Hello! It’s me, Pollyanna again! I’ve recently noticed some people at the WMA exhibition space who seem to be imitating me! There are a few of them, and they’re kind of ‘malfunctioning’ in the same way I am. One moment they’re overflowing with positive energy and cheering so passionately. The next moment they’re each ‘leaking air’ in a corner somewhere.

They switch back and forth along that super thin line between hope and nope. After a deafening shout of ‘You’ve got this!’, they go back to the corner like their battery is in the red, so drained they even have to save their smiles. When hope becomes formulaic and encouragement becomes a performance, positive energy stops being a simple question of to cheer or not cheer. It starts revealing how this language of motivation is produced and received in real life, and how it can even become the starting point of despair.

After a series of investigations, I’ve already tracked down the dates and times when they will show up. You can drop by anytime during their appearance－whether you just want to quietly visit the exhibition, or want to be hit by a wave of positivity, or want to personally confirm whether they are a ‘cheer-up squad’ or a ‘deflate squad,’－stay for a few minutes, wander in and out, experience the exhibition in your own way, or even slip into the performance yourself.
Event Day 1: 28 Feb 2026 2pm-5pm Event Day 2: 15 Mar 2026 2pm-5pm Event Day 3: 26 Mar 2026 12pm-2pm Event Day 4: 25 Apr 2026 2pm-5pm