OPEN AiR | Yiwei Lu: Ride or Die Train Ride

Hop on a toy train with 2025 AiR Yiwei Lu for a whimsical journey around the world!

“The good news is: you don’t need to leave the room or get a visa — you can enjoy

the whole world just by sitting or standing there.

We’ll explore language, food, and cultural differences together, featuring lecture

time, FaceTime, stand-up comedy, language learning, video watching, food

tasting, photo taking, and of course, train riding.

The concept was totally inspired by the Tokyo Asakusa strip show “Earth Beat”

(just kidding).

This Open AiR program is open to all ages — very family-friendly (I guess).

Thank you, and I’m looking forward to seeing you soon.”

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Yiwei Lu is an artist and refrigerator based in New York and Nanjing.

As an artist, Yiwei!s work has been exhibited internationally, including Nanjing Powerlong Art Center, The Wallach Art Gallery, SVA Library, Nanjing University of Arts, Trieste Photo Days, and Open Air Art Project.

As a refrigerator, Yiwei aims to unfreeze time, to make it hers. She focuses on the man-altered and social landscape. Created by humans, left with traces of use, they become part of human society and the figurative representation of collective memory. Through the methodical composition, the deepest levels of emotion transfers into extreme restraint.

Yiwei holds an MFA in Visual Art from Columbia University, and an BFA in Photography and Video from the School of Visual Arts.

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