
Consume
2020/04
slime moulds、bread flour
36×60×30cm
China has the most skewed sex ratio at birth in the world
In rural areas, because the preference for boys is so strong, some parents have abortions when they know they are carrying a girl
At the end of the 20th century, girls were often tragically abandoned after birth in remote areas.
In nature, slime moulds also act as decomposers, responsible for breaking down other life and removing traces.
I picked out several important time points, took the number of Chinese male to female birth ratio in that year as an example, and made these numbers into food for slime molds to eat.
As time went by, the numbers disappeared. I want to use this metaphor to express the current situation of women being consumed by society as "nutrients".

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1997|the year i was born

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2007 | One-Child Policy removed from basic state policy

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1971 | The one-child policy was officially enforced

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2010|Year with the highest male-female birth ratio