Chupei Yu is a contemporary curator whose practice includes contemporary group and solo shows worldwide. Her most recent project, Seen-Scene-Screen at LumiNoir ART Gallery 21-28 July 2026, demonstrates her ability to reflect on an artwork’s content and curate an exhibition which frames, reflects and enhances the impact of the works as individual pieces and as a complete concept.
Seen-Scene-Screen is a solo exhibition by contemporary artist Renwei Liu and features a series of four dual-channel video works under the collective label Edited Reality. Through his works, Liu explores contemporary psychological experiences, with a particular focus on the ever-narrowing divide between the digital world and the human condition. In Edited Reality, he utilises the digital video medium, including temporal delay, image replication and sound scapes, to construct narrative spaces that unfold in non-linear patterns, allowing the viewer to both perceive the internal processes of the principal character and to share in his visual illusions. These works further express the central theme of Liu’s works; revealing how digital platforms influence people’s understanding of reality.
Through her curation, Yu emphasises the multicompartmental nature of the works, dividing the main character and the viewers’ experience into three states. “Seen” denotes the ordinary moments each of the works begins with – the real world. Then, through framing, language, and editing, these fragments of everyday life become “Scenes”, with additional narrative layers, meaning, and an overall more exciting or noteworthy event. Finally, the scenes are translated into the world of the “Screen”, where news broadcasting, social media and dramatisation create a video worthy of global consumption.
Within the space, Yu combines screens displaying the video works and still shots from the videos, which work to emphasise particular moments which deserve further contemplation – moments of normalcy or exaggeration which serve as reflection points to the video pieces and emphasise the voluntary manipulation of perception induced by the main character. The two spaces of the gallery also serve to emphasise the divide between the normal and the exaggerated – the first room focuses on one scenario. In contrast, the second room holds three videos playing simultaneously, an allusion to the constantly overlapping news stories and social media posts that are pumped out and consumed. By initially allowing the viewer to contemplate one work, then forcing a multi-work perspective, Yu creates an experiential expression of the difference between everyday life and media, where singular experiences are replaced with the experiences of the many.
In the context of concerns around the effects of media, and the recent legislation around social media usage for young people, this project brings a new reflective moment to the discussion around the dangers of media consumption, demonstrating how it can become more than an addiction, but the very comparison with one’s own life can cause delusions and dissatisfaction with one’s own “normal” life. The exhibition prompts personal reflection on individual relationships with media and asks us to consider the real-world effects of media consumption and production, and the continuous intertwining of the online with the everyday.
