Medium of Interfluidity

Since the early 20th century, technological advances in reproduction and printing have been inseparable from the evolution of modern and contemporary art. From Picasso’s Cubist collages—enabled by the proliferation of mass-printed media—to post-war mail art, conceptual practices, and politically driven image transfers, the techniques of “making and marking” have continuously reshaped artistic methodologies and perceptual paradigms.

In our current moment, shaped by the digital information revolution and the rise of artificial intelligence, the boundaries between image, sound, code, and matter have become increasingly fluid. Medium of Interfluidity explores this expanded field of “post-print” practices—focusing on how print, in its broadest sense, becomes a method of transmission, translation, and transformation across time, space, and disciplines.

How does the act of imprinting become a way of tracing lost histories and reactivating cultural memory? How do mass reproduction and globalised industrial circulation become conceptual tools for artists working with ready-made and collective consciousness? How do sound recording, 3D modelling, algorithmic simulations, or digital scent archives function as multi-sensory imprints—resonating with forgotten ecological rhythms beneath the concrete surfaces of contemporary life?

This exhibition aims to examine the infrastructures of inscription—where print is not only a material outcome but also an epistemological tool embedded in long-term research, performative practices, and speculative storytelling. Some works may emerge as time-sensitive or site-specific material traces; others may form the invisible scaffolding of video works or be compressed into code, endlessly copied and retranslated across networks.

In an era marked by environmental crisis and AI acceleration, Medium of Interfluidity seeks to foster an ecological view of art—one that recognises the interdependence of all things and rethinks humanity’s role within a more-than-human world. It is both a return and a leap forward: to reflect, recompose, and imagine how we inscribe meaning and memory in uncertain futures.

Curated by Lisa Chang Lee

March 2025