Self Evolution is a projection mapping installation that plays with theater and self-portraiture by projecting images recorded from a brainwave kit that slowly morphs into a recognizable representation of the viewer. Self-awareness has become increasingly diverse during a period of tremendous advancement in technology and the humanities. Self Theater Series view the self as a self-sustaining ecosystem. In this context, the self's virtual form, ideology, reality entity, intellectual presence, and soul form are entangled and collide in a sequence of episodes. Thus, the "self" as a whole evolves, matures, and sublimates over time.

In this film, "Self" is portrayed as a species capable of spontaneous evolution through machine learning, using the viewer's brainwave signals as input. As viewers pay more attention, they might perceive themselves as a new species that is continuously growing and flourishing. The project transforms the inner workings of the mind into an immersive video and performance.



“In "Self Evolution", I see myself as an endangered species, who can only be seen as a real being in the moments of being gazed at. It's as controversial as whether a fertilized egg can be considered a human being. My own process of creating new species with my attention was full of anxiety and struggles. Our attention can be called by consciousness, but it cannot be taken over by consciousness. Even trying to maintain long-term attention, the brain will be drained at the end. Once I gave up the struggle, the image of the evolved self kept shrinking and finally disappeared entirely. As with all extinct creatures, all previous efforts for her existence will not be stored in time. Like a play coming to an end, everything on the stage would not be the same as in the beginning. People keep deleting old content in the atlas, and new content is being added at the same time. So I made a non-linear map to record the very few moments of the short period of existence- Scattered in a map-like theater like pages from a finished play.”