Junya Li’s exhibition “Far Away Enough to Be in Touch” explores the subtleties of connection beyond physical presence, where memory, imagination, and shared experience shape our sense of intimacy. At the heart of the exhibition is a simple conversation—a phone call between the artist and his mother about the weather in their respective cities, Yerevan and Shunde. This fleeting conversation becomes a reflection on distance as a feeling, rather than a measure.
For Li, natural forces—sunlight, wind, and temperature—are not just passive conditions but active artistic media that shape perception and presence. His work traces these intangible elements, questioning whether a gust of wind, a shared sunrise and sunset, or a rise in temperature can foster a deeper sense of connection than technology. In an age of instant but fragmented communication, he reminds us that presence is not only about proximity but about attunement to the rhythms of the world.
By shifting focus to universal, borderless phenomena, Can recognising or imagining another’s experience bridge the gap of separation?
The exhibition lingers in the space between presence and absence, perceptible and imperceptible, where connection arises not from proximity but from the act of noticing.
Maybe we can snoop the dreams of each other, and tell a different constellation.

Teresa Davtyan