Wind Bell
This work involves extracting copper from plants in electronic waste-contaminated areas using "phytomining" technology (recycling metal from plants that accumulate metals). The extracted copper is then crafted into a small wind bell. When the wind blows, the distinct sound of metal colliding contrasts with the gentle "rustling" of plants, symbolizing alienation in the environment.
For almost three decades, coastal cities in China have been engaged in the profitable business of importing electronic waste from abroad. The excessive heaps of electronic waste create the "mines" of this era, with metallurgical practices dispersing heavy metals into the broader environment and leaving them to linger in our bodies through the biological chain. Might living organisms become the "mines" of the next era? Those heavy metals enriched in plants through metallurgy possess a stability that transcends human life, surpassing the dimensions of time.
Individuals may come and go, time keeps shifting, yet the wind bell crafted from metals in plants persists in the fields like an epitaph recounting a chapter of wild history with every gentle sound.