Installation
另一個歷史：基因髮廊
Genetic Salon - A Corner of Alternative History
Dimensions Variable
Digital Printed on Papers, Sands, Flashlights, Wooden Brushes
2021
Digital Printed on Papers, Sands, Flashlights, Wooden Brushes
2021
《另一個歷史：基因髮廊》 是一件揭開 Genetic Salon 世界觀背後歷史條件的裝置作品。作品以沙、數碼印刷報紙、手電筒與木刷組成，邀請觀眾親手掃開沙層，逐步發現被埋藏在底下的歷史碎片。
作品延伸 Genetic Salon 的虛構未來：在這個世界裡，基因被視為主宰一切的基礎，也成為一種流通的貨幣。基因編輯承諾帶領人類邁向更理想的存在，甚至讓人品嚐成為非人類物種的可能。然而，在這條朝向人工化與科技化的軌道上，「自然」逐漸變成這個世界需要對抗、修正或超越的敵人。
埋藏在沙中的報紙呈現發生過與可能發生的歷史情景。它們共同組成一個另類歷史檔案，追溯這些事件如何觸發 Genetic Salon 的未來誕生。觀眾掃開沙的動作，像是一種考古行為：他們不是單純閱讀文件，而是在挖掘一個已經開始形成的未來殘跡。
透過這個「另一個歷史」的角落，作品追問：一個科幻未來如何由當下的慾望、恐懼、科學野心與政治條件共同生產出來？《另一個歷史：基因髮廊》 將未來視為一種已經埋藏在現在之中的東西，等待被發現、被閱讀，也被重新懷疑。
作品延伸 Genetic Salon 的虛構未來：在這個世界裡，基因被視為主宰一切的基礎，也成為一種流通的貨幣。基因編輯承諾帶領人類邁向更理想的存在，甚至讓人品嚐成為非人類物種的可能。然而，在這條朝向人工化與科技化的軌道上，「自然」逐漸變成這個世界需要對抗、修正或超越的敵人。
埋藏在沙中的報紙呈現發生過與可能發生的歷史情景。它們共同組成一個另類歷史檔案，追溯這些事件如何觸發 Genetic Salon 的未來誕生。觀眾掃開沙的動作，像是一種考古行為：他們不是單純閱讀文件，而是在挖掘一個已經開始形成的未來殘跡。
透過這個「另一個歷史」的角落，作品追問：一個科幻未來如何由當下的慾望、恐懼、科學野心與政治條件共同生產出來？《另一個歷史：基因髮廊》 將未來視為一種已經埋藏在現在之中的東西，等待被發現、被閱讀，也被重新懷疑。
Genetic Salon – A Corner of Alternative History is an installation that uncovers the hidden historical conditions behind the speculative world of Genetic Salon. Presented through layers of sand, printed newspapers, flashlights, and wooden brushes, the work invites viewers to physically brush away the surface in order to reveal fragments of history buried underneath.
The installation extends the world of Genetic Salon, a fictional future in which genes become the foundation of power, identity, value, and circulation. In this future, genetic manipulation promises a more ideal existence and even the possibility of tasting life beyond the human species. Yet this technological trajectory also turns “nature” into an enemy: something to be corrected, overcome, or redesigned.
The buried newspapers present events that have happened, as well as scenarios that might happen. Together, they form an alternative historical archive, tracing how past and possible futures could lead to the birth of Genetic Salon. The act of brushing away sand becomes an archaeological gesture, as if the audience is excavating the remains of a future that has already begun.
Through this corner of alternative history, the work asks how a speculative future is produced from existing desires, fears, scientific ambitions, and political conditions. Genetic Salon – A Corner of Alternative History treats the future not as something ahead of us, but as something already buried inside the present, waiting to be uncovered.
The installation extends the world of Genetic Salon, a fictional future in which genes become the foundation of power, identity, value, and circulation. In this future, genetic manipulation promises a more ideal existence and even the possibility of tasting life beyond the human species. Yet this technological trajectory also turns “nature” into an enemy: something to be corrected, overcome, or redesigned.
The buried newspapers present events that have happened, as well as scenarios that might happen. Together, they form an alternative historical archive, tracing how past and possible futures could lead to the birth of Genetic Salon. The act of brushing away sand becomes an archaeological gesture, as if the audience is excavating the remains of a future that has already begun.
Through this corner of alternative history, the work asks how a speculative future is produced from existing desires, fears, scientific ambitions, and political conditions. Genetic Salon – A Corner of Alternative History treats the future not as something ahead of us, but as something already buried inside the present, waiting to be uncovered.
Exhibition: Post-Human Narratives—The Co-existing Land, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong.Photos taken by Wave Channel HK
Exhibition: Post-Human Narratives—The Co-existing Land, Cattle Depot Artist Village, Hong Kong.
Photos taken by Frankie Chan from Wave Channel HK
Exhibition: STRUKTURA TIME, Gallri BOA, Oslo.
Photos taken by Jacky Jaan Yuan Kuo
