This project continues Zhao Qian’s exploration of the complex relationship between images and illusion, a theme that has consistently run through his work in recent years. Zhao delves into images that evoke illusions—such as imaginary friends in children’s minds, singing teapots in Disney animations, invisible shadows, and bizarre creatures that defy logic. He seeks to transform elusive illusions into visual form, for instance, capturing the world as seen through the eyes of a floating entity, where ghostly, translucent shapes drift freely.

His image-based practice is rooted in these “illusionary images” while maintaining a critical awareness of the collective illusions' images may incite. Zhao’s mapping practice, on the other hand, rebels against today’s panoramic surveillance model. By merging the two, Zhao captures and crystallizes the disturbances present in contemporary digital imagery, revealing the true nature of image-driven illusions—a frenzy, either personal or collective, born from the overflow of information.