In the woods, I was trapped among the plants. I was isolated and even alienated, but the plants were with me. I want to make them my companions. I want to touch them, the softness of them.
Marie Cardona is the fiancée of the title character, Meursault, in “the Outsider” by Albert Camus. She represents the enjoyable life Meursault desires. Marie Cardona is a sexual fantasy and symbolic object to Meursault. She is replaceable. She could be any girl.
The work comprises of hundreds of quotations from climate change deniers, sourced from 1989 to 2018. These deniers are either scientists, who are supported by big fossil fuel companies, or politicians, whose only care is profit.
此件作品靈感來自紀錄片「Merchants of Doubt」,節錄了數百則否定氣候變遷的科學家、政治人物以及石油公司的言論,這些人大多接受了來自石油公司的資金支援並且視環境於無物,所關注的只有利益。