“MUTUALISTIC SYMBIOSIS” is a utopia virtual 3D art installation and
presented in cyberspace where I imagine a posthuman living environment
where humans, marine creatures, and technologies are merged and
coexist. A deliberate, ongoing, and rethinking narrative of who "we"
are as human beings. It portrays a posthuman world devoid of gender
and ethnicity and explores the relationship between machines and
organisms, emphasizing gender, technology, and finding one's identity
in alternative spaces. The human body is a basic shape blended with
machines and marine organisms, and their identities are blurred. The
grotesque figures are immersed in the ocean, blending in with the
surroundings and allowing you to see and feel numerous perspectives.
As an artist, I aspire to incorporate my life experiences
and observations into my work. My own experience of gender prejudice
and the facts I witnessed were motivated by my Asian culture. My
mother's struggles, anxiety after becoming a full-time wife because of
her sacrifice for our family, as well as her difficulty returning to
work after my brother and I grew up, were all very tangible to me.
Sexism is one of the oldest forms of injustice in the world. Females
are among the most oppressed in history, and social justice works to
close the gap and empower women wherever they are.
Artist Bio
Yixin Cao is a new media artist pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts
degree in Digital Media Art at San Jose State University in December
2021. She was raised in Zhejiang, China, and moved to California in
2015. She utilized various techniques and tools such as Maya, Blender,
Adobe Suit, Coding to execute visual artwork. Through experimental
virtual and augmented reality 3D art installations, she explores
gender discrimination, identity, culture conflict, and eco-awareness
in her work. To overcome these issues, she works to create narratives
and atmospheres of the digital space and build a virtual realm to
examine our inequality reality.