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The exhibition invited multiple experts of their fields to participate and is curated by Li Xiangning, consulted by Stefano Boeri, with curatorial assistance by Mo Wanli, Xu Yibo, and Bai Yixiong. In this exhibition, architect Liu Yichun, artist Qiu Anxiong, and composer Jin Wang collaborate and create a trans-space, trans-time, and trans-disciplinary large-scale immersive and interactive public installation.

The opening ceremony consists of three parts: the guided tour at the Riverside Passage, press conference and opening forum of How It Flows On, and the grand opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM. Located on the Yangpu Riverside, the Riverside Passage is Liu's most recent work. It watches the Huangpu River representing Shanghai's culture and our daily life. This time, we will watch the Riverside Passage as well and share our narratives with it, through the window opened by How It Flows On.

Guided tour at the Riverside Passage
Guided tour at the Riverside Passage
Guided tour at the Riverside Passage

Live performance

At the press conference, we watched the speech by the exhibition's academic consultant Stefano Boeri. Jia Wei, president of Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co.,Lt; Robin Wong, producer of the exhibition How It Flows On, founder of Art Pioneer Studio and APSMUSEUM; curator Li Xiangning; artist Liu Yichun, Qiu Anxiong, Jin Wang; and assistant curator Xu Yibo, Mo Wanli, and Bai Yixiong delivered opening speech and answered questions from media. The attended media include multiple government-run media groups, such as SMG, The Paper, Shanghai Daily, Wen Wei Po, Xinmin Evening News, Shanghai Morning Post, Eastday, etc, and subsidiary media of Modern Media, APS's strategic media partner, including The Art Newspaper, IDEAT, LEAP, and Time Architecture, and media that came to Shanghai for this exhibition, such as Wallpaper, Lifeweek, Hi Art, and ArtDBL, etc.

How It Flows On press conference
How It Flows On press conference
How It Flows On press conference
How It Flows On press conference

Speech from Stefano Boeri at the press conference

Assistant curator Mo Wanli the hosted the forum, and guest speakers include curator Li Xiangning, artist Liu Yichun, Qiu Anxiong, Jin Wang, and assistant curator Xu Yibo and Bai Yixiong. They all shared their experience and understanding of this exhibition from their own perspectives. Under the crossing of these two spaces, How It Flows On, the audience step into the overlap of the actual and virtual worlds and witness time in the awakening season, and immerse themselves into the ever-changing state of time.

How It Flows On's curator Li Xiangning
One of the participating artists, Liu Yichun, introducing the concept of the exhibition
Participating artists: Liu Yichun (left) and Qiu Anxiong (right) giving speech at the forum
Participating artist Jin Wang (left) and curator Li Xiangning (right) giving speech at the forum
From left: artist Liu Yichun, assistant curator Mo Wanli, artist Jin Wang, assistant curator Xu Yibo
Assistant curator Bai Yixiong giving speech at the forum

Guest speakers at the opening ceremony included Mr. Jia Wei, president of Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co.,Lt; Mr. Zhao Kangwei, chairman of Shanghai International Cultural Exchange Association; Mr. Qian Liang, vice president of Shanghai Yangpu Binjiang Investment Development Co., Ltd; Ms. Robin Wong, founder of Art Pioneer Studio and APSMUSEUM; curator Mr. Li Xiangning, artists Liu Yichun, Qiu Anxiong, and Jin Wang. After the opening ceremony, curator Mr. Li Xiangning gave a guided tour of the exhibition, after which a live music performance was given at the ceremony by Mr. Liu Di and Mr. Shi Yusheng. They created a dialogue by a piece of polyphonic music written by Jin Wang.

Mr. Jia Wei, president of Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development Co.,Lt, giving speech at the opening ceremony
Mr. Zhao Kangwei, chairman of Shanghai International Cultural Exchange Association, giving speech at the opening ceremony
Mr. Qian Liang, vice president of Shanghai Yangpu Binjiang Investment Development Co., Ltd, giving speech at the opening ceremony
Ms. Robin Wong, founder of Art Pioneer Studio and APSMUSEUM, giving speech at the opening ceremony
Opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM
Opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM
Opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM
Opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM
Opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM
Opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM
Opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM
Opening ceremony at APSMUSEUM

Live performance

Live performance
Exhibition view at APSMUSEUM
Exhibition view at APSMUSEUM

After the opening ceremony, The Paper, Lifeweek, SMG, and Wallpaper interviewed the curator Li Xiangning, artists Liu Yichun, Qiu Anxiong, and Jin Wang.

Hundreds of important guests attended the opening ceremony, including, Mr. Jiang Huancheng, member of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Ms. Wang Jinyuan, chairman of Fosun Foundation; Ms. Weng Ling, senior host at art gallery and curator, founder of Tian'An Art Center; Mr. Zheng Hao, director at How Museum; Ms. Gan Zhiyi, director at Minsheng Art Museum; Ms. Zhang Lin, Shanghai Museum of Glass; Ms. Zhu Yunhua, president of Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism; Mr. Jin Jiangbo, vice presidence of Shanghai Academy of Art, vice president of SFLAC; Mr. Li Lei, vice president of Shanghai Artists Association; Mr. Shou Guangwu, vice president of Chinese Culture Promotion Society; Artists He Duoling, Ding Yi, Zhang Enli, Yang Fudong, Yang Zhenzhong, Shi Yong, Hu Jieming, Qin Yifeng, etc,; Architects Tong Ming, Zhang Bin, Liu Yuyang, Bu Bing, Feng Lu; important guests from Consulate General of the Republic of France in Shanghai, Consulate General of Portugal in Shanghai, and Pro Helvetia; Mr. Zhi Wenjun, chief editor of Time Achitecture, and professor at Tongji University; Mr. Tao Jianqiang from Lujiazui Group, etc.

Opening ceremony dinner
Opening ceremony dinner
Opening ceremony dinner
Opening ceremony dinner

How It Flows On will be on view until July 15th, 2021, and we are planning to have the touring exhibition at the Lonely Library, located in Qinhuangdao, Beidaihe. The touring exhibition will present the audience with a different view. Please stay tuned!