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Artist statement for Evolution II:

'I digged a hole just like a hole for house's foundation on the top of a hill, an artificial light cube was set into it by me. What's going to get out from that hole, a building? Or a monster? I don't know for sure. The work is about this city, myself also. Everything's changing, nothing stays. You all want to evolve, I understand, I do understand, but I cannot accept. Human beings pulled trees over, and built the city. They thought they can benefit from it, but perhaps all of us might fall victim to overquick urbanization in the end, who knows. I believe that the evolution of unreasonable will finally lead to anomaly.' 

作品〈進化 二〉藝術家自述:

「人造的發光正方體,就在無名小山的山頂上,我給它挖了一個地基並把它鑲嵌在裡面,不知道它會長出什麼來,一幢大廈,還是一隻怪物?這關於這座城市,也關於我自身。貪新、厭舊。大家都想要進化,我明白,我明白,但是我難以接受。人類推倒了大樹建立起了城市,總想能從中得到什麼,但誰知道過快的城市進程會不會吃掉所有的人……廣州開始讓我感到不安。生命體不合理的進化最終只會導致畸形。」

Title type

Translated

Alternative title

陈宇哲作品:进化 二(展览现场)

Access level

Online

Publication/Creation date

Mar 2010

Creation place

A nameless mountain in Ucity, Guangzhou, China

Medium

Installation

Content type

artwork documentation, 

event photograph/recording

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Evolution II (Exhibition View), 進化 二(展覽現場)

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