Luminosity Reborn Fudan Flux

“Luminosity Reborn: Fudan Flux” draws its allusion from The Great Commentary on the Shangshu: “The radiance of sun and moon, renewed each dawn.” This not only embodies the imagery of the sun and moon cycling endlessly with enduring brilliance, but also subtly echoes Fudan University’s glorious 120-year history and its bright future. At the same time, it inspires Fudan students to be their own light, without waiting for the torch of others.

The exhibition focuses on pressing contemporary issues such as contemporary cognition, everyday spirituality, the climate crisis, and creativity in the AI era. It is divided into four sections: “Mountains and Waters Revisited,” “Renewing the Heart of Heaven and Earth,” “All Things in Return,” and “The First ‘Yang’ Returns.” These sections explore four major themes: “Ancient and Modern: Tradition and Contemporary,” “One and Many: Self and Others,” “Human and Object: Difference and Symbiosis,” and “Technique and Dao: Algorithms and Magic.”

Instead of adopting a linear or causal narrative, the curatorial team presents these issues through juxtaposition, constructing a network structure for equal dialogue. Within this structure, the audience is guided to re-examine the complex relationships between humans and time, space, others, nature, and technology, thereby stimulating deeper reflection and resonance.

“Consciousness Shapes” is the world’s first set of mental calisthenics, a fitness practice that combines cultivation, dance, and broadcast exercises with spirituality, ideology, and cultural rituals. The entire set consists of over 200 movements, more than 100 of which are drawn from typical ritual, worship, and ceremonial gestures collected by MadeIn Company throughout human history. It integrates physical movements, health preservation, and systems of human thought to explore the integration of body and soul.

Just as cultivation is always linked to meditation, dance to expression, and ritual to civilization, “Consciousness Shapes” mental calisthenics is connected to the diversity of human ideologies, achieving the dual effects of physical fitness and intellectual reflection.

“Consciousness Shapes” is divided into ten forms, or ten chapters, with a total duration of approximately 40 minutes. The rhythm is soothing and graceful, with movements progressing from easy to difficult, and the music is tranquil and relaxing. It is suitable for people of all groups: it helps strengthen children’s constitutions, invigorates blood circulation and relaxes muscles for the elderly, and calms the mind and relieves anxiety for office workers. Its overall benefits include: enhanced focus, improved physical strength, reduced fatigue, anxiety resistance, better memory retention, inner peace and joy, and the opening of wisdom.