EDITORIAL
Editorial projects across art, film, fashion and music featuring conversations with leading artists and cultural figures alongside collaborations with major luxury houses.
SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS
In conversation with Andrew de Brún, Associate Curator, Tate Modern
NOWNESS, 2024
A curatorial discussion on conceptual practice, audience participation, and the institutional framing of Ono’s retrospective at Tate Modern.
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Chiharu Shiota
Installation artist known for immersive thread environments
Retrospective at Long Museum Shanghai — NOWNESS, 2022
On memory, absence, and spatial drawing as emotional architecture.
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Catherine Martin
Academy Award–winning costume designer
Miu Miu campaign feature — NOWNESS, 2025
On cinematic language, authorship, and translating fashion into narrative direction.
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ART + DESIGN
Cao Fei
Internationally acclaimed contemporary artist
Private View: Retrospective at UCCA Beijing — NOWNESS, 2022
A studio-scale reflection on virtuality, industrial memory, and speculative futures in contemporary China.
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Liu Wei
Contemporary artist
Private View: Studio Visit in Beijing — NOWNESS, 2022
A conversation on material collapse, architectural abstraction, and urban transformation.
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Maurizio Cattelan
Conceptual artist known for institutional critique
Feature on latest projects — NOWNESS, 2022
On provocation, spectacle, and authorship within the global art system.
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Lu Yang
Multimedia artist exploring post-human aesthetics
Feature on DOKU — NOWNESS, 2020
A discussion on digital avatars, techno-spirituality, the afterlife and identity in the algorithmic age.
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Liu Di
Photographer and visual artist
Feature — NOWNESS, 2020
Examining surreal portraiture, digital mediation, and constructed femininity.
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Chen Zhou
Contemporary artist
Residency feature in Malaysia — NOWNESS, 2020
On site-responsive practice on a rural island, myths and spirits.
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Li Shurui
Painter in collaboration with DIOR — NOWNESS, 2019
Private View: Rorschach Test - A feature exploring Li Shurui’s chromatic language and symbolic abstraction through a cinematic dialogue between contemporary art and the Lady Dior bag.
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Design Miami Shanghai x Fanglu Lin
Loewe Craft Prize 2021 Winner
Feature — NOWNESS, 2021
Exploring contemporary craft, material tradition, and sculptural language.
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Shanshui Art Museum Collaboration
Artists Xiuzhen Yin × Chiozza × Elise Morin
NOWNESS x Shanshui Art Museum, 2019
A curated feature on distinct material practices—spanning installation, object-making, and poetic spatial construction.
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Panel: AI & Technology in Contemporary Arts
London-based experiential arts collective Marshmallow Laser Feast ×
Ex-Google expert and Sci-Fi author Qiufan Chen ×
Artist Jiayu Liu ×
AI Artist Christian Mio LoClair ×
Sculptor Zhixuan Feng
NOWNESS Panel Talk, 2022
A multidisciplinary dialogue on immersive media, artificial intelligence, and speculative futures.
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Panel: Sustainability & Creation
Media consultant and cultural influencer Shaway Yeh ×
London-based artist Scarlett Yang ×
Director Zhuo Lan
NOWNESS Panel Talk, 2022
On ecological materiality, responsible production, and the future of creative systems.
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FASHION + BEAUTY
Jacques Cavallier Belletrud & Nana Ouyang
Louis Vuitton collaboration — NOWNESS, 2023
A cultural exploration of urban space, fragrance, and performance.
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Panel: On Heritage and Feminism in collaboration with Chanel
In-house perfumer at Chanel Olivier Polge x
Chanel ambassador and actresses Junning Zhang x Yinyin Ma x
Publisher of ArtNewspaper & ArtReview China Cao Dan
Chanel film series in Grasse — NOWNESS x Chanel, 2025
A cross-disciplinary dialogue on scent, memory, and the cultural construction of legacy.
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Chanel Film Series — Episode I: May Rose
Featuring In-house perfumer at Chanel Olivier Polge &
actor Boran Jing
NOWNESS x Chanel, 2022
An editorial feature accompanying Chanel’s film on the cultivation of May rose in Grasse, exploring seasonality, agricultural ritual, and the material origin of fragrance.
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Chanel Film Series — Episode II: Grasse Jasmine
Featuring In-house perfumer at Chanel Olivier Polge &
actress Junning Zhang
NOWNESS x Chanel, 2022
A narrative piece contextualising jasmine harvesting and extraction within the landscape, craftsmanship, and heritage of Chanel perfumery.
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Chanel Film Series — Episode III: Tuberose
Featuring In-house perfumer at ChanelOlivier Polge &
actress Sichun Ma
NOWNESS x Chanel, 2022
An editorial reflection on the intensity and sensual architecture of tuberose, connecting raw ingredient to olfactory identity and cinematic storytelling.
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Cartier Clash Campaign
Musician An Yu × Musician Lexie Liu × Dancer Liu Jia × Artist Liu Di
NOWNESS, 2021
A cross-disciplinary exploration of rhythm, identity, and contemporary femininity.
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NOWNESS film featuring Supermodel Xiaowen Ju
Short film feature — NOWNESS, 2021
On performance, image construction, and cinematic fashion.
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Cecilia Dean
Founder of VISIONAIRE
Guest Curator feature — NOWNESS, 2020
On independent publishing, experimental fashion media, and curatorial authorship.
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NEIWAI × XU ZHI - Bound by Love: Intimate Relations
Collboration between Chinese lingerie brand and the LVMH Prize winning designer — NOWNESS, 2020
An editorial on intimacy, vulnerability, and the body beyond social identity, through conversations with five couples from diverse creative and cultural backgrounds.
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MUSIC + CULTURE
Zhou Bichang (Bibi Zhou)
Singer-songwriter
NOWNESS Premiere: NVLIU — 2019
On performance in Iceland, visual storytelling, pop identity, and contemporary female authorship in music.
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Re-TROS
Chinese post-punk band
Feature interview — NOWNESS, 2020
On experimental sound, subculture, and generational identity.
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Rui Ho
Berlin-based Chinese queer DJ and electronic producer
Feature — NOWNESS, 2021
Exploring diasporic identity and global club culture.
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