Either Brain or I ?(2022)
2022 / Installation / 25*18*47cm
The whole project tends to mimic an experimental process. In this space, the pig brain is transformed into its original form by a combined action of blue dye and natural decay.
It was inspired by another work [No.878870], but it explains the connection between drugs and the body from a more objective point of view. Do these artificial drugs alter the flesh? Are these changes more affected by drugs, or do they depend on their own metabolism?
And, After all these changes, am I still myself?
Research & process
Experiment Record
DAY0：
Mixed Media: Acrylic box / Plastic film / Separating funnel / Blue dye / Cotton /Pig brain / Petri dish / Experiment rack
DAY 2-4:
funnel stopped working (changed air pressure? )
DAY 3-4:
Brain gradually dissolved into the blue dye.
Bubbles appearing (fungus breathing ?)
The mist of water on the box.
DAY 4:
Cloudy green dye (Decay effect)
Tried to adjust the funnel but failed
DAY 0-END:
Rapid decay
Unbearable stench of the device
Funnel worked again after box opening
Final conclusion of the experiment:
The changes in the organism itself will be greater than the influence of external factors, and even change the degree of external influence.