Adrift in the Middle Ground

Volume 22, March 2025
by shuang cai


Article Description

shuang cai’s article features the artwork of Tong Wu, whose practice is rooted in posthumanism, creating a middle ground that is both tender and defiant. Her imagined futures, set in familiar, mundane spaces, invite quiet attention rather than escape, subtly critiquing inequality without loud declarations. Tong Wu’s work fosters collaboration between humans and AI, exploring present complexities and reimagining futures intertwined with current realities. Her practice resists oversimplified views of technology, particularly AI’s tendency to fragment meaning. Tong Wu’s art encourages audiences to pause, question, and reconsider how ambiguity, rather than certainty, shapes our worlds and technologies.


Related Keywords

shuang cai, Tong Wu, posthumanism, AI, new media