Designer Miguel Leiro reflects on his influences: “Archaeologists are reverse designers—they find something and then figure out how it was made, how it was used, and who used it. This opened my eyes to a more objective understanding of objects and materials.”

Sculpture is reimagined in the work of Erwin Wurm: “Frustration is always a part of an artist's life because I think one great idea in an artist's career is, by far, not enough. One needs to always develop new ideas, it's a constant challenge.”

Artist Xue Lei’s work spans artificial intelligence, the metaverse, new media interactive art, and ceramics: “AI captures datasets that can be understood as a collection of existing human knowledge, but this knowledge generation inherently has biases. Therefore, it leads to significant deviations produced by these communication hot words.”

Curator Alice Scope is exploring the relationships between humans and technology (from AI to blockchain): “When something is unfamiliar, you're more likely to respect its boundaries. But as you grow comfortable, that respect often fades—and can even turn toxic. Around 70% of interactions with chatbots involve abuse. People feel they can say anything, believing the chatbot’s lack of a body makes it powerless to push back.”