“SPACE-TIME DIALOGUE | X-CIVILIZATION” is an ongoing exploration of the relationship between humanity and technology, history and the future. Through Laozi’s idea that “Dao follows nature” (道法自然), I seek to reconsider the technological age and question the true meaning of progress.

Guided in part by Deleuze’s concept of spatiotemporal folding, my practice creates a dialogue between ancient and contemporary visual systems. I use the language of prehistoric rock art to deconstruct the symbols of modern technology, translating digital civilization into a more primal and archetypal form. Through this cross-temporal approach, I aim to reflect on the growing alienation of human life within an age dominated by technological rationality.

Petroglyphs, as one of humanity’s earliest visual languages, carry an original way of relating to nature. In this series, I build surfaces with coffee grounds and titanium white, then layer oil and acrylic on top. Water, erosion, carving, and drying all play an active role in the process, creating cracks, stains, and ruptures that evoke both ancient stone markings and the instability of digital symbols. These fractured surfaces become sites where natural matter and industrial material confront one another.

Through “SPACE-TIME DIALOGUE | X-CIVILIZATION,” I treat the present as a two-way mirror in time: we are both the future of history and the history of the future. By bringing together petroglyphic memory and technological symbols, the work invites reflection on whether progress without reconnection to nature can still be called progress at all.