Zhiheng Guo (Robin) 郭之恒  I  A Human Story, 2022 一个人类的故事，2022  I Mixed media 综合材料

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      "A Human Story" recorded a year's worth of data from a person living at the beginning of the 21st century. It includes such data as how many times they cooked, how many times they got sick, how many times they took the subway, how much money they spent, how many times they made their girlfriends shed tears, how many days they watched pornography, how many times they imagined their future, etc.  There are 336 data records in various categories.
      This work hopes to examine the meaning of "living" for humanity through the lens of extraterrestrial species by studying behavioral and mental activities that can be directly measured in human life. 

       The work includes a "data map" and a variety of "statistical evidence" consisting of everyday objects, photographs, notes, and forms.

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      《一个人类的故事》记录了一个生活在21世纪初人类一年的生活数据。其中包括如一年中做了多少次饭，生了多少次病，坐了多少次地铁，花了多少钱，让女友流了多少次泪，看了多少天色情片，多少次幻想自己的未来等，涉及饮食、起居、消费、情感、隐私等各类别共336条数据记录。
      作品希望以一种外来物种的眼光，通过研究可以被直接测量或察觉的行为和心理，在一次次人类生命活动的循环中，找到“生存”一词对于人类这一物种的含义。
      该作品包括一份“数据汇总图”，以及各类由实物、照片、表单所组成的“统计证据”。