Parallel Universe Series
Part III
2005~2021
A journey from the fleshly shelter
across the inner frontier
into the sanctuary of the soul
The Original Humans
Dao,an archaeologist of humanity, leads Red, Lian, Ben, and Lu from another universe—returning to Earth
Steel Skeleton
In the Taipei Basin, they find a skeletal tower—once meant to rise skyward, now a stalled dream in ruin.
Unearthed Selves
At the final layer, Dao unearths himself and his kin-
“they were always the ruins, awaiting their own discovery.”.
An immersive spatial exhibition
The First Cultural Stratum
Unearthed • Studio of Hsieh
“Orchid Island Portrais” unearthed 1973
“Home Scenes” unearthed 1985
The Second Cultural Stratum
Trinity
The Third Cultural Stratum
In the Company of Souls and Pollen Suspended in Air
The Fourth Cultural Stratum
Hermaphroditic Fusion
The Fifth Cultural Stratum
Dao and His Kin—Red, Lian, Ben, and Lu—Emerge Together
One day,
we shall return from a parallel universe
to our Earthly home—
to become whole again,
alive with the selves we once abandoned.
Now, Dao and his family
choose to remain—
to walk beside us toward what is yet to be.
But the mother, Red,
reclines, her gaze fixed upon the sky.
Two burning tears
stream silently down her face.
Why, mother?
What did you see?