Chicago & Shenzhen

Chicago, 2021



As an artist, I am becoming more concerned with social and philosophical themes in the current world. "Chicago-Shenzhen" is a combination that expresses my emotions toward Chicago and my hometown(Shenzhen).

When spectators view Chicago-Shenzhen, I want them to be reminded of their hometown as this piece is personal. At the same time, my intention is for them to contemplate the impact of global homogenization in the past decades on our generation. Memories are unique, but I realized that I am reminded of those memories everywhere I go. I keep wondering if memories can still be personal to one's self, or if we have a collective memory as a community. I keep thinking that it is a good thing that we pin our memories on one similar yet different object after another, and see these objects everywhere we go? Do we view such results with a positive or negative attitude