This is one spread of a graphic novel titled "Humanity: a True Story?" I did for my Visual Arts body of work in Yr12. The graphic novel is my adaptation of Kafka's "The Metamorphosis", which focuses on the issue of human flaws and our interactions with other people and animals. In the picture above, everyone has transformed into some sort of animal. What if it does become reality some day? I hope to prompt the audience to question: "what define us as humans?" and "do we really have the right to place ourselves on the very top of the food chain?"
The Water Cube aka National Aquatics Centre was built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. What interests me is its installation of cushions of membrance structure. "The material of membrane structure is called ETFE, or ethylene-tetra-fluoro-ethylene, used for the first time in China. It is also the largest and most complicated membrane system in a single building project internationally." (http://en.beijing2008.cn/96/45/article214004596.shtml)
The structure is not impressive in appearance but also enables the Water Cube to be earthquake proof.
The beautiful lanterns illuminates every street and lane in the old town of Jinli in Chengdu. Though the lanterns there are probably lit by electricity, not traditional candles, they still allow me to appreciate the beauty of my own culture and indulge in the serenity of night.
Louise Bourgeois: feminism, fantasise, disgusted
Ai Weiwei: observer, stroll, gradual
Stelarc: body, augment, prosthetic
