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Aug 2022
ShanghaiIn the Name of the Future: A Creative Installation Reflecting the Objectification of LifeConceptual Installation｜Interactive DesignExploring the brutal reality of embryo selection through a billiard-inspired installation, In the Name of the Future asks: what happens when life becomes a game of perfection?
The project began with a conversation. A friend told me her sister was considering surrogacy, and I was struck by how commonplace this practice has become. As I dug deeper into the surrogacy process, I encountered PGD, a technology used to screen embryos for genetic perfection.
In this system, embryos are judged, selected, and discarded based on criteria such as gender, health, or perceived perfection. Imperfect embryos are treated as medical waste—forgotten, invisible, and discarded without a second thought. This raised a deeply unsettling question for me: When life can be manufactured and filtered, has it lost its intrinsic value?
Concept and Visual Translation
To illustrate this “competition for life,” I turned to a medium known for its inherent rivalry and physicality: billiards.
Each billiard ball represents a healthy embryo. The white ball, symbolizing the “perfect” embryo, is used to strike and eliminate other balls, much like the PGD process, where only the most desirable embryos are chosen for implantation. The players—standing in for humans making these choices—initiate the game, emphasizing the irony and cruelty of life being reduced to a set of rules and manipulated for human desires.
Material and Process
The choice of materials was integral to the emotional resonance of the project:
- Handmade billiard balls were sculpted using air-dried clay, acrylic paint, and a glossy finish, evoking the fragility of life while contrasting the polished, mass-produced aesthetic of typical billiard sets.
- Each ball was crafted to highlight the individuality of embryos, a poignant reminder of what is lost in the pursuit of perfection.
The tactile, handmade approach mirrors the shaping of life, offering a stark visual metaphor for the artificial interventions involved in PGD.
A Thought-Provoking Installation
The final installation combines the familiar structure of a billiard table with the unsettling narrative of embryonic selection. By leveraging the competitive and physical nature of billiards, the project visualizes the brutality of human interference in the earliest stages of life.
The result is a haunting yet thought-provoking experience: viewers are confronted with the unsettling reality of life being treated as a commodity. It poses a critical question: Is this the price of progress, or the loss of our humanity?
Reflection
In the Name of the Future challenges viewers to rethink the ethics of life-selection technologies and their impact on human dignity. By presenting a visual analogy that is both playful and chilling, the project sparks reflection on how far we are willing to go in the name of perfection—and what we lose along the way.
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