Zombie Sheep Project
如何還原一頭羊？
2012
60 kg Sheep Bone Mixture
60公斤混合的羊骨
Dimensions variable
尺寸依場域而定
60公斤混合的羊骨
Dimensions variable
尺寸依場域而定
Mutton hotpot is one among the few Taiwanese mutton dishes, which is usually served in winter time. A traditional mutton hotpot would have Chinese-herb-broth and mutton as ingredients. With different herbal formulas, the price could expand several times, especially for those sold in quite known mutton hotpot restaurants.
In 2012, I was inspired by the symbolic exchange system theory, and launched to make some simple attempts to overthrow contemporary symbolic exchange system. Within my first project, I’ve collected a quantity of leftovers from those mutton hotpot restaurants, and then cleaned them up, grounded them to small pieces, and finally mixed them up with FRP to reconstruct a whole sheep. During the entire project, I have reconstructed 100 sheep in total and sold them back to the market at 1/100 the market price of live sheep; incidentally, the price setting was based on the average of Taiwan mutton market price at the same year.
(This is a rough translation of the original in Chinese)
In 2012, I was inspired by the symbolic exchange system theory, and launched to make some simple attempts to overthrow contemporary symbolic exchange system. Within my first project, I’ve collected a quantity of leftovers from those mutton hotpot restaurants, and then cleaned them up, grounded them to small pieces, and finally mixed them up with FRP to reconstruct a whole sheep. During the entire project, I have reconstructed 100 sheep in total and sold them back to the market at 1/100 the market price of live sheep; incidentally, the price setting was based on the average of Taiwan mutton market price at the same year.
(This is a rough translation of the original in Chinese)
羊肉爐是台灣少數使用羊肉製作的小吃，通常只在冬天販售，一份傳統的羊肉爐由中藥湯與羊肉組成，依據使用材料的不同，不同的羊肉爐價格可能相差數倍，尤其是一些稍有名氣的羊肉爐店家所販售的羊肉爐。
2012年我對於象徵交換的系統開始感到興趣，並且嚐試透過一些簡單的方法來顛覆現有的象徵交換系統，在我所進行的第一個藝術計畫當中，我從羊肉爐店蒐集了大量顧客吃剩的羊肉爐殘渣，並且將這些以骨頭為主的食物殘渣清洗、絞碎，混合環氧樹脂後重新塑造成一頭羊。在這個計畫中我一共還原了100頭羊，並且參考了2012年台灣羊肉市場的平均價格，將這100頭還原的羊以羊肉市場裡活羊的百分之一價格販售回市場。
2012年我對於象徵交換的系統開始感到興趣，並且嚐試透過一些簡單的方法來顛覆現有的象徵交換系統，在我所進行的第一個藝術計畫當中，我從羊肉爐店蒐集了大量顧客吃剩的羊肉爐殘渣，並且將這些以骨頭為主的食物殘渣清洗、絞碎，混合環氧樹脂後重新塑造成一頭羊。在這個計畫中我一共還原了100頭羊，並且參考了2012年台灣羊肉市場的平均價格，將這100頭還原的羊以羊肉市場裡活羊的百分之一價格販售回市場。
Exhibition in National Taiwan University of Arts, 2013
Exhibition in National Taiwan University of Arts, 2013
Exhibition in National Taiwan University of Arts, 2013