Future Body Lab Participating Subjects DWKXW 00904-00971

Through audio guidance and imaginary body exchange system, this project invites participants to trace the minute stories inscribed on the skin, rediscovering the body we inhabit yet often overlook. In the museum space, it opens a shared ground for diverse visitors to approach, and perhaps touch, the self.

Future Body Lab – in progress artists and participants, photos by Cui Yunjun

Which part of your body would you like to discard in future evolution?

Which part of your body would you like to take with you through future evolution?

Which part of your body would you offer to the exchange market?

Which body part would you like to get from the exchange market?

What would your future body be like?

In science fiction, emotion — or qing — is a timeless thread that runs through stories, ancient yet universal, existing across many spaces, dreamlike yet catastrophic.

It is an internal support, carried within its vessel, sometimes as heavy as information overload, requiring exchange to keep it circulating and abundant.

At the heart of the party is the token economy — most tokens must be earned through interaction with artists’ future-imagined exchange formats. Visitors then spend them on performances, activities, drinks, and museum keepsakes, immersing themselves in a collective emotional experience.

Art Exchange Market
Eight groups of artists who invite visitors to imagine new modes of exchange for the future, is curated by Bad Doggy.

Embarkation
Four-chapter electronic music and dance performance, is presented by artist Zhizhao.

Page photos by Cui Yunjun, Lucy, Etonmars