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真水无香
Kai Shen

@protozoa514

Mar 17 - 21, 2026

Gallery 1

undergraduate exhibitor

Kai Shen asks, "Why do I often feel a sense of internal pulling or tension? Do things always develop through opposition and unity? Is the tension I perceive through my ACC a source of motivation for my exploration? Is the language-based output integrated by my PFC the creative content I am seeking? Is intuition also one of the signals weighted and integrated by the PFC? Can I directly use the system’s overall convergence tendencies as creative content? What is the difference between creating through implicit versus explicit unification? When my cognitive system has already reached a decision, should I follow my intuition? If these works themselves have no inherent content, but instead reveal mechanisms and logic of content generation through their contrasts, can that be considered content?" 

Kai Shen
Kai Shen
2019 Graduation exhibition installation. Small drawings and found objects are on the wall next to a textile hanging.

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