Space Invasion III

Chung Shun-ta likes to use materials from daily life that relate to intimacy, taste and life/death, as mediums for his creative work. Consequently, he finds great inspiration from food. Chung uses bread as the central element of this piece, which he shapes into giant, bright red, starfish, symbolizing the human form. In addition, childhood memories of the venue-related, group activity and spatial dialogue of piggyback fighting are also included in the work. The starfish appear in groups in the corners of the room, on the ceiling, the opening to the ventilation shaft, constantly multiplying, occupying space wherever they appear. Their soft malleable bodies seem to squirm in the space, creating a terror filled tension. But as the starfish invade the space around them, they themselves are under constant attack from bacteria, which eats away at them bit by bit, until ultimately they rot. This is reminiscent of how, as man has imposed himself on nature, nature has fought back, leading to self-destruction.