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The Moonshore II
月之滨 II
2023
单通道影像（动画，超8毫米胶片), 4K，彩色，声音
Single-channel Video (animation, super 8 film), 4K, color, soun
《月之滨》系列的故事开始于一种海洋有毒微藻（拟菱形藻），这种藻类会代谢出一种神经毒素，而永久性丧失部分
短期记忆与意识混乱是此类毒素中毒的典型特征；但这有毒微藻，在透射电镜下，却好似交叠在一起的电影胶片，
或再放大一些观察时，它们又更像是早期计算机的前身（分析机与差分机）用来记录信息的打孔卡。
令人失忆的毒藻，其微观形态却像是人类用以储存外置记忆的媒介。艺术家被这巧合所吸引，
开始虚构这样一个时空分支：在某个可能的未来中，海洋即将恶化为充满神经毒素的水域，
在这样的“遗忘之滨”上， 一个仅存在在海滨研究所之中，没有具身形态的通用人工智慧，
独自照管着一只对神经毒素耐受的海牛。两种人造“生命”：人工智能与诞生自生物科技的转基因海牛，
在照护与共同演化中，产生了”多于人”（more-than-human）的亲缘性关系。
《月之滨II》意图从生物实验的环境中探寻跨-非人物种的生命路径，
发展出由多种生命的第一视角作为感觉器官（sensorium）的联觉感知
The story of the "The Moonshore" series begins with the toxic microalgae called Pseudo-nitzschia,
which produces a neurotoxin (domoic acid) that causes permanent short-term memory loss, confusion,
and disorientation as typical symptoms of poisoning. However, this toxic diatom,
when viewed under a transmission electron microscope, appears like overlapped film strips,
or when further enlarged, looks more like the punched cards used as information storage for precursors of the
modern digital computer (the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine). The toxic diatom that causes memory loss
has a microscopic form that resembles the medium used to store ‘external’ memory.
The artist was attracted to this coincidence and began to craft such a speculative scenario:
in the future, the ocean is about to deteriorate into a water body full of toxic algae blooms and neurotoxins.
On such a "shore of amnesia," a non-embodied general artificial intelligence that exists only in a coastal research
institute is solely responsible for caring for a manatee that is resistant to neurotoxins.
During the days of caring and co-evolution of these two artificial "life" forms -- artificial intelligence and a genetically
modified manatee born of biotechnology, a more-than-human kinship is formed.
"Moonshore II" intends to explore the life paths of cross-/non-human species from the environment of
biological experiments and to develop synesthetic perception with the perspective of
multiple life forms as sensory organs (sensorium).