It Is Said That…

Display at 22th-26th April, 2023

IIn Seager Gallery

Artist:

Bingyuan Yao, Hao Wang, Ji Chen, Weihao Zhong, Yadong Li, Yingfei Liu, Yuanfeng Wei

The power of the 'everyday' is small yet immense, lurking in repetitive routines, gradually crystallising each individual life into a very different form. We always unconsciously overlook or forget how the land where we were born and raised nurtures our temperament, how default rules define our habits, and how insignificant encounters change our direction. But when we step back a little from life, the surges hidden in the everyday are surprisingly present, prompting us to reflect deeply on who we are, where we are and how we get here. How do we react in the face of such a quiet and powerful everyday? Accept it? Ignore it? Praise it? Curse it? Give in to it? Resist it? ...

This exhibition revolves around the reflections of seven artists on everyday life. Their attitudes are varied, but they all choose to construct alternative scenarios of life through performative practices where they perform peculiar, absurd and abnormal actions. These actions remain trivial, but aim to subtly challenge the shaping and constraint from the everyday and gently inspire possibilities of self- refinement and self-liberation. These works of art are hoping to become something like daily gossip, something that, when mentioned, one would not use a serious tone, but faintly say: "It is said that something interesting is happening...."