INSTALLATION





In this artwork, the artist has converted their own genome's entire sequence of base pairs, around 3 billion in total, into visual imagery. They also generated accompanying music based on these visuals. This process of "conversion" and "generation" mirrors the fundamental processes of life known as "transcription" and "translation" within the central dogma. The central dogma is a theory that illustrates the process by which the genetic information in DNA (the blueprint for our bodily structure and function) is "transcribed" into RNA (which is involved in protein formation and regulates the number of proteins synthesized), which in turn produces proteins through the "translation" process. The genome encapsulates the complete genetic information of organisms, narrating a story that spans around 3.8 billion years from the inception of life, culminating in our current existence. These facets underscore how we exist as distinct entities while being interconnected within the intricate web of life. The visuals and the delicate, intermittent shifts in sound, reflecting the vastness of the genome and the phenomena of life's origins, are played continuously. Through this sensory experience, observers are invited to connect with the very origins of their existence, marking the passage of 3.8 billion years of life's history and prompting us to rediscover our place in that narrative.