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Introduction: The title of the work is "Future.com", which is a concept web page from the future, including two main parts, "Metaverse Archaeology Column" and "Future Biological Archive", citing the events of the eruption of Mount Pompeii: in 79 BC, about 2000 years ago, a volcanic eruption caused the ancient civilization of Pompeii to disappear. Throughout the history of human history, there have been several major transformational events, each of which has a certain periodicity, time and space, and unknown. In this way, the future is imagined and designed, and the relationship between humans and nature is discussed from the perspective of the future, and the relationship between humans and nature is discussed when the metaverse becomes our "after" life.

Theme: Biodiversity, Metaverse

Format: Video, projection installation, paper sculpture, mixed media installation, AI generation

Size: Projection device 1.2*1.2m; Paper carving 74*33*54cm; The image part is 1920*1080p

Background:

Incident 1: A vigilant story of circus animal abuse in the early 20th century, a top circus elephant known as "Mary" was killed because he wanted to pick up watermelon skins on the side of the road, and Mary, the always docile elephant, broke out in desperation, was tied to a crane in 1916, and was quietly hung for half an hour, until the local veterinarian pronounced him dead, and was hurriedly buried in a huge grave.

Event 2: In 3965, about 2000 years later, in the future, human beings entered the complete metaverse world, the metaverse data volcano erupted, and all living things were eroded by data information to form data fossils, and in a metaverse archaeological activity, a fossil of elephant characteristics was found, and it was inferred from the "vigilant story of the early 20th century" that it was found that this is a species elephant that will become extinct in 2032, and people named the discovery of this data fossil "Mary 1".

Creation Notes:

The afterglow of Mary the Elephant, who was executed in the early 20th century, and the remnants of the fossil Mary 1, excavated 2,000 years later, blend into this space, and the animal show, wild hunting, and other behaviors make this work full of tragedy, as an elephant is killed by poachers every 15 minutes, and the species is expected to become extinct in 10 years. In the future, biodiversity has long been chaotic, and the metaverse is used to reflect on and predict the real present and future. Mary's afterglow is not just a change in the elephant's body temperature after being executed, but also an irreversible cold reality of the future.