Significance
This batch of mechanically repetitive hammers moves just like the unrelenting pace of our human steps—frantically pounding yet utterly powerless. The absurdity of existence lies in this: a nail with a spring can never be fully driven into wood. The purpose and meaning of human action have never been fixed, yet we still easily trap ourselves in this futile struggle. This obsession does not stem from reason, but from humanity's instinctive craving for meaning—as if we are programmed to carry on this endless pursuit, unable to break free. True wisdom, however, may lie precisely in letting go of this attachment. As Camus writes in The Stranger: "On the one remaining island in the world, the only ceremony is to throw oneself into the sea."
A graduate of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, she is a member of the Science + Art Joint Laboratory at the Shenzhen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics for Society (AIRS).
Her practice specializes in integrating electronic technology with conceptual art and public art installations, with works spanning mechanical interactive installations and new media installation art. Taking "everyday life" as her point of departure, she reflects on the conditions of contemporary existence from a micro perspective.
