I began taking insulin since 1980, and started using a blood sugar testing machine to keep track of my blood sugar and insulin dosage since 1983. The results of these medical procedures are medical waste generated from the process. Since 1994, I started collecting medical waste generated from injecting insulin and blood sugar measurement. The medical waste was stored in standard-size zip-loc bags, while the date of collection was written on the bag with a marker. Approximately 500 packs as of January 2022. Every bag has been scanned digitally and printed as photograph, while the photos were compiled chronologically. On the other hand, the zip-loc bags will be showcased at the exhibition, with a red thread connecting all of the bags together. The thread will only be knotted at the end of my life.
I named these zip-loc bags as “pearls,” and connected the so-called “pearls” together with thread, into an open-ended rosary. At the end of my life, I will ask my friends to knot the thread and to complete the rosary. The core of the pearl is produced by the deposit of calcium carbonate within the shelled mollusk, which turns into a smooth and rounded pearl at the end. The process of this formation symbolizes how the pain in life will eventually turn into wisdom and virtue. For this project, as long as I am alive, I am continuing to make art.
我從1980年起開始使用胰島素，自1983年開始使用血糖機並記錄血糖值和胰島素的劑量，這些行為會產生一些醫療廢棄物。自1994年，我開始收集每日注射胰島素、檢驗血糖所產生的醫療廢棄物，將這些收集物一律放入大小統一的夾鏈袋，用馬克筆在袋上寫上醫療廢棄物產生的日期，到2022年1月為止約有500包。每一包收集完成的夾鏈袋都掃描成數位影像，依年份集結輸出於相紙。這些收集袋會依序排列在地面，用紅色針線從第一個收集袋串連到最後一個，線頭在生命結束後才打結。
我替這些收集袋取名為「珍珠」，以線繩將這些「珍珠」串連成一開口的念珠，在我生命結束後，請友人將線繩打結，完成這一串念珠。珍珠核心原本是外來物，經過貝類累積分泌碳酸鈣，最後形成圓潤光滑的珍珠。形成珍珠的過程可以象徵人生的痛苦在經過累積鍛鍊後是可以轉換成智慧與美德。在這個作品中，只要維持生命，就是在創作。
I named these zip-loc bags as “pearls,” and connected the so-called “pearls” together with thread, into an open-ended rosary. At the end of my life, I will ask my friends to knot the thread and to complete the rosary. The core of the pearl is produced by the deposit of calcium carbonate within the shelled mollusk, which turns into a smooth and rounded pearl at the end. The process of this formation symbolizes how the pain in life will eventually turn into wisdom and virtue. For this project, as long as I am alive, I am continuing to make art.
我從1980年起開始使用胰島素，自1983年開始使用血糖機並記錄血糖值和胰島素的劑量，這些行為會產生一些醫療廢棄物。自1994年，我開始收集每日注射胰島素、檢驗血糖所產生的醫療廢棄物，將這些收集物一律放入大小統一的夾鏈袋，用馬克筆在袋上寫上醫療廢棄物產生的日期，到2022年1月為止約有500包。每一包收集完成的夾鏈袋都掃描成數位影像，依年份集結輸出於相紙。這些收集袋會依序排列在地面，用紅色針線從第一個收集袋串連到最後一個，線頭在生命結束後才打結。
我替這些收集袋取名為「珍珠」，以線繩將這些「珍珠」串連成一開口的念珠，在我生命結束後，請友人將線繩打結，完成這一串念珠。珍珠核心原本是外來物，經過貝類累積分泌碳酸鈣，最後形成圓潤光滑的珍珠。形成珍珠的過程可以象徵人生的痛苦在經過累積鍛鍊後是可以轉換成智慧與美德。在這個作品中，只要維持生命，就是在創作。
