Between Then And Now A Group Exhibition on Time, Body and Memory

This exhibition is centred on the theme of time, conceived as a series of temporal domains, inviting visitors to navigate between the slippery linkage of memories, narratives, and lived experiences. Bringing together works in painting, sculpture, video, and performance, the exhibition aims to explore how time is seen, felt, and remembered, rather than measured or fixed.

Our artists engage with memory, body, identity, culture, patience, and slowness. Many works emphasize subtle gestures, everyday repetition, and material transformation, encouraging viewers to slow down and focus on the delicate shifts in texture, duration, and atmosphere. Rather than presenting time as linear, the exhibition curates a layered and entangled view on temporality, where personal histories intersect with collective narratives.

Through this temporal dialogue, the exhibition reflects on how moments persist, overlap, and shape both individual and group consciousness.

Guest arrival and introduction to the artists

19:45 – 20:00

Intro of concept formation and creative process and the RCA experience

Between Then & Now -Artists presentation of artworks on time, body & memory

Group fifteen artists from Royal College of Art will present their works in person and provide insights of their creative inpirations and their personal stories of why they do what they do.

Presenting artists

Tona Borrego; Oneiros Cain; Sparro Chen; Aima Fan; Wenjie Feng; Christopher Ge; Scarlet Hope-Gates; Qiyu Liu; Xiaoyuan Ma; Fazil Maniar; Manisha Puri; Netta Rabinovitch; JIayin Song; Siyuan Wu; Wenyu Yang

21:00 – 21:30

Q&A for artists and wrap up

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