Isaac CHONG Wai's (ACC 2024) 7-channel video installation, Falling Reversely, is featured at the Jeonnam Museum of Art in Gwangyang, South Korea.

From the unusually cold winter to the late spring , our plaza was warm . The popular songs that young people used to sing in the plaza became passionate songs and slogans for the future we will create together , and the cheering sticks that used to shine for idols soon became bright rainbows . The ' prepayment ' culture of sharing warm coffee and kimbap for those who took to the streets spread , and the protesters who called themselves the ' Corner Game Mania Association ' even performed laptop games on the street while shouting, " I'm so anxious that I can't even play games at home . " The scene that day was different from the plaza we remembered . Instead of anger , there was solidarity , instead of despair, there was hope , and instead of heavy slogans, there was a new language spoken through laughter and gestures . The people who occupied the plaza and gathered in the streets that day connected with each other and showed the possibility of a new community. 

We will forever cherish the memory of that day when we voluntarily gathered in the square and reached out to each other to protect everyone's safety . In an era dominated by uncertainty , we hope to be able to ' stand in solidarity ' even more fiercely . The powerful force that allows us to face an unpredictable future will ultimately be the practice of solidarity, trusting each other and moving forward together . This exhibition seeks to explore how we can be connected and in what ways we can stand in solidarity through various methods of solidarity formed for a common goal . This is an attempt to propose ' solidarity ' as a practical driving force to move toward a more equal society , beyond the simple community of a group.

At the same time , the exhibition draws attention to the profound meaning of the word ‘ Occupy'.

Occupy is more than simply taking up space ; it is an act of creating stories in empty spaces and adding voices to silence . The large-scale 'Occupy movement ' that began in the United States in 2011 has spread around the world with the slogan, " We are the 99% . " At its core, it was an attempt to reimagine the world we live in together by occupying streets and redefining plazas . However, today's Occupy is no longer just taking place on the streets . Some people ask questions that break the silence , others respond with art in the midst of anxiety , and still others simply try to connect with the world by truly listening to the stories of others . In this way, Occupy is expanding beyond physical occupation to become an attitude toward the world and a practice of life.

The nine artists participating in this exhibition, each in their own way, reveal erased voices , bring back forgotten stories , and build new utterances on top of silence . They unfold scenes of ‘artistic occupation ’ through various interventions such as recreating sites of communal practice , calling up places of collective memory, immersing themselves in the extreme reality of war, and visiting places where incidents occurred to pursue clues and traces.

Therefore, Occupy asks again: How can we share space and re-imagine the world together? This exhibition will be one answer to that question and a starting point for another kind of solidarity.