“Future Unknown 2.0 Eco-vision Plan: SHENG”, Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Beijing, China, 2024.
Curated by Autumn Jing Siyang.
01.04.2023 - 05.05.2023
Credit: Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum
The "Eco-Vision Plan-Sheng" exhibition starts from the Chinese character "生, sheng", whose original meaning in the oracle bone script is the sprouting of grass and trees, and which can been to connect the different scenes of life, ecology, living and production. The exhibition is composed of four sections, each with an ancient Chinese characters bearing the symbol: "產 Chan", "眚 Sheng" and "甡 Shen" and “甠 Qing”, and revolves around keywords such as Life Design, Hyperobjects, Synthetic Biomaterials, Posthuman, Third Nature, Ecological Capital, Responsive Environment, Climate Design, Resilience, etc. It involves 28 artists and designers from 15 countries and regions, including Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the Netherlands Museum of Architecture and Design, with 32 pieces of art and design projects of 45 species, in an attempt to explore the changes of "living", "habitat", "ecology" and "survival" through a brandnew perspective, so as to explore the visionary new opportunities behind the ecological crisis from the ecological context and cultural background of China, and to call for an international ecological dialogue across cultures, time and space, and fields.
Installation View: “The Ecological Footprint of Fish”
Photo Credits: Chow and Lin