Event 3


Me at the HOX ZODIAC Event
On May 26th, I went to HOX ZODIAC at Building Bridges Art Exchange Center. Before I went to the event, I had no idea what HOX ZODIAC was. However, when I saw the zodiac calendar, I knew what they were. This event was about Hox gene evolved into a “dinner” and see the deep relationship with animals as companions, food and lab experiment. The artist and scientist seek to bring into the public this relationship in a way that expands the idea of the zodiac and puts the humans into the role of an animal that they have been assigned culturally (Hox Zodiac).

HOX ZODIAC Calendar 

Pig Zodiac
Although we got all different personality and looks, Chinese Zodiac categorized by 12 animals to represent people’s tendencies. Because I was born in 1995, my animal is the pig in Chinese Zhu Zi. Pig was Yin, water element, black color, winter season, north direction, cold diseases, taste salty, planet Mercury, Sanjiao organ, and Yellow Dragon for the heavenly creature.

Pigs are highly intelligent and social creatures that have been used in a wide variety of research protocols, most notably for cardiovascular research. Some researchers use pigs to model human skin, and thus pigs have been subjected to dermatological studies involving wound healing and plastic surgery procedures. This is related to topic that we learned in week 4: MedTech + Art and week 6: Biotech + Art. From World War 1, the plastic surgery was for physical reconstructive to give mold and form for lost parts of people’s face. Nowadays, pigs play big role in the plastic surgery because new surgical techniques are developed and practiced on pigs because their organs are a similar size to those of humans.

Dog Zodiac

It was very interesting that all 12 animals represent body organs. As I mentioned, pig represents sanjiao organ which is the triple burner in traditional Chinese medicine controls metabolism. Because metabolism happens in the stomach and liver, the image of the pig somewhat looked like liver/stomach organ part. Dog, the 11th animal, represented pericardium which is the membranous sac enclosing the heart. I liked how each animal represented organs and the image of them was similar to the organs which is very creative artistic aspect.

I would definitely recommend my classmates to attend this event, because not only 12 animals were represented in artistic ways, but also in scientific ways. I also liked how people who were serving the foods and guiding this event were wearing doctor gown because we are dealing with ‘organs.’ Before the midterm was about dealing with more science aspects of art, but now we are more interested in biological aspects of arts. For the final, I will try to mix science, biology, and art together to make great work.






Work Cited

Faragher, Aliza Kelly. “What Your Zodiac Sign Says About Your True Personality.” Allure, Allure Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018, www.allure.com/story/zodiac-sign-personality-traits-dates.

Harold Gillles Plastic Surgery Archives from WWI, www.findmypast.com/articles/world-records/full-list-of-united-kingdom-records/armed-forces-and-conflict/harold-gillles-plastic-surgery-archives-from-wwi.

“Hox Zodiac Dinner to Discuss Similarities between Humans and Animals.” Daily Bruin, dailybruin.com/2014/12/03/hox-zodiac-dinner-to-discuss-similarities-between-humans-and-animals/.

“Hox Zodiac.” Hox Zodiac, www.hoxzodiac.com/.

“Yin and Yang.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin_and_yang.

Zodiac.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 30 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac.

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