《传染恐惧》Contagion Fear

An exhibition proposal for apexart’s 2020-2021 International Open Call

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Two Science Fiction Books: Waste Tide, Chen Qiufan; Severance, Ling Ma

Contagion Fear is an proposed exhibition that I submitted to apexart’s International Open Call for 2020-21, which was ranked as the 12th placement among 400 exhibition proposals participated from 76 countries and read by over 500 jurors.

Contagion Fear explores the comparability between two pandemics in China, SARS and COVID-19, and two award-winning sci-fi horrors, Severance and Waste Tide, that unfold the epizootic effects of globalization. It attempts to unravel the collective confusion caused by the contagion and rethink the subsequent fear we share. This exhibition surveys the various forms and metaphors of contagion, examining the socio psychological factors behind and analyzing the rhetoric and manifestations of the act of spreading.