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Plant Surrogacy

Man and Nature in a Post-Human Era
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The relationship between humans and nature from ancient times to the present day has seen humans move from worshipping, recognising, using and then reflecting on themselves after being 'punished' by natural disasters and consciously living in symbiosis with nature. Ultimately, what is man's relationship with nature? It is chaotic: turbulent, uncertain and brutal. 

Anthropocentrism is a hypothetical theory humans developed throughout history to find and establish a superior position in nature and defend their interests. From the perspective of the post-humanists, natural evolution will eventually give way to artificial development in the face of the trend of the human body constantly being transformed by high technology, and humans are merely an intermediate stage in the transition from ape to posthuman evolution, which is now being carried out systematically using high technology. Is it possible that when human development exceeds a certain threshold it will backfire on humans, leaving them without their original functions, for example, reproductive functions?

With this background assumption, how would we perpetuate new life?

According to current technology, could the plant become a form of our future womb? If in the future humans and plant embryos work together to produce human offspring, will we begin to reconsider our relationship with nature while conquering it, revering and respecting it once again? 

The project envisages a future relationship between humans and natural existence, hoping to arouse people's thinking about anthropocentrism.

Yannan Chen
Jiyun Xia
Operation Guide
Plant Embryos
Plant Embryos
the Emergence of Symbiotic Relationships
the Emergence of Symbiotic Relationships
the Relationship Between Human & Plant In Symbiosis
the Relationship Between Human & Plant In Symbiosis
Clan Tree
Clan Tree
Totem Evolution
Totem Evolution
Genealogy Map
Genealogy Map
Jongmyo Shrine
Jongmyo Shrine
Worship Mode
Worship Mode