My musculoskeletal disorders including chronic back pain, muscle fatigue, and stiffness were the results of chronically hunching over a computer. I tried to relieve my back pain with the cupping therapy, which proved to be quite effective and efficient in reducing pain and muscle tension induced by fatigue. Cupping therapy consists of creating a vacuum cup and placing it over the selected area, which aims to induce local congestion and blood stasis for healing. The therapy stimulates blood circulation, induces hemoglobin, promotes metabolism, and draw out pathogens.
Fatigue Measurement uses cups of different diameters and arranges the positions of the cups according to the style of Yayoi Kusama. Suction effect is generated by the vacuum cups placed on the skin for about ten minutes while the local congest and blood stasis is induced. The color of the blood stasis is a reflection of how bad the blood and qi flows were blocked before, and therefore a measurement of fatigue.
This project really killed several birds with one stone. For one, it relieved my back problems and for two, it proved to be self-deprecatingly entertaining - I was motivated and inspired despite my pain. Thirdly, I was able to incorporate the style of Yayoi Kusama. Even though there is no profound meaning to Kusama’s images, they have become iconic in our popular culture. I transplanted the style of Yayoi Kusama by using polka dots to symbolize the fatigue and stress people today face, caused by the chronic use of computers and a lack of exercise.

由於長期使用電腦工作，造成背部肌肉筋骨的疲勞、僵硬與疼痛，我曾經嘗試過用拔罐的方法治療，它對於疏緩疲勞所致的肌肉緊繃以及疼痛，效果快速良好。根據中國拔罐療法的原理及應用，是以真空拔罐的方式輕度破壞治療部位的微血循環，令皮膚局部充血或瘀血，如此刺激能促進該部位組織的血液循環，釋出大量血紅蛋白，加強身體新陳代謝，排走體內廢物及毒素。
〈疲勞測量〉是將不同口徑的罐子，依照草間彌生的構圖風格排列安置於自己的背部，以拔罐器真空抽氣，使罐內產生負壓吸著於皮膚表面。留罐時間約為十分鐘，最後造成這些部位的皮膚充血或瘀血。這些瘀血顏色深淺的程度可反映背部緊繃及氣血運行受阻的情況，藉此測量疲勞的程度。
這是一件一舉三得的作品，其一是我解決個人身體的問題。其二是自我消遣的娛樂，讓我在苦境中有更大的動機與動力。其三是與草間彌生風格的對話。草間彌生的視像並沒有太多深意，但在今天已成為一種普遍的流行文化經驗。我在這裡做了風格上的挪用，這些圓點在此反映現代人大量使用電腦，加上缺乏運動，而造成疲勞與壓力的不斷累積。

◆〈疲勞測量〉2009｜數位輸出｜111 x 80.3 cm，文件：35.3 x 25 cm