Protection Evolves Destruction

Mo Cheng (CN), Jiachen Qi (CN), Haowei Yan (CN), Xiaochang Wu (CN)

The use of palm oil to replace traditional fuels, with the aim of reducing the greenhouse effect, is causing new problems such as forest destruction. Solutions proposed to address one environmental problem can actually create different and equally destructive problems. The installation is built to illustrate this phenomenon, critically reflecting on material extraction and what so-called resourceful solutions from the past might mean for the future.