moleculabCurrent

In the future,
the world becomes a sea of data and a wasteland of reality.

Organic matter is broken down into lines, then into points.
Beginning and end converge in infinity,
and the beginning is also the end.

Reality is replaced by code.
Human judgment, desire, and memory enter algorithms,
until life becomes a string of calculable numbers.

MONO is the first group of fossils unearthed in the present from civilization DC4739.
Its original purpose remains unknown.
Current research suggests
it may have been a way for that civilization to rebuild order amid chaos.

moleculab is a special ongoing work by Yang Qiong. It takes the form of a fictional research institute that operates in the real world. Experiments take place within it, specimens are produced and distributed, and archives and identification numbers emerge through these activities.

The work does not reside in any single object. Its archives, numbering system, rules, and the real relationships formed through specimen distribution are all part of the artwork.

The DC4739 world, the research archives, and MONO.OX exist within the same universe. MONO.OX is a specific artwork within moleculab and one of the experimental specimens developed by the institute.

moleculab is still operating today.