We will only belong to our own self

2022

World map puzzle

605mm x 855mm with frame, 60cm x 80cm puzzle

This is a World Map of 2017

1500 jigsaw puzzle pieces, assembled in three days

Still a jigsaw puzzle, but no longer a recognisable World Map

It’s surely fine – the jigsaw still stands

The puzzle pieces still stand – what is puzzling is our comprehension, viewers from the future

Nay, that’s fine. We have yet to form our comprehension, as viewers from the future. 

This is the World for viewers from the future

This is the Map of now

Everyone can be changed

Everyone can be compelled to comprehend

What a childish act. 

This is a World Map of 2022

Still the same 1500 jigsaw puzzle pieces, still in assembly

The world map records the geographical location of each country at a specific moment. The map itself seems eternal, but borders and lands change every second, due to wars and climate crises. Where do we go and where will we be?

I reassembled the tiles of the map and re-examined the definition of borders, lands and even nationality of a country ——it is solid and fragile.