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At the End of the World Splits Endlessly seeks to interpret SeMA’s collection through the keywords of connection and combination between mediums. In this post-medium/post-media era, the exhibition explores the inevitable structure between artists and their works, mediated by technology, while showcasing the multi-layered structure of media today. It examines how old and new media, virtual and real, AI and the body, and the interplay of technology and society create complex media environments. The term "medium" originates from the Greek word for "middle" or "between," signifying how, in contemporary art, mediums function as a bridge—linking the artist, the artwork, the viewer, and the museum. As visitors follow the exhibition's key concepts—Old & New, Yellow Block, Layered Medium, Open End—it reveals our current media landscape's singular and plural structures.

Inspired by anthropologist Anna Tsing’s The Mushroom at the End of the World and Jorge Luis Borges’ The Garden of Forking Paths, this exhibition grapples with the questions posed by the climate crisis and the end of capitalism. Through their works, artists ask where we stand in the world as it fractures. Just as artists traverse a spectrum of media, choosing and renewing their mediums, we, too, dream of new connections in a world that endlessly diverges. These connections, however, are not seamless but fragmented and partial. Art encourages us to confront this imperfection, urging us to find life, reflection, resistance, hope, and imagination among the ruins and potentialities of our time.