Working with National Taiwan University’s Department of Entomology, the artist bred thousands of Asian tiger mosquitoes in Second Life: Habitat, a project that integrated digital technology in an ecosystem. The mosquitoes went through stages of their lifecycle in the installation created, and were then killed by a bug zapper. Those “lives” were converted by a digital system and transformed into virtual avatars in a computer game. As the game progressed, the artist’s blood was used as food for the mosquitoes. Through the game, the meaning of life in the digital era was examined.
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《Second Life:棲息地》為一結合數位科技與生態系統的多媒體裝置。在台大昆蟲系的協助下,藝術家在展間中孵育數千隻白線斑紋,蚊子在裝置內羽化成蟲、在捕蚊燈下結束生命,其「真實生命」被電子系統轉換,成為電子遊戲中的「虛擬生命」;隨著遊戲的進行,藝術家的血液成為蚊子孵育下一代之養分,本計劃透過此「遊戲」的過程,探討數位時代裡生命的意義。
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影片:蔡弦剛
合作:鄭先喻、台大昆蟲系
Video: Tubie Tsai
Collaboration: Hsien Yu Cheng and National Taiwan University’s Department of Entomology