#Art

After a wave of closures of physical venues such as cinemas and bookstores, literary and artistic groups, as well as individual artists, also found themselves at a crossroads between staying and leaving.

Shanghai residents collectively sang Lo Ta-yu’s Tomorrow Will Be Better on the street during the lockdown; police did not directly intervene.

Although the lyrics conclude by stating that the song criticizes Russia and the U.S., the content is more directed at condemning Shanghai's lockdown policies.

The wallpaper parodies Haizi’s famous poem "Facing the Sea, with Spring Blossoms", rewriting it as "Facing Another Neighborhood, Still Waiting."

A Shanghai netizen turned all their used antigen test kits into wings and wore them.

"The power of music, the sound of silence."

The pandemic will eventually pass, scallions grow fast, but our wisdom grows slowly.

“Let's all go snatch veggies—if you don't snatch today, there'll be none left. Come tomorrow and it's too expensive. We'll all be hungry together!”

“When freedom and thought are shackled by power, when green lanes are sealed and become dead ends.”

A print created by an independent artist during lockdown

“Have you seen the original of this painting? They’re beating someone—like they’re dancing.”

“Why is it that they made the mistake, but I’m the one who suffers?”

“I live just to do PCR tests, and even if I die—I’ll still do PCR tests.”

On the second day, due to COVID prevention measures, Pang Kuan’s performance art exhibition was suspended for in-person viewing.