Wang Ya
→ Growing Colors 2024-2025
→ Dictyostelium 2024-2025
→ Cell-Cell 2023-2024
→ Inner Kinship 2022
→ Ants 2021
Acknowledgements
Contact
→ Growing Colors 2024-2025
→ Dictyostelium 2024-2025
→ Cell-Cell 2023-2024
→ Inner Kinship 2022
→ Ants 2021
Acknowledgements
Contact
Photoshop, X-rays, Online Skeleton Photos
This project originated from my "Artistic Anatomy" course. However, I didn't want to limit myself to studying human skeletons alone, so I expanded my research to include Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy. Through this comparative study, I explored the skeletal structures of various vertebrates and the evolutionary history behind them.
During this process, I encountered the Biogenetic Law (or Recapitulation Theory). It suggests that the embryonic development of vertebrates often mirrors their evolutionary ancestry—the journey from aquatic to terrestrial life. This made me realize that even as humans, our genes and bodies still carry the deep memory of this evolution. We are not entirely distinct from other animals; rather, we share a common history.
Inspired by this, I collected X-ray images of both humans and various animals. By digitally overlapping and splicing these images, I created a series of optical illusions. In these visuals, human and animal bones are not only strikingly similar but often merge perfectly. My goal was to use this direct visual language to highlight the structural resonance between species, prompting viewers to challenge Anthropocentrism and rethink our connection with the natural world.