Yimin Shen

In just two centuries, the world underwent a radical transformation from an agrarian society to a commercial society. In this era of extreme convenience and rapid development of consumption, social psychology and social culture underwent profound changes. Consumerism has created a unique discourse that subliminally induces consumer attitudes and behavior, differentiating people into classes by the symbol of the price of goods. People lose their autonomy and need to rely on the meaning of the symbols represented by objects to express their individuality, while the examples in advertising become the "individuality" that leads people to pursue. Absurd but true. The human being is transformed from a subject into an object of a consumer society, not a human being consuming society, but a society consuming a human being. Humanity is being consumed.

In the future, will mankind consume mankind?

How will human beings consume themselves?

My project speaks of an organ bank I constructed in the year 2144. People still haven't stopped consuming, what has changed is that the money people use to consume is their own organs. Organs are used as currency to buy everything you want, and the denomination of the currency is determined by the importance of the organ to the body, with the heart being at the top of the list...