Elixir of Life 秦始皇两千两百六十五年
2018
Performance


Qin Shi Huang was the first true emperor of China. After unifying China, he began his pursuit of immortality. He sent Xu Fu to lead a group of a thousand young boys and girls to the sea in search of the elixir of life. However, they did not find it, and thus Qin Shi Huang passed away. Yet, Qin Shi Huang may not have truly died; he might have achieved immortality within the social system. The work designs a series of torture devices intended to extract materials from parents to refine the elixir of immortality. Because of the presence of children, these parents must be exploited to sustain the immortality of the higher classes.



公元前246年,秦王政元年。

公元前221年,秦始皇二十六年,统一中国。

公元前219年,秦始皇二十八年,遣徐福带童男童女数千人入海寻仙,求得长生不老药药方。炼药,服用,从此不老不死。

长生不老药:
药引-  望子成龙
          天伦之乐
君药- 心肝宝贝
臣药- 掌上明珠
佐药- 膝下麟儿

丹炉炼制,每百日服用,即可长生不老。

公元2017年11月22日,秦始皇两千两百六十四年,炼药引发天象异事,三色雷起,天鸣地裂,人间哗然。

百日之后。

公元2018年3月2日,秦始皇两千两百六十五年,元宵佳节,异象散去,良辰美景,阖家团圆。炼药、服用,秦始皇长生不老了又一百天。




© Sun Guaiwu