2025/3/19 6 grade by Daniel

Lately, I’ve introduced on my tours the topic of immortality and how it influenced Chinese beliefs. While in the garden, I point to the mountains maquete and the Taihu rocks as being connected to the group of eight immortals in Daoist tradition. I point to the linghzi mushrooms carved on the staircase as a food that promoted longevity. When starting the gallery tour, I connect the discovery of gunpowder as part of the search for immortality. At the end of the tour I raise the idea that maybe Cai’s AI experiments are a way for him to search for immortality as his AI program will continue to create art long after he is gone.