Kidcore often comes alive in festive atmospheres-soft cloud pillow forts and cotton candy skies; cupcake frosting and carousel rides. Yet this symbolic ‘idealisation of innocence’ gradually fades as the structures of adult society take hold. As adults, we strive to grasp emotional connections at every festive gathering, constructing rituals unique to the repression of modernity by bridging individual experiences with collective memories, in search of spaces where emotional belonging and decentered nostalgia can manifest. Group show marks the inaugural chapter of this annual exhibition and performance program, opening on chiristmas eve and running until the Lantern festival, it reflects on the overlapping celebrations of this festive period. Featuring works by nine Sinophone artists and artist collectives, the show constructs a temporary affective community, delving into how festival rituals mediate the complex interplay intricate connections between memory, personal subjectivity, and cultural production.