2011-02-08

Fragment of Life 2

Installation 1: Input and Output










In the process of navigation, people always can meet some storyteller. Some of them are come from mainland while some are going to mainland. They tell the people in Atlantis a lot of stories about their land. Each storyteller has a little mirror which can reflect a small area of their mainland. Thought their stories and mirrors, citizens in Atlantis are fascinated by the scene and living method of mainland. They find that quite nice and novelty. So that they begin to build their city follow the appearance of the world that inside the mirror. The more they see the more things they add on this new Atlantis, the newer things they find, the quicker they build their own city. Their judgments are mostly base on the story by storyteller, if the story is interesting enough, the storyteller can earn a lot of prize from this marine city. In this case, numerous storytellers roll in Atlantis from all over the world with endless anecdotes and varied mirrors. Welcoming these people, citizens of Atlantis add all the things they heard in their city as well as those mirrors from the storyteller. With numerous mirrors sticking in its body, the marine city gradually change to be a huge monster on the sea. Now, you can find nearly all the things from other mainland in the new Atlantis, including buildings, landscapes, memories, emotions, desires… But if you observe them carefully, you will find there are more or less differences between them and the real things from mainland.

Installation 2: Education System









People see schools and libraries in mirrors and find them great, so that they gather all the children together and train them. Every day they suffer six exams of six different subjects. After finishing all the education process, they have a chance to change themselves from half-fish and half-human into sailor, from the citizen to manager. However, this selection is mostly base on the social rank of their family.

Installation 3: Blundering Society









People see investment markets in mirrors and find them great, so that they throw themselves in the market. However, this market not determine by supply, demand or cost but the mood of sailor. In this situation, people always lose and sailors always win.

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