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SYMBIOTIC AGENT

FALL 2024

[Aluminum Alloy Frame, Cloth Flag, Signal Amplifier, Artificial Ant Nest, Washing Machine Cover, Silicone Feet, Servo, Solar Panel, Arduino Control Board, TFT Screen, HPD482 Printing Module, Stove, Premiere Pro, Procreate, Blender]

Under the influence of technology, humans are gradually becoming "shadows" in the ecosystem, with our actions mirrored back to us through technological systems. We now find ourselves in a tech-driven world where humanity’s role is increasingly blurred, even "insignificant." In this future ecology, humans may no longer lead but instead become passive observers, exposing our behaviors and needs under the watchful "surveillance" of technology, which quietly develops its own "will" in our neglect.

Through a narrative interactive installation, I reflect on this shifting dynamic, exploring how technology not only responds to us but also "observes" us in return. The installation avoids delivering a simple cautionary message, instead revealing a subtle and intertwined relationship: we are both the creators of technology and the subjects of its hidden observation. In this evolving ecosystem, humans are no longer sole controllers but also observed and increasingly marginalized, as the boundaries between humans, technology, and the environment blur into a complex symbiosis.

The structure of ant society is quite similar to that of humans, with clear division of labor. But when an overheated metal liquid is violently poured into this structure, the ants that originally existed no longer exist, and a final metal ant nest is formed. I hope to present an occasional but fatal intervention process through the video part, and this intervention actually has a long history and has been simulated and exercised with a lot of data

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This installation presents a technological system that reacts to human presence while remaining opaque in its logic. Mechanical structures operate like living organisms, yet their purpose cannot be fully understood. What appears as control is uncertain, as technology shifts from a tool into an observing system, gradually turning humans into subjects within it.

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