One day in the future, if the Earth is no longer suitable for human survival, where will we go? Animals are migrating in a hurry, while human life goes on as usual. On a new planet, people go on vacations, take photos, explore, and build new homes. Everything seems to continue naturally, but alienation is quietly taking place. We are both witnesses to this history and participants in the ecological transformation. In this exhibition space, the artist constructs a future narrative through visual language - it is neither an idealized utopia nor a devastated ruin. Nature used to be our shelter. The veins of mountains and rivers are like flowing blood vessels, closely connecting all things. However, the world today is no longer the gentle landscape of our childhood. The vast land and dense forests are quietly changing, and animals are also adapting to this changing world in their own ways. In such a transformation, Liu Yang's creation focuses on "exploring the wisdom of modern ecological symbiosis". It contains both a beautiful vision for the future and a reflection on anthropocentrism. Humans are not the dominant rulers of the Earth. All things are the subjects of the Earth, and each of us is just a form of life on the Earth, jointly relying on the resources and destiny of this planet. At this moment, leaving the Earth is not the answer. Instead, it is a mirror that reflects the profound connection between the Earth and humans, which has been ignored, forgotten, but never disappeared. Can we really leave this land next week?
Liu Yang, a young traveling artist
graduated from the Florence National Academy of Fine Arts, specializing in new visual arts.
Her creations focus on the intersection of environmental ecology and human culture, and she has been invited to participate in international art projects for many times.
Her works have been exhibited in important exhibitions such as the National Photography Museum of Brescia and the ANT 45 - year Photography Exhibition (Brescia, Italy, 2023), and the Chengdu International Art Fair (Chengdu, China, 2025). In 2024, she won the Excellence Award in the Contemporary Art Competition of the Museum of the Diocese of Terni, Italy. At present, her works have been selected for the 15th Florence Biennale. Liu Yang's artistic practice spans various media such as performance art, experimental video, ecological art, collage, and installation. She pays attention to the complex relationship between humans and nature, and between culture and ecology. Using special fields such as ruins, deserts, and industrial sites as carriers, against the background of the contemporary ecological crisis, she explores the possibility of symbiosis between humans and nature.
Zhang Jiarui Curator Artist.
Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Currently working in Beijing. Has won the third prize for graduation works, the Wang Shikuo Scholarship, etc.
His artistic creation is deeply inspired by traditional Chinese art. He interprets and narrates it from a personal perspective, forming a unique artistic language, and exploring the creative path of cultural inheritance and personal spiritual expression. In 2024, he jointly founded the Betta&Jerry studio with the artist Liu Yang. His creative language covers sculpture, installation, video, etc., and explores the relationship between society, ecology, culture and the individual.
