《WIP: We Are in Progress》
艺术家书
2019
《WIP: We Are in Progress》是刘唱对人类历史与文明演进的一次视觉沉思。书名取自“工作在进行中”（Work in Progress）的缩写，亦暗喻着人类自身——我们始终处于未完成的状态。
作品的灵感源于《人类简史》中提到的两位埃塞俄比亚母亲——她们是线粒体夏娃与智人母亲的隐喻，象征着所有现代人类的共同祖先。刘唱将这一意象转化为一本可以触摸的“人类之书”，每一页都是对演化痕迹的摹写与致敬。
这本书也是对“进程”本身的提问：我们从哪里来？我们将去向何处？在技术与文明加速迭代的今天，“未完成”或许正是人类最本质的状态。
展览：该作品曾展出于否画廊（FOU Gallery），纽约
WIP: We Are in Progress
Artist Book
2019
WIP: We Are in Progress is Liu Chang's visual meditation on the evolution of human history and civilization. The title plays on the abbreviation "Work in Progress," while also suggesting that humanity itself—we—is always in a state of becoming.
The work is inspired by the two Ethiopian mothers mentioned in Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind—metaphors for Mitochondrial Eve and the mother of all Homo sapiens, symbolizing the common ancestors of all modern humans. Liu Chang transforms this concept into a tangible "book of humanity," with each page tracing and paying homage to the marks of evolution.
The book also poses questions about "progress" itself: Where do we come from? Where are we going? In an era of accelerating technological and civilizational change, perhaps "unfinished" is the most essential condition of being human.
Exhibition: This work has been exhibited at Fou Gallery, New York