Coevolution with Technology

virtual ecosystem extended space for nature and humans touch, float, grow, explore virtuality being nature we take control of virtuality In the meantime it controls us In the imagination world is the haven of the real world we can't get rid of the reality under the shadow of real virtual is how we look and recreate the real world arrogant dominant position is nothing more than a fate of nature

space immense, fear the universe is what it looks like unknown and desire is what it has endless looking we were seen as well watching and being watching just a shift in perspective visual enjoyment is a new stimulus of spirit is a calculation of the number

life living beings are floating virtual lives are growing not only about calculation human culture shows up as well we are tiny matter coursing in this space alone but you are not alone there must be a tangly individual in another parallel world

culture figures, symbol the formation and evolution of civilization humans are always trying to catch the clues document the greatness of humanity the power of nature and humans prompts us to adjust our breathing feel the moment feel the blending of nature and spaces

The unknown of life, the imbalance of the environment and unknown catastrophes have always been our areas of interest. Therefore this is an attempt to explore the crisis of life in the virtual world and the relationship between creatures. This includes human activities, the evolution of natural creatures and their relationship with the virtual world. We also explore new possibilities for virtual art from four perspectives: Urban, human, spatial ecologies and ecology itself. In this project, we simulate the virtuous cycle of ecological civilisation, which is like a fluid digital realm. In this realm, any digital creature has its own thinking and benign ecological trajectory. Also in this virtual world we have built some virtual galleries, such as a skeleton space, an ice cave space, a geometric space and so on. They change according to their surroundings. The galleries are decorated with images of ecological changes. The first of our four scenes symbolises the coexistence of humans and the environment, with a model of a human being, a hand representing a form of control and traction, and a stellar element in the sky. The second scene´s steps symbolise the progress of civilisation and ecological diversity. The musical notes denote harmony. In the third scene, we can see the fragments of human civilisation. Finally, there is the stage of return to the ocean. Ecology arises from the cells in the ocean, signifying a return to our original origins. To live in harmony with ecology. These spaces are also exhibition halls, where you can see some illustrations displayed in the spaces, and the whole project revolves around ecological spaces, exploring the relationship between humans and the environment. So this project is a good illustration of the relationship between organisms and their environment in a virtual world alongside some of the exploration and practice around breaking the constraints of the real world. (technology, culture, ecology, 3 cities, biological evolution, virtuous circle)

Ecological Civilization

Nowadays, capital puts too much emphasis on the "concept" of science and technology (such as the creation of the word “metaverse” etc). As a result, people worship spectacularly; causing a carnival. This raises the question of whether people will repeat their worship over and over again as waves of tech come and go. Both Science & Technology hand in hand will always develop, and there will always be small peaks during the development process, which is in line with the law of the development of things. For most of us, this doesn't mean we live in a great time. People's blind respect for this sector intensifies the degree of alienation that some if not most of the time comes as a silent deal. The alienation of science and technology is not the alienation itself. It is rather the arising alienation between people as a result of effective usage of Tech in regards to the subject's behaviour. A Principle similar to Marx's "alienation of labour" theory. The things formed by the fruits of human labour control people, in turn, making people lose their original subjectivity and creativity. We adopted interactive installation to reveal this kind of looping, which briefly takes the audience out of the cycle.

THE CYCLE ALIENATION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ENTEANCE >>>

Ziou Ye Tongyu Zheng Xizhen Ning

Human

Yijin Zhao, Xiangyu Wang

“Species Man did not shape the conditions for the Third Carbon Age or the Nuclear Age…Neither did technological determinism produce the Third Carbon Age” – Donna Haraway (Technology to God) Humans are in the face of extinction. The myth and the God-human are a set up made by ourselves, not an ongoing condition. Stories about gods who have vanished and try to rule the earth with technologies and superpowers are laughable. (Technology to Evolution) The term Anthropocene is more meaningful to upper wealthier classes. It heavily relies on “unthinkable” technologies, often associated with our modern relentlessly utilitarian capitalist society. So the question arises; as we evolve how to define humans, the mechanical body takes ownership of a large totality of our physical surface and the performance enhances by adopting some characteristics of other species? To question the minefield around human is or should be defined, the character we made embodies both virtual and reality practices, thinking through tentacular figures that make kin of trajectories and lines of network in interlaced trails.

RONG SHI

WEIHANG ZHU