Born here
2023




Born here 
Drawing, acrylic, spray, on cotton paper mounted on aluminium   
5400 x 220cm
2023 Macau, China


Statistics of Destiny

 "Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2023"

“Macao is the place where Matteo Ricci arrived in China, and it is an important channel for the dissemination of western natural science. At the same time, Buddhism, Taoism and Mazu beliefs coexist with foreign Catholic beliefs here. People from local and international communities uphold different beliefs, which has become a distinctive feature of the city. The gaming industry since modern times has aroused peoples questioning about fate, luck, contingency and inevitability. Divination, fortune telling, feng shui, geomancy, exorcism, and healing have become frequent occurrences in peoples daily life.

The basis of modern natural science is empirical experience and statistical data, and
the power of business and money is guided by statistics. Todays artificial intelligence and big data have pushed the power of statistics to the extreme. But future predictions such as divination and fortune telling are based on underlying statistical knowledge. Faith and reason share a similar foundation.”