The Meaning of Existence – dust

Wang Shiman
Taiwan 2021

Human beings must consume the earth’s resources for survival, and in this era of excessive consumption of resources, the earth has suffered a lot of damage. I hope that my existence can minimize the burden on the earth’s environment. When I was born, like one of hundreds of millions of planets in the universe, I was just a little dust in the solar system; when I left, the dust returned to the dust, as if I had never been before.

The work ㄧ is a baby in a crib, representing my birth;
The other side is the body lying on the bed at the time of death, representing my departure. The form standing next to me records the impact on the earth when I was born and left.
The creative medium is colored with pencils, and there is no protective lacquer. It is hoped to be presented in the simplest way, like the simple existence of life.