Courtesy of SKP-SArt & Photography / NewsArt & Photography / NewsThe artist behind Aphex Twin’s visuals launches a head-melting exhibitionWeirdcore’s ORIENT FLUX explores themes of space, time travel, and surveillance in a new multi-sensory show at Beijing’s SKP-SShareLink copied ✔️January 14, 2021January 14, 2021TextGünseli YalcinkayaORIENT FLUX – Weirdcore Whether it’s bringing Aphex Twin’s madcap musical vision to life, or morphing a Miley Cyrus live show into a hyperactive sensory assault, digital artist Weirdcore is the master of all things trippy and absurd. Now, the anonymous artist wants to take you on a voyage through time and space with his new digital exhibition at Beijing’s SKP-S department store. Called ORIENT FLUX, the exhibition – made in collaboration with Kennedy London – is a multi-sensory stroll through a futuristic airport, a parallel universe of LED screens and lazers, holograms and sound-reactive visuals. Intended as a disorientating trip through China’s long and varied history, the exhibition is stretched across seven rooms, including a faux departure lounge and a trippy digital maze, where visitors can see footage of themselves in real-time on neighbouring screens. There’s a labyrinth-like portal where visitors are ‘decontaminated’ by a wash of coloured lasers against a backdrop of atmospheric soundscapes, courtesy of music directors Goooooose and 33EMYBW, and a ‘departures gate’, made up of neon stretches of light and eerie holograms. “The exhibition draws on the audio-visual terrain of 1970s and 80s sci-fi, absorbing, subverting, and recontextualising iconic cinematic tropes and graphic language,” a press statement says. “The result is a cohesive, escapist experience which is at once abstract and ambient, recognisable and otherworldly.” ORIENT FLUX takes place until January 24 at T-10, a new culture concept space in Beijing’s SKP-S. But if, like us, you’re stuck at home in a catastrophically-managed government lockdown, you can check out the individual installations on Weirdcore’s website. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThese portraits interrogate the power of celebrity in AmericaWhat to look out for at Art Basel Hong Kong 2026 Sisters, Saints and Sibyls: Nan Goldin’s ode to ‘rebellious sisters’Reggae in real time: Inside Protoje’s Lost In Time FestivalDazed Club photographers and artists who have been on our radar latelyThis exhibition explores the spellbinding quality of everyday lifeLauren Halsey’s ode to the ‘maximalism and excess’ of South Central LAAlice Mann’s photos depict the glamour of South Africa’s prom nightsThese playfully erotic zines capture Williamsburg’s 00s art scene‘This show is like a world’: Collier Schorr on her major new exhibitionLa dolce vita: These photos explore Cortina beyond the Olympic hypeDazed Club handpicked this curator for a new show in LondonEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy