“Does Europe Matter?”
organized by Jun Yang
5 April 2013
Vitamin Creative Space – The Pavilion, Beijing

Salt crystal
this salt crystal came from 800 million years ago
sea water near the Himalaya transformed into salt crystals
in that time sea contained about 0.85% salt in water
these days sea contains about 3.5% of salt
human body contains about 60% water of weight and 0.85% of salt within
we have ancient ocean in our body

object can be visionary

Vitrine
practice idea of observation
by reconstructing 1:10 paper model
display for minerals at the Naturkunde Museum Berlin

Act of eating
a soup recipe with this salt crystals
relocate it by using as seasoning
relationships between past, presence, future

4.8L soup for 36 people
SALT: WATER 117.6, a relation which most people feel as the right amount
my body weight 48kg, water 60%=28.8L
sea salt crystal 4.08g
sequence of 6 events in different locations

NO.1 2012.03 in Berlin 4.8L of soup were eaten by 36 people
NO.2 2013.04 in Beijing 4.8L of soup will be eaten by 36 people