The Good Builders
2021
Acrylic, Silkworm and Nylon
Variable
Since five thousands years ago, humans in Yellow River Basin successfully tamed wild silkworms and developed a time-honored power relation throughout the silk industry. Due to a long period of domestication and cultivation, the silkworm has adapted to the domesticated habit and gradually lost its ability to survive in the wild environment, becoming the rare tamed insect.
The human-involved reproduction allows silkworms to live under an almost "Quasisocial" system, close to co-living and division of labor. By means of the functionality and obedience of the silkworm, human constructs a patriarchal hierarchy and captive relationship. This micro interest-led social formation is such as an enormous skyscraper in progress. Society and animal are both living organisms, which are constantly growing and evolving. The future shape of skyscraper depends on the way how human position the silkworm and reform our ecosystem. Individuals who are regarded as gears today might not certainly remain the same in the future.
Special Thanks: Silkworm Crew
好乖的勞動者們
2021
亞加力、桑蠶、尼龍
尺寸不定
始於遠古黃河流域，人類已成功馴化野生桑蠶，展開蠶桑絲織的權力關係。經過長期的馴化及培育，家蠶適應了被馴養的生活方式，逐步喪失野外生存能力，成為了僅有的家畜化昆蟲。
在人類參與下的繁殖，桑蠶得以生活在近乎「準社會性」(Quasisocial) 的體系，貼近共同居住及分工生產。 桑蠶的功能性與服從性讓掌權者樂於保持圈養關係，讓這利益主導的微型社會型態得以一直延續。社會與動物本屬活生生的有機體，同樣不斷地生長並進行演化，當下被視為齒輪的個體們，未來可能不一定保持原狀。
*特別鳴謝: 桑蠶隊
