In the Co-exist Series, Dr. Choong expressed the notion of the phenomena of co-existence of different elements, aspects and situations as well as thinking and attitudes in the transforming process of a society towards a shared future in the global digital environment. Aspects such as traditional and modern, actual and virtual, yin and yang, spiritual and materialistic, conservative and fashionable, science and humanity, remote land and local home, etc. are the message that he intends to convey. In these works, combinations of simplified shapes and structures of traditional objects like bamboo basket, straw mat, traditional seal design, old Chinese print texts from the ancient book of Yi Jing, English texts and modern QR code are commonly found as a means to reflect the notion of co-existence of different forms of entities and human thinking in our contemporary society. The juxtaposition of geometric shapes, organic forms, definite shapes, undefined areas, warm hues and cold colors in the work denotes the phenomena of inter-complementary and inter-dependence of opposite characters and confronting matters in our living environment. The viewers may at liberty to scan the QR code which will link them to the artist’s website to view his entire collection of works.

在共存系列作品中，锺博士所要表达的是关于社会转型迈向全球化数码环境进程中，互易对抗的元素，事物，思维与态度如传统与现代，实体与虚拟，阴与阳，精神与物质，保守与时尚, 科技与人文，他乡与故乡等的共存现象。 为了表达共存的概念，锺博士在这些作品中采用传统农民竹篮的编织的部分造型，予以重组，变成视觉符号，并纳入近年来扮演传达信息的二维码符号的造型，方块字，英文字，印刻图章，以及传统图腾等，以上下左右均衡的平铺和组合手法，构成画面，去反映古今中外共存的现象。它们构基本上是由纵横交叉的几何及非几何图像组成，在造型的关系上虽是相对但却是互补相容的，正好也反映了自然和人为环境之间和谐共存的视觉现象。 他擅于采用了网印工序和技法在画布上完成的巨幅画面，巧妙的把不同性质的图像和谐的融汇在作品中，有些作品则沿用他早期多边形及贯通系列的抽象几何元素。同时刻意纳入非几何造型的感性造型，以对比 (contrast) 或对抗 (confront) 形式同时出现于画面，以反映及传达共存的创作观念。 这一系列的特色则是作者巧妙的在构图中纳入二维码的造型，成为画面的一部分，却又不失其原有功能，是前所未有的独创举措；观众可以用手机扫描，即可被连接的画家的官网，浏览更多创作信息 。这样的刻意设置，是要反映生活与信息科技的共存，互相依赖而不可分离的当代现象，可说他是第一位纳入二维码于作品中的当代画家。

Co-exist 2		Co-exist 3
2018		2018
Silkscreen print with acrylic colour on canvas		Acrylic colour with combined techniques on canvas
112 x 122 cm		92 x 92 cm
Co-exist 4		Co-exist 5
2018		2018
Acrylic colour with combined techniques on canvas		Acrylic colour with combined techniques on canvas
92 x 92 cm		92 x 92 cm
Co-exist 6		Co-exist 7
2018		2018
Ink & acrylic on canvas		Ink & acrylic on canvas
136 x 350 cm		136 x 210 cm
Co-exist 8		Co-exist 9
2019		2019
Acrylic colour with combined techniques on canvas		Acrylic colour with combined techniques on canvas
122 x 152.5 cm		122 x 152.5 cm
Co-exist 10		Co-exist 11
2019		2019
Acrylic colour with combined techniques on canvas		Acrylic colour with combined techniques on canvas
122 x 122 cm		122 x 122 cm