INSECT NEIGHBORS
园见南京·虫子比邻

SEE NANJING Cultural Exhibition, Boston

6.11.2023 – 12.11.2023

Presented as part of the SEE NANJING cultural exhibition in Boston, Insect Neighbors transforms a corner of the venue into a quiet, poetic micro-world shared by humans and insects. The space is designed to evoke the natural rhythms of a garden left to grow wild — where insects leave traces not only on leaves and soil, but also in ink and on paper.

The exhibition features a selection of works created in collaboration with insects: delicate markings resembling calligraphy, abstract forms left by crawling bodies, poetic fragments scattered like trails, and silent video pieces capturing insects’ ephemeral movements. These works are not specimens or illustrations, but evidence of a shared creative process — where the artist steps back and nature steps in.

Rather than drawing attention to the artist himself, Insect Neighbors invites viewers to slow down and observe, to shift focus from the human hand to the overlooked gestures of the non-human. In this space, the insects are not subjects but collaborators — subtle presences whose movements and traces speak of a world where creation happens in quiet companionship.