Chat Room screens as part of the 'Insights programme at the 2021 Shanghai Photofair

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai 2021 3 - 6th Nov 2021 Photofairs.org My piece Chat Room (2019 digtal animation) is included as part of'Insights: Imagining Our Future' curated by Yining He for the 2021 Shangahi Photofair. 'Exploring further the break from traditional photographic frameworks is this thematic group exhibition featuring international artists whose work envisions humanity’s future in digitally constructed images. Presenting artists and collectives include Discipula (Italy), Fernando Montiel Klint (Gallery Artbaena, Mexico), Shun Li (China), Wendy McMurdo (UK), Milan F4 (China), Michael Najjar (BANK, China), Marcel Rickli (Switzerland), Slime Engine (Madeln Gallery, China), Clement Valla (bitforms Gallery, USA), Feiyu Wang (China) and Wenxin Zhang (China). The exhibition covers a range of pertinent topics from journalism, advertising and consumerism to our relationship with nature and space exploration. Curated by He Yining, the show aims to rethink the complex interactions between the digital and the visual while cautioning audiences about the inherent trappings of these practices. Yining He says: “Combining my research on new trends in contemporary photography and a series of public programs, I aim to explore how photographers approach image creation in a world of algorithms and CGI in order to show our imagination of the future.