Figure for the Cultivation of the Spirit (Carbon Alchemy)


2024
Tapestry
62 in x 62 in




Mixing the classic taiji symbol with the first image of DNA’s double helix (“Photo 51”), this tapestry illustrates yin and yang as the cosmic order encoded into the human body. This revised symbol is featured in Wendi Yan’s game on Daoist carbon alchemy, titled “Inner Carbon.”








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