WE ARE HUMANS
2021
我们是人
现代物理学告诉我们，时间的流逝并不像常识那样，时间在山上比在海平面上流逝得更快(Rovelli, 2018)。在微观世界里，过去和未来没有区别。从时间的概念出发，回顾其历史，人类控制时间和空间的欲望已经存在了几千年，而在我们社会的矛盾和冲突的背后渴望的是人类强烈的认同感(Singer, 1975)。
We are humans是一个由视频动画和vr组成的作品，旨在通过人类对于时间的欲望去揭示人类中心主义。这件作品的故事背景是：在一颗只有一棵树的星球，人生活中这棵树上，人称这棵树的影子为时间。艺术家通过转换视角，抽象人的外形变成分子的形态，以第三人称的方式去讲述和观察人类世界。在现代世界，人类似乎真的成了大自然的主人。人类追求平等，但除了人类之外，任何物种都没有得到人类的平等对待。因为我们是人类，我们认知深层有强烈的对于人类的种族认同感。但如果用 "我们是人类 "这个理由来看待物种偏见，那么性别歧视、种族歧视都有合理的理由(Singer, 1975)。我们看到了世界，描述了它，并赋予它秩序。但我们几乎不知道我们看到的世界和世界本身之间的关系。在恍惚的时候，我们只看到自己的绝对存在，忽略了我们周围相对的其他。
Singer, P. (1975) 'Animal Liberation', New York, Avon Books.
Rovelli, C. (2018) 'The Order of Time', London, Allen Lane.
现代物理学告诉我们，时间的流逝并不像常识那样，时间在山上比在海平面上流逝得更快(Rovelli, 2018)。在微观世界里，过去和未来没有区别。从时间的概念出发，回顾其历史，人类控制时间和空间的欲望已经存在了几千年，而在我们社会的矛盾和冲突的背后渴望的是人类强烈的认同感(Singer, 1975)。
We are humans是一个由视频动画和vr组成的作品，旨在通过人类对于时间的欲望去揭示人类中心主义。这件作品的故事背景是：在一颗只有一棵树的星球，人生活中这棵树上，人称这棵树的影子为时间。艺术家通过转换视角，抽象人的外形变成分子的形态，以第三人称的方式去讲述和观察人类世界。在现代世界，人类似乎真的成了大自然的主人。人类追求平等，但除了人类之外，任何物种都没有得到人类的平等对待。因为我们是人类，我们认知深层有强烈的对于人类的种族认同感。但如果用 "我们是人类 "这个理由来看待物种偏见，那么性别歧视、种族歧视都有合理的理由(Singer, 1975)。我们看到了世界，描述了它，并赋予它秩序。但我们几乎不知道我们看到的世界和世界本身之间的关系。在恍惚的时候，我们只看到自己的绝对存在，忽略了我们周围相对的其他。
Singer, P. (1975) 'Animal Liberation', New York, Avon Books.
Rovelli, C. (2018) 'The Order of Time', London, Allen Lane.
We Are Humans
Modern physics tells us that time does not pass as common sense, time passes faster on the mountain than on the sea level( Rovelli, 2018 ). In the micro world, the past and the future have no difference. From the concept of time, looking back to its history, the desire of controlling time and space from human beings was existed thousands of years, and that the contradictions and conflicts in our society lie behind this desire to a strong sense of human identity(Singer, 1975).
We Are Humans is a video animation and VR work that aims to reveal anthropocentrism through the human desire for time. The work is set on a planet with a single tree, on which man lives and whose shadow he calls time. By shifting the perspective, the artist abstracts the human form into a molecular form, telling and observing the human world in the third person. In the modern world, humans seem to have become masters of nature. Humans seek equality, but humans treat no species other than humans equally because we are human. There is a strong sense of racial identity for humans at a deep level of our cognition. However, if "we are human" is used for species prejudice, there are valid reasons for sexism and racism(Singer, 1975). We see the world, describe it, and give it order. But we hardly know the relationship between the world we see and the world itself. In the time of trance, we only saw the absolute existence of ourselves, ignoring the relative others around us.
Singer, P. (1975) 'Animal Liberation', New York, Avon Books.
Rovelli, C. (2018) 'The Order of Time', London, Allen Lane.
Modern physics tells us that time does not pass as common sense, time passes faster on the mountain than on the sea level( Rovelli, 2018 ). In the micro world, the past and the future have no difference. From the concept of time, looking back to its history, the desire of controlling time and space from human beings was existed thousands of years, and that the contradictions and conflicts in our society lie behind this desire to a strong sense of human identity(Singer, 1975).
We Are Humans is a video animation and VR work that aims to reveal anthropocentrism through the human desire for time. The work is set on a planet with a single tree, on which man lives and whose shadow he calls time. By shifting the perspective, the artist abstracts the human form into a molecular form, telling and observing the human world in the third person. In the modern world, humans seem to have become masters of nature. Humans seek equality, but humans treat no species other than humans equally because we are human. There is a strong sense of racial identity for humans at a deep level of our cognition. However, if "we are human" is used for species prejudice, there are valid reasons for sexism and racism(Singer, 1975). We see the world, describe it, and give it order. But we hardly know the relationship between the world we see and the world itself. In the time of trance, we only saw the absolute existence of ourselves, ignoring the relative others around us.
Singer, P. (1975) 'Animal Liberation', New York, Avon Books.
Rovelli, C. (2018) 'The Order of Time', London, Allen Lane.
