At EXPO CHICAGO 2026, K:art Studio presents The Arsenal Index, a two-person presentation exploring the intersections of body and technology, tradition and modernity. The title references the “arsenal” as both a site of storage and a structure of strategy, suggesting a space where images accumulate force and operate within broader systems of control, logistics and meaning.

The exhibition foregrounds Dafu Yan (Chinese, Hangzhou-based) as the principal artist. Yan’s practice responds to contemporary geopolitical and infrastructural realities, translating abstract systems of authority and verification into tangible spatial environments. Rather than presenting declarative political narratives, he constructs perceptual sites that require bodily navigation and sustained looking.
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Alongside Yan, the presentation includes work by Yucen Liu (Chinese, London-based), whose interdisciplinary practice translates digital-age cultural symbols into sculptural form, exploring how technological systems reshape contemporary existence.