Artist Yu Ji has been invited to "This is Shanghai", an exhibition co-sponsored by Liverpool City Council and the Open Eye Gallery, in which he presents his new work, "Shared Loss", commissioned for the project. The exhibition runs until September 7, 2018.

Yu ji brings the past to the present and explores the ubiquitous Shared bikes in Shanghai through his own experience.

A few decades ago, when bicycles in Shanghai (and China) had only a few classic brands and styles such as Phoenix and Forever, bicycles were carefully used and maintained as an important private property. Now, with the rapid development of Shared bikes, bicycles are no longer owned by private owners. Tens of thousands of bicycles have been abandoned by the roadside.

The new work, "Shared Loss," consists of sound mechanisms and works inviting public participation, all using a batch of modified Shanghai bicycles from the 1980s and 1990s. The work is divided into two parts, inside and outside the museum. In the exhibition hall of the Liverpool Museum, the bicycle exudes a nostalgic atmosphere, and the wheel turns and stops unconsciously, or rushes and shuffles. Like a symphony of travel, it tells us a song of the city. Bikes parked in public areas outside the pavilion are equipped with story-telling audio, which can be heard through headphones, inviting visitors to participate in and experience a tour of the city. In the wave of urbanization in China, what have we lost and what are we sharing?