风铃 Wind Bell

视频+装置;单屏幕录像+单独声音,高清,彩色,有声,13分34秒;电路板、铜铃、植物灰等;2021. Video + installation; single channel video, HD, color, sound, 13 ‘34”, Circuit boards, copper bells, plant ash, etc. 2021

    该作品是通过“植物冶金”技术(利用富集金属的植物里回收金属)从电子垃圾污染地区的植物中提取铜,并将其制作成一颗小风铃。在风的吹拂下,金属碰撞的声音不同于植物摩擦的“窸窣”声,这些声音是环境中异化的表征。

    中国沿海城市购买国际电子垃圾牟利的历史已有近30年,人们用极其粗放的方式从电子垃圾中提取各种贵金属。过盛的电子垃圾是这个时代的新“矿山”,而冶金的行为将重金属稀释扩散至更广的环境中,顺着生物链停留在你我体中。那么生物会成为下一个时代的“矿山”吗?那些因冶金而富集在植物中的重金属们,具有超越人类时间维度的稳定性。

    人会死去,风云会变化,但从植物中提取的风铃会像墓志铭一样留在田野里,每一声都“诉说”着那段疯狂的历史。

This project 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 international electronic waste . The excessive heaps of electronic waste creates the "mines" of this era, with metallurgical practices dispersing heavy metals into a broader environment, lingering 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 persist in the fields like epitaphs recounting a chapter of wild history with every gentle sound. 

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