A sudden COVID-19 pandemic has brought great turmoil to the society. As of April 1th, 823,479 cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed and 40,708 deaths have been confirmed worldwide. (Information comes from People's Daily).

Since the exhibition initiates，it’s unexpected that now the pandemic spread around the world. But it makes clearer our original intent: empathy.

At first, to plan this exhibition is to make artworks records of communication between individuals and the world. In another word, our principle is not to discuss the participation of art in this pandemic, but more importantly, to illustrate its functions of recording and empathizing.

Empathy is the fundamental and even most important element in design thinking theory. Every individual forms an era. This exhibition wants to present not only the most glaring part during the war against COVID-19, but also parts which seem hidden in the debris. We are exploring collective images of this era between personal records and collective memory.

‘RECORD’, ‘COMMONALITY’, ‘EMPATHY’, ‘HUMAN-CENTERED’

According to factors shown above, ‘COANTIVIRUS’ is not only inaugurated for seeing the pandemic, but also for more public to be aware of the communications between the world of this time, and ‘me’. Because every of us, like a fragment, is an integrative whole, and those fragments are elements of the real world.

“We devote to reflect ourselves at present through the elements in ‘COANTIVIRUS’.”

Initiator：Chengdu NY International Art Village

Organizer: NY20+  WE NEED ART

Supporters：

Auckland International Gallery

RUOXIAO Contemporary Art Space in Los Angeles

59 RIVOLI

100ECS

SOMOS

UALCSSA

Inspiring Change

Radar Sofia

Faculty of Contemporary Arts Belgrade, Serbia

Art Aia - Creatives / In / Residence

Art Aia - La Dolce Berlin

PRO VOBIS Assisi

Sichuan Artists Association

Chengdu Artists Association

Chengdu Folk Literature and Art Association

Chengdu Contemporary Fine Brushwork Painting Institute

Sichuan Kaiming Painting Academy

Sichuan Fine Brushwork Painting Academy

Chengdu Hibiscus Culture Research Institute

Wuhou District Artists Association

Chengdu Association of Trade in Services

Western Cultural Industry Center

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Special Partner：HEYTEA

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China Economic Times. China News. www.cet.com.cn. 

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Chengdu Daily. Chengdu Commercial Daily. Chengdu Shenniao Zhixun. 

West China City Daily.

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Wuhou Media center. 

Wuhou Converged Media Center. 

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