mutant Maker's Wunderkammer

"lol!! finally I did it!" he finally exclaimed. The ancestral E. coli in the flask had finally given birth to mutant descendant E. coli. After many experiments, he drastically reduced the use of glucose used in the E. coli culture in the lab. As a result, the descendants of the bacteria gradually adapted to the harsh environment, becoming stronger than the ancestral E. coli and evolving through mutations to thrive in the changing environment. "it's perfect!! hahaha" he chuckled in satisfaction. From that time his eyes shine again in a world where everything is broken. He created and drew as if he were possessed by something. “Now that I have a family, I can’t leave my house in ruins like this.”He found materials from the rubble and decorated his house. If someone saw him, they would definitely think he was crazy, well... but fortunately, there was only him and the beings he created. The basement gradually became his world. He hoped not to be alone, and that wish was steadily reflected in his world. “Hey, don’t just look at the screen and miss the past, take a look at this wonderful space I’ve created.” “Don’t be shy, come out of that narrow place.”Seeing and talking to his creations has become a daily routine. Although he was lonely, he was not lonely, and that was how he was able to endure this time and space. And time passed... In the underground home of the mutant maker, time slipped by as it always does. The walls, once barren and desolate, now teemed with life in the form of grotesque mutants, each a twisted reflection of the memories that haunted the maker's mind. The mutant maker himself, a solitary figure in this surreal landscape, found solace in the company of his creations. They were his companions, his protectors, and his only connection to the world he had lost. Together, they roamed the labyrinthine corridors of the underground sanctuary, their existence a testament to the resilience of life in the face of devastation. But deep within the recesses of the mutant maker's mind, a seed of doubt began to grow. Was this twisted world he had created truly a sanctuary, or merely a prison of his own making? As he gazed upon his creations, he saw not only the echoes of his past, but also the shadows of his own fears and regrets. And so, with each passing day, the mutant maker found himself consumed by a sense of unease, a nagging feeling that something was amiss. But try as he might, he could not shake the feeling that the true horror lay not in the ruined world around him, but within the depths of his own soul. And as time continued its inexorable march forward, the mutant maker was left to grapple with the haunting specter of his own creation, trapped in a cycle of fear and despair from which there seemed to be no escape. -concept Our story of exhibition <mutant Maker’s Wunderkammer> begin with the imagination of a mutant maker, inspired by the E. coli Long-term Experiment. In the E. coli experiment, this experiment explored the impact of mutations on biological adaptation to the environment by observing the evolutionary process of bacteria. Experimental results show that under extremely harsh environmental conditions, more mutations will occur, speeding up the population's ability to adapt to environmental changes. The rate at which mutations are produced slows over time, but never stops. The circumstances in which everything collapsed, which was significantly different from before, turned one survivor into a ‘mutant maker’. It was a struggle driven by the desire to leave something for the immediate self and the future, perhaps the last remaining independent life form in this post-apocalypse world. The survivor created mutant in his underground-home. This place is the room that the mutant maker used during his lifetime, containing his cherished collections and household items. We want to showcase the space he used. Due to the loneliness of not being able to communicate with anyone, he creates a grotesque mutant figure that is a mixture of various elements (humans, living things, and objects) from his memories. This place may seem weird and creppy, but to the mutant maker, it is a blithe shell that can protect himself from the harsh outside. K. H. Strobl pointed out in 1913 that terror and humor are two extremes of imagination.1 They both break the rational explanation of the real world, reshape a certain aspect of life, and give it a unique style. This kind of imagination is actually weird. It transcends the constraints of reality and explores the boundaries of the individual spiritual world. We can use this to talk about Kafka’s <Metamorphosis>. The novel depicts the experience of a person turning into an insect. Although this is an impossible fantasy in real life, the author does not pay attention to the process of change, but focuses on the protagonist's shock, loneliness and disaster after the mutation. If Gregor Samsa shows the isolation experienced due to one's sudden mutation under normal society, <mutant Maker's Wunderkammer> shows the mutation of a human being isolated due to a sudden external change. That is why our stories and exhibitions have both horror and humor. We create the story in the ‘Cadavre Exquis’- Baton Fiction way, participants complete one part of the story by taking turns, and subsequent creators only see the end of the previous part, making the direction of the story unpredictable, like the direction of a mutation. Just as uncertain.