Throughout human history, our understanding of the body has gone through different phases. From the ancient Greeks' naive worship of nudity， to the prevalence of asceticism in the Middle Ages, where under the dualism of mind and body, people extolled the spirit while denigrating the flesh，then to the return of humanist thought during the Renaissance, when artists once again endowed the body with the representation of beauty. In China, Confucianism advocated a way of self-cultivation that did not separate mind and body but considered the mind as supreme. Neo-Confucianism during the Song and Ming dynasties developed the extreme idea of "preserving heavenly principle and eliminating human desires." Philosophers in the Ming and Qing dynasties countered this tendency by returning to the body, emphasizing the equal respect for mind and body based on Tao. In modern times, the body, as a natural field where meaning occurs, plays an important role in artists' creations.

Through the long process of ideological transformation from one generation to the next, the body has always been a profound and complex field of exploration. It is both a carrier of matter and a dwelling place for the soul, bearing individual identity, emotions, and vitality. Our bodies belong to us and also serve as a medium of communication with the world. We are always at a moment of choice to become or not to become ourselves. In this journey of exploring form and spirit, the thoughts of artists are like fragments of stories of choice, scattered about. They may be the piece that makes you yourself, or perhaps the piece you once abandoned. For this reason, we invite the audience to enter this dialogue on the dimension of the body with an open mind, to listen outward to others' stories and inward to one's own feelings, exploring those ignored, forgotten, or even taboo corners.

Here, art is a bridge connecting the self with the outside world, material with spirituality, and the individual with the universe. May you leave this art exchange with a richer inner experience and a deeper understanding of the uniqueness of life, returning to the everyday.

—— Curator Zhou Zhaoyun