Breathing
2020
Youyang Hu, Chiaochi Chou
plants, metal, computer, electronic device,
gas tank
The composition of the atmosphere varies with the vegetation across vast eons of time, which plays a powerful role in the evolution and survival of animals. Breathing serves as the control center of atmospheric content in the exhibition space’s new ecosystem. The plants that live on the artwork9s surface use their stomata as a sensory medium, through which they condition the atmosphere of the exhibition space by controlling the release of carbon dioxide from gas cylinders connected to the installation. While indoor
spaces are usually designed with human comfort in mind, It places priority on its comfort, regulating the environmental conditions to its needs. Although the conditioning ability may be seen as a weapon against competing species with different needs, through the data interface it also serves as a warning, protecting other organisms from threats to their survival like vertigo and dyspnea.