Haiwen Zhu

An interactive installation that uses light as the main means of interaction, warning of man's exploitation and enslavement of nature.

Anthropocentrism and mechanical philosophies place humans in opposition to nature, stripping plants and animals of their emotions like machinery and ignoring the emotions of nature and humans, and this theory reflects man's indifference to the relationship between nature, showing the instrumental properties and use of nature given by humans. The project is an interactive installation that uses the 'leaf and tongue' form of figurative expression to link the relationship between humans and nature, reflecting the flow of plant life and attempting to give humans the ability to empathise with plants. The forced photosynthesis embodies man's enslavement of the plant, and the repeated mechanical movements are used to externalise this enslavement, until the final 'leaf' dies and contrasts with the existence of the 'tongue', warning of man's exploitation and enslavement of nature.

Haiwen Zhu is a Chinese digital art artist and visual communication graphic designer who is dedicated to the creation of digital art and interactive installations in the field of code, exploring the relationship between virtual nature and humans, exploring and extending the relationship between natural human behaviour and mechanical logical thinking. His work has been exhibited at international exhibitions such as London Craft Week, and he is passionate about exploring the generative art and expansion of NFT, which has sold out.