Derived from Kwok's piece Autotroph (https://www.manamana.net/video/detail?id=2531) created back in 2018, Autotroph.OBJ is an experiment to objectify the former's algorithmic structure and transform it into a light installation. The original polygon-based drawing method is revised to export .svg path per recursion level instead, with each cell hollowed out from the parental boundary. All .svg paths are later engraved onto acrylic glasses and sorted in order of recursion level. A customized lighting pattern travels endlessly between the first and last layer of the glasses, creating a subtle animation of cell division. Autotroph.OBJ is created for and premiered at Kwok's solo exhibition? at MuDA in Zurich, Switzerland in Mar 2020. Special thanks to Roman Gonsor, who handles production of the piece.

源自郭炳湘2018年創(chuàng)作的自養(yǎng)生物，自養(yǎng)生物是一個(gè)實(shí)驗(yàn)，將前者的算法結(jié)構(gòu)客觀(guān)化，并將其轉(zhuǎn)化為一個(gè)燈光裝置。原始的基于多邊形的繪制方法被修改為export.svg path per recursion level，每個(gè)單元格從父邊界挖空。所有.svg路徑后來(lái)都刻在丙烯酸玻璃上，并按遞歸級(jí)別排序。一個(gè)定制的照明模式在第一層和最后一層眼鏡之間無(wú)休止地移動(dòng)，創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)細(xì)胞分裂的微妙動(dòng)畫(huà)。自養(yǎng)生物于2020年3月在瑞士蘇黎世穆達(dá)舉辦的郭臺(tái)銘個(gè)展上首次亮相。特別感謝負(fù)責(zé)這件作品制作的羅曼·岡瑟。