Emerging on the internet in the early 2020s, “Dreamcore” is an aesthetic inspired by the surreal, nostalgic-yet-eerie feel of online video games of the early 2000s. A distinctly Chinese subgenre, however, abandons elements common in Western dreamcore – such as empty suburban spaces and VHS glitch effects – and instead reflects the rapid urbanisation of mainland China.
“Chinese dreamcore” taps into the weird, discordant architecture that the country’s netizens have grown up with and glamorises the kind of kitsch that has accompanied such fast development.
“Dreamedcore”, a mixed-genre exhibition at the Gold art salon run by Serakai Studio in Hong Kong’s Wong Chuk Hang neighbourhood, applies this Chinese visual style to describe a pan-Asian generational anxiety experienced by millennials.
“I’ve always been very interested in dreamcore as an internet art aesthetic or just a visual style,” says Shirley Lau, associate curator of Serakai Studio and a native of China’s Sichuan province in her early thirties.
Read Full Article At Source
