A Drifting Lotus Seed
古莲子漂流
Type
Diagram Assemblage
图表装配
Locale
Macro-scale: East Asia
宏观尺度：东亚大陆
Meso-scale: Herbarium
中观尺度：植物标本
Micro-scale: Plant Cell
微观尺度：植物细胞
Year
2019
The reverence for the lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) among the Chinese dates back to ancient times. In traditional medicine, the lotus’s dietary and therapeutic virtues have long been esteemed, while its growth habit—emerging unstained from muddy waters—has been elevated into a refined aesthetic ideal among literati. Recent archaeological discoveries have enriched the conceptual understanding of the lotus imagery, allowing us to appreciate it from a deeper botanical history and a more microscopic perspective of Cellular Biology.
中国人对莲花 （Nelumbo nucifera） 的推崇自古有之。在传统医学中，莲花的食疗功效被推崇有加，其出淤泥而不染的生长习性也被升华为一种文人式的审美意趣。 新近的考古发掘为莲花意象作了知识层面的补充，让我们能从更久远的植物学历史角度和更微观的细胞生物学尺度认识它。
The diagram triptych re-assembles the culturally rich native plant. By tracing the distribution and circulation of an "ancient lotus seed," different observational scales are opened and closed within the work. A series of diagrams, guided by research activities—including field sampling, specimen preparation, gene sequencing, and microscopic observation—adopt a drifting perspective to reveal the lotus in measured states across macro, meso, and micro scales. Ultimately, lotus is re-situated in a knowledge production system across multiple observational states.
这件三联图表作品重新装配了这一文化属性极强的本土植物。通过追踪一颗“古莲子”的分布与流转，不同的观察尺度在图表中被打开再闭合。 一系列图解绘制以科研活动为线索（包括田野采样、标本制作、基因测序与显微观察），并用漂流的视角展现了莲花在宏观、中观与微观尺度下的测定状态。最终，作品被重置于多重观测状态下的知识生产体系之中。
三联全图（打印版）
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