I created two installations for this exhibition, one called “Cocoon” and the other called “Net”. The artwork “Cocoon” was inspired by the nests and eggs of insects and the lighted tents used to attract them at night. I created a small space for the audience to step into, to feel surrounded, by making some models of eggs and insects of different sizes and then assembling them on the skeleton in the shape of an arch. The artwork “Net” shows the four stages of a moth’s growth: eggs, larvae, pupa/cocoon, and adult. A large net shrouds the four parts, mimicking the supplementary net that people use to catch insects. It expresses a sense of uncontrollability and bondage, and implies people’s sense of growth and social unfreedom in society.
The works are based on the theme “insects and humans”, and discover the similarity between insects and human society. By altering the original size of insects, the audience will experience a sense of the unreal, and place themselves in the perspective of insects to consider their role in human society.