Exoskeleton: Plastic?

by Yumeng (ILSA) Li

Humans, both architects and inhabitants of their own systems, have engineered synthetic exoskeletons in the name of progress. This photographic work examines the paradox between adornment and erosion—how recycled plastic ties and polyester tubes, once symbols of protection and beauty, now embody ecological fatigue and corporeal fragility. The human body becomes both sculpture and warning: a luminous artifact of its own decay.