千年虫無身知所   Y2K  

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千年虫無身知所(原名Y2K)由兩位藝術家胡悠揚、周巧其組成。胡悠揚於1995年出生於中國的工業城武漢，而周巧其1996年出生於台灣的山區。雙方不同的成長背景，養成了兩人爾後對於人類發展與自然保育的對立觀點。兩人自2018年時決定共同創立Y2K組合，嘗試討論人類與植物的對立關係，並且以生物訊號所驅動的互動體驗引發觀眾反思。

2020年疫情到來後，胡悠揚進入東京大學攻讀博士，延伸他於電腦科學與深度學習的認識。周巧其則進入清華大學的博士學程，學習植物生理學知識。他們在分隔兩地的隔離生活中尋索技術對於生態演化的影響。

隨著將生物混合實驗從展覽空間轉移至開放的自然場域，他們慎思人類主觀認識與物質世界之落差。於2022年開啟創作系列「Lichtung」嘗試描述「能量」於物質、資訊、生物體間轉遞的過程，藉由剖析其間交互關係，回應兩人對本體存有之疑困。
YY2K is an artist duo comprising Hu You-Yang and Chou Chiao-Chi. Hu was born in Wuhan, an industrial city in China, in 1995, while Chou was born in a mountain area in Taiwan in 1996. Having grown up in different environments, they have acquired vastly disparate points of view on the development of mankind and environmental conservation. They decided to form Y2K in 2018, and have since endeavored to discuss the opposing relationship between man and plants, as well as to create interactive experiences driven by biological signals as a way to invite reflections.

Following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Hu began his doctoral study at the University of Tokyo in Japan to extend his knowledge in computer science. Chou also began her doctoral study at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan to research into plant physiology. Although geographically separated, the two artists continue to explore the impact of technology on ecological evolution as a group.

Since relocating their biological hybrid experiments from indoor spaces to open nature, Y2K began to contemplate the gap between human subjective perception and the material world. For instance, their new series "Lichtung" from 2022 describes the process of "energy" transfer among matters, information, and living organisms. By analyzing the interaction within the process, Y2K investigates their doubts about ontology.

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