Weitian Liu is a writer, editor and critic with an academic background in art history, history of photography, and contemporary art theory. His PhD research is concerned with the notion of the critical in contemporary art and its relation to questions of subjectivity. He is a co-founding editor of Qilu Criticism, established in 2021. His ongoing practice-research has taken the form of NEW-NEW-OLD-NEW-NEW, a fictional school of practice founded in May 2025.
Weitian Liu is currently the 2021 Asymmetry PhD Scholar in ‘Advanced Practices’ at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Jingsi Wang is a PhD student in Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Her research explores the spaces and places of the contemporary art world in non-urban settings, with a focus on the Art Field projects in rural China. She has previously worked at the Center for Visual Studies at Peking University and UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, where she conducted archival research, curated exhibitions and managed publishing projects. She is also an active writer and translator engaging with art and culture across different media.