On April 26, CHERUBY presents an artist talk by Shanliang. Entering from the cultural phenomena of ita the artist will be joined by researcher Jenny Jiaying Chen, and CHERUBY director Joni Zhu to discuss how the Japanese word ita (pain) emerged as a central thread in her practice.

CheDaShan, CHERUBY’s ongoing series of informal conversations. Across its first three episodes, CHERUBY invited resident artist Bárbara Sánchez-Kane and SAMUEL GUÌ YANG designer Samuel Yang to engage in three meandering and open-ended conversations across different settings.

At the closing of the Coro de Soles Menores, CHERUBY brings this latent motif into reality by inviting a local community choir to activate the space through a live performance.

With this film, CHERUBY delves into the threads left behind by Sánchez-Kane during his residency in Shanghai. It is not a retrospective of finished works, but an observational practice that brings us closer to his modes of thinking and processes of becoming. Centered on his working state, the film captures those moments in which materials are tested, structures are overturned, and the body is continually negotiating with systems—moments still in formation.