Journey to the Light: An Artistic Collaboration Between Guo Yan and Pepe Hidalgo

This event is presented by Jig Space and SFU's David Lam Centre.

Join us for a unique exhibition culminating from the six-year art project between two Chinese and Spanish artists followed by an artist talk led by David Lam Centre co-director and professor Shuyu Kong at Jig Space on September 21st.

The six-year artistic collaboration between Guo Yan and Pepe Hidalgo began with a story of returning home—or returning to one’s spiritual homeland.

Back in 2020, the world was shaken by a sudden pandemic and plunged into panic. Many underlying vulnerabilities of the globalized era were suddenly exposed: mobility, isolation, strangers, uncertainty, and borders. Two foreigners—one from the East and the other from the West—met in Vancouver, a city shaped by immigrants and strangers, on their own separate journeys of migration. As artists, they both found themselves encountering the age-old existential question: Where do we come from, and where are we going?