Exhibition：「 Dive into the Field」
Address： TANK Q, 2nd Floor, Tank Shanghai
Duration：May 25 – October 8, 2025
Curators: Iris Long，Tutu Zhu
Participating Sailors: LONG Yitang, LIU Shuai, ZHOU Yijun, ZHU Xiang, LIU Zichao, LU Xiaoyu, RUI Lanxin, CHEN Ronggang, Goushi, FENG Haozhen & YU Zairan, SIMA Yuan & ZHANG Binbin, WU Hao, QIAN Jianan, ZHU Yinghao, GUO Yujie, CHEN Jianhang & CHEN Baiqi
Advisory Committee: Xu Zhiyuan, Feng Chuxuan, Wu Jian’an, Zuo Jing, Qiao Zhibing
Exhibition Introduction：
What new forms might emerge if we place the creative endeavors of today’s young generation within the broader context of global travels? Since the launch of the Sailors Program by the One-Way Street Foundation in 2018, over 30 young writers, scholars, photographers, and artists have received support to embark on journeys both within China and abroad. Through their travels and creative practices, they have sought to explore and document a world in flux.
The upcoming“Sailors Program: Dive into the Field” group exhibition will showcase works by artists selected for the fourth edition of the Sailors Program. In addition, the exhibition will build a dialogic space that spans across years, inviting ten former participants to present nine works that revisit their journeys. Through memories, experiences, archival materials, and fragments of writing, these creators will bring their reflections back into the exhibition, resonating in meaningful ways with the seven featured projects.
Their works may explore listening to the sky and the earth, sensing the trembling and shifting of borders, recalling forgotten stories, or capturing scattered voices. These dialogues across time also embody the Sailors Program’s organic growth and enduring vitality.
Institution introduction：
l Sailors Program
The Sailors Program is a literary and artistic public initiative launched by the One Way Street Foundation. It aims to support young creators by encouraging them to travel as a way to inspire creative work and foster dialogue, reimagining the world from diverse perspectives. The foundation is dedicated to connecting young creators and promoting more open and inclusive cross-cultural exchange. To date, the Sailors Program has supported dozens of emerging talents in writing, documentary filmmaking, photography, and contemporary art, and has invited respected writers, scholars, directors, and artists to participate in a series of exchange events.
l One Way Street Foundation
The One Way Street Foundation, established in 2016 in Beijing, was recognized as a 4A-level non-prifit organization in 2021. The Foundation is committed to expanding the boundaries of the younger generation’s spiritual world, encouraging their creative practices, and supporting them in responding to the times and expressing themselves through writing and art. Since its establishment, the Foundation has provided a platform for the exchange and presentation of creative thinking, innovative ideas, and intellectual thought, actively promoting cross-disciplinary, cross-sector, and cross-cultural exchange and in-depth dialogue.
Curator introduction：
l Iris Long
Iris Long is a writer and independent curator with a research focus on megastructures of science and technology in China and the psycho-geography of techno-science. She worked as a Berggruen Fellow (22-23) and is an amateur radio operator. Iris’s research has been presented in University of Cambridge, Antykithera Salon, Warburg Institute, Centre for Outer Space Studies at University College London, ZKM and so on. She teaches part-time at Central Saint Martins. In 2024, she initiated the first art-in-residence programme focusing on astronomy and astrophysics in China (Department of Astronomy, Tsinghua University). In 2021, she initiated “Port: Under the Cloud”, a long-term research and curatorial project on the infrastructures of science and technology in China. More info: irislong.xyz
l Tutu Zhu
PhD candidate in Art Philosophy at Fudan University. Graduated from Central Saint Martins with a degree in Art Criticism and Curating. Author of several literary and art-related books, including Joy in All Things, The World Is Never Silent, and People Look Better in Art Museums. She has translated a range of art criticism and literary works, such as Playing to the Gallery, The Renaissance Soul, and Simple as a Photograph. Her curatorial projects include exhibitions like Metaphor and Gaze and Alongside Her, as well as the production and curation of the art podcast Art Fold.
Advisory committee introduction：
l Xu Zhiyuan： Writer, Founder of OWSPACE, Host / Content Producer of Thirteen Talks.
Graduated from the Department of Computer Science at Peking University, and served as a visiting scholar at both the University of Cambridge and the University of California, Berkeley. Since 2001, he has published nearly 20 books in the Chinese Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan,including Unexpected Journeys, Stranger in His Motherland, Wandering Collection and All the Sad Young Men. His works have also been translated into multiple versions in English, French, Korean,and other languages.
He is currently writing a five-volume biography of Liang Qichao, with two volumes already published: A Young Reformer: Liang Qichao (1873-1898) and Liang Qichao: Exile (1898-1903).
l Feng Chuxuan: Editor-in-Chief of Huasheng Media, Founder of Long Live Friendship, and Board Member of One-Way Street Foundation.
In 2016, he founded Huasheng Media, a media group dedicated to high-quality content. In 2020, he established Long Live Friendship, a non-media company built upon the group’s content platforms. His publishing network currently operates six leading global media brands, including the prominent fashion and culture magazine T Magazine China, the children’s publication Duoduo, and the design-focused media platform Wallpaper (Chinese edition).
l Wu Jian’an: Artist; Professor at the School of Experimental Art and Science & Technology Art, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
Wu Jian’an is a contemporary artist and currently serves as a professor, doctoral advisor, and deputy dean of the School of Experimental Art and Science & Technology Art at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing. He participated in the 57th Venice Biennale and has held numerous solo exhibitions in cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and New York.
His major accolades include 2018 “40 Under 40” Asia Art Awards and the 8th Global Chinese Golden Star Award – Artist of the Year (Backbone Category).
l Zuo Jing: Curator; Editor-in-Chief of Bishan Magazine
Member of the Academic Committee for the UNESCO Chair on Rural Creativity and Sustainable Development. As a curator, Zuo Jing has organized numerous contemporary art exhibitions at art centers and museums across China, Spain, Austria, Norway, Chile, and Brazil. He is also recognized as one of the key figures in China’s rural reconstruction movement over the past two decades.
l Qiao Zhibing：Collector，Founder Tank Shanghai
Qiao Zhibing is a leading collector of contemporary art and a graduate advisor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is also the founder of TANK Shanghai. Since 2006, Qiao has been devoted to collecting both Chinese and international contemporary art. Since 2013, he has been consistently listed among the ARTnews Top 200 Collectors worldwide.
