The Cities and Stories

Intro:
Cities have different faces in each era. Looking back at the past, all towns were changing at an astonishing speed, small or big. The former river bank had become a particular commercial zone, the former farmland had become a residential area, and even the desert had become a resort. In 2020, the world encountered the replacement of the times. The virus had made the cities quickly adapt to the new human lifestyle. This exhibition aims to show the difference in the photographer’s feelings after the epidemic through photographic records. Additionally, make the conversation between the senior photographer and the young photographer with the works on three topics, humanities, stories, and substances.

This exhibition’s three places represent three topics, including SuiSui Life, Ooze Bar, and Exit No.5 Cafe Bar. SuiSui Life started by holding the weekend bazaar market and renting the building next to Huashan 1914 Creative Park as their art gallery and workshop in 2019. The art show describes the perspective of what we used had changed from two photographers. The spaces are divided into three parts: the first floor, the stairs, and the second-floor restaurant’s front yard of the 2nd-floor restaurant. The stair space has exhibited what things in the street represent in the young generation’s view, and the second floor’s pictures have shown the connection between them and the old generation.

In the bar, we used to tell our stories about our day or feelings, which would give us some relief. Ooze Bar wishes that people who come there could let their guard down and relax for a while. The artworks in the bar showing the moment of the stories about customer engagement have been placed separately in the basement, and the first floor, wishing the other customer could connect to some parts of the stories and tell their own life to the bartenders.

Exit No. 5 Cafe Bar is founded by the senior photographer Akira Zheng, not only as a coffee shop and lounge but also as his studio. He gathered talented people to host workshops, book clubs, and lessons in his shop, trying to build connections for workers from different areas. The works of art showed people’s life when they were in the bar, working on the street, or having fun with their friends and have been displayed in the front part of the store. The exhibition wants to