This exhibition focuses on artist groups that best embody the characteristics of the "era of communities": Chinese descent artists with distinct multicultural backgrounds who were born during or after the information technology revolution. The exhibition will observe how these artists navigate between the states described by “SUPERCROWDS” and “SUPERCOMMUNITY.” 

 

The concept of “SUPERCROWDS/SUPERCOMMUNITY” proposed by the exhibition not only refers to a new, era-specific mode of gathering (Togetherness) but also serves as a metaphor for a particular mode of empathy, encompassing two aspects of the same issue. The exhibition is divided into two parts: “SUPERCROWDS” and “SUPERCOMMUNITY.”

 

“SUPERCROWDS” addresses the new motivations for group gatherings: the younger generation, with their multicultural perspectives, find it challenging to establish a single, specific identity. Instead, they find emotional resonance through similar cultural experiences, emphasizing the “commonality and connection among individuals.” “SUPERCOMMUNITY,” emerging from the interactions of globalization and anti-globalization, breaks and restructures existing narratives, detaching cultural identity from geographical boundaries.

 

By combining “SUPERCROWDS” and “SUPERCOMMUNITY,” the exhibition proposes the concept of "cross-boundary community," aiming to provide individuals within a vast contextual background with a non-linear coordinate system more applicable to the current era. In this coordinate system, traditional influencing factors such as geographic boundaries, race, gender, and cultural background are excluded from the foundational elements of its construction. Each individual is regarded as a coordinate, connected through analogous cultural experiences and shared values, offering viewers positioning references and prospective outlooks.

 

Through their works, artists will reflect on and respond to these states, leading to the expectation that within the context of “SUPERCROWDS/SUPERCOMMUNITY,” the status quo faced by any individual will not be an exception. In the loose but solid unrestricted connections, it is possible to find an intimate place where identity and recognition can be repeatedly determined, and where emotional support and feedback are simultaneously provided.