through which to reconsider our own relationship with a hyper-connected yet fragmented world.
Digital Realities and New Voices in Chinese Contemporary Art
Stay Connected is more than an exhibition—it is a journey through the shifting cultural landscape of 21st-century China. The works presented reflect how artists navigate the “Great Firewall”, cultivate unruly digital creativity, and engage with breakthroughs in AI, blockchain, and new media.
Highlights include works by Cao Fei, Lu Yang, Miao Ying, Wong Ping, and Samson Young, artists who have pioneered digital and multimedia practices that blur the line between the virtual and physical. Their works question not only the promises of openness in the digital cloud but also the restrictions and surveillance systems that shape online experiences in China and globally.
The project extends beyond the gallery walls with film screenings, curator talks, learning programmes, and the launch of a companion publication in collaboration with Asia Art Archive in early 2026. Together, these initiatives create a platform for dialogue on solidarity, creativity, and global interconnectedness.
As tumultuous events from the pandemic to political shifts reshape the world, Stay Connected asks: how can art help us overcome boundaries and divisions? This exhibition suggests that art is not only a witness to change but also an active participant in imagining new possibilities for connection.
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