如果要选择一个合适的词来描述2023年中最大的变化，即当前社会将会给未来带来怎样的改变以及将会产生多少影响。经历3年的疫情，策展人认为2023年的今年是一个“平均失踪时代”的元年。

The biggest change in 2023, that is, how our society will change in the future, personally, this year will be the first of the "age of average disappearance" due to the influence of the pandemic during the last three years.

人口逐渐高龄化，资产两极化渐显分明，随着个人取向与人生价值的N极化，消失的是人们常谈的“均值人生”。面对该现象，世界陆续推出新措施来应对这一时代。位于西半球的发达国家的保健与福利政策已不再是从前的“从摇篮到坟墓”，而正在向“从胎儿到追慕”改变。

As the population ages, goods become polarized, tastes and values of life become N-polarized, the average life we often speak of disappears. It is fair to say that the response is already in progress. Health and welfare policies in advanced Western countries are changing from cradle to grave to embryo to memorial.

在劳动政策方面，为了减少因新生儿出生率低迷以及人口老龄化双重影响下导致的劳动力不足，正在向能够轻易招揽海外人力的政策进行改变，整体以追求扩张劳动人口的方向进行改变。各国家将侧重点从原先以围绕“符合法定资格的人口”展开的政策，转移到追求以“生活人口”为基础的政策上。面对“平均失踪”的情况下，全球正在积极推出新的政策以此优化自身系统，以至于达到能够适应这一时代的最佳状态。

And labor policies are being transformed into policies that can readily accept foreign workers to address labor shortages caused by lower birth rates and an aging population. Each country’s policy emphasizes on the establishment of a "living population" in the "population based on legal qualifications". With these policies actively counteracting the disappearance of the average, the existing system which was optimized for the "average age" moves on to the "disappearance of the average”.

在“平均失踪”的时代背景下，随着人们个人取向与人生价值的N极化（向不同方向极端化发展），艺术将呈现怎样的变化？所谓固有稳妥策略难以实践，消费者如今已被细分化。我们将要把目标锁定在哪类群体上，同时在面对这一群体时需要付出多少热情？如今，正是自我询问并自我给出解答的时代。

What changes will take place in art if, as stated above, the taste and value of life become N-polarized？Existing stability strategies are becoming difficult to find and consumers are becoming increasingly sub-divided. It is time to ask yourself whom you will choose as the target and how to spark aspiration against them.

艺术该如何变化，该如何应对？在已N极化的人群中，观看不同个体使用各自适用于个人取向与人生价值的生活模式，这便是策展人所寄托于本次展览的初衷。

Throughout this exhibition, the Curator would like to show an example of how art should change and reactin a way that corresponds to our tastes and values from the perspective of some of us who have been N-polarized.

展览《平均失踪》，于2023年6月10日至8月5日在北京798艺术区白盒子艺术馆展览。通过本次展览，探究“平均失踪”时代背景下，N极化人群的应付方式。

The exhibition " Disappearance of Average " is on view from Jun 10 - Aug 5, 2023. Through this exhibition, we explore the coping methods of N-polarized people under the background of the "age of average disappearance".