Art is a mirror, which helped me confirm my existence. It evidences the time that I experience, and reflects my woven dreams and memories. In the lonely period of Lockdown in spring 2020, I am no longer satisfied with the reflection of inanimate objects. I need to physically communicate with my art, and Duck X will never be forgotten.
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The First Day of 12 Little Things
The First Day of 12 Little Things
This is an animated video of 12 mixed breed quails that hatched out from the third group of eggs on May 22.
Everything starts with 'The Peeking Duck'
Everything starts with 'The Peeking Duck'
This short film shows the beginning of the Duck X Project and the source of the first eggs. The Peeking Duck is actually about I peeped on the ducks and imagine how ducks see my invasion. When I was observing the ducks, they looked at me. I have noticed that they were showing some different reactions from not seeing a human gaze. The ducks stopped looking for earthworms in the dirt and turned their head to look at me with one eye. What's interesting is that I realized that after being discovered by the ducks, I would also think differently. I even wanted to do something in response to the duck's gaze.
My little friend Simba
My little friend Simba
Simba is a Japanese Coturnix quail. Although he looks like a baby parrot, that is because he was a premature baby. He hatched out from one of my incubation project eggs. We spent 5 delightful days together before he left. I felt very said, but couldn’t do anything. He didn’t even know how too eat and drink. Although I was hand-feeding him every two hours with a syringe, he was still getting weaker every day. So I decided to take him out to a park, let him enjoy the sunlights and smell the flowers at least once in his life.
Simba
Simba
This is the final cut of Simba. I chose to use mosaic to present the final work because the blurred mosaic colour block gives people a sense of nostalgia. It is like a segment of our memory, with a clear emotional colour, making us think that we can clearly reproduce those memory segments in our brain. In fact, when we want to explore its details, it is ambiguous. We seem to be separated from the scene in memory by a bathroom window.
I finally hatched out a bird
I finally hatched out a bird
This is the only bird which was hatched out with my body temperature and is still healthily alive. Although I didn’t carry it from the beginning. I started to take it with me on day 11, as from some articles I have read said that the first 10 days are crucial for the embryo to secure. It started to peck on day 17. But after 20 hours it didn’t make much progress, and its reaction to my whistle became weaker and weaker. I was worried about it, so I have helped it with coming out of the shell.
The First Time of Human Body Temperature Incubation
The First Time of Human Body Temperature Incubation
Egg protector made by moldable plastic
Where to find an egg?
Where to find an egg?
Carrying an egg 24/7
Carrying an egg 24/7
The first incubation attempt ended in failure on the 12th day. That morning I smelled a faint smell from duck eggs. So I had to give up the duck egg that had obviously started to develop and go to the bath quickly.
Embryo Development
Embryo Development
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Day 12
Making a walker for the lame chick
Making a walker for the lame chick
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