DESARTHE is pleased to present Soul Light Legacy Plan, its fourth solo exhibition by Shanghai-based artist Wang Xin that posits itself as a fictional service agency that provides what humans have coveted for centuries– immortality. Unveiling a new body of interrelated sculptural, multimedia, and interactive installations, the immersive exhibition appears as a showroom of unusual artifacts imagined to preserve spiritual consciousness via the technological avant-garde.

Upon entering the gallery, visitors will find themselves in an ambiguous environment that simultaneously recalls a calming sanitarium for meditative retreats and a showroom for cutting-edge technological devices. To the artist, the mission and business viability of the Soul Light Legacy Plan is founded either on the human desire to live forever or the fear of being forgotten after death. Checking in at the front desk, any visitor can become a participant of the program by registering for an account on the agency’s official website. Packaging spirituality and legacy as a luxury service, Wang creates a hyperbolic yet reflective statement regarding the factorization as well as the commodification of inherent human qualities under the guise of technological advancement.

Opening: Saturday ,March22nd, 12–7pm (concurrentwith#SouthsideSaturday)

Gallery address: 26/F, M Place, Wong Chuk Hang