Xiamen Oyster Project 厦门牡蛎项目- Stephen Connolly, Francesca Brunetti

ICI Students Ruiyan CHENG 程睿妍, Xinyue GAN 淦馨悦, Yiyang GAO 高亦阳, Zhewen HU 胡哲文, Xuan HUANG 黄萱, Ruixin PAN 潘睿鑫, Yi WANG 王易, Simiao YANG 杨斯渺 2023-4

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Oysters, or bivalve molluscs, are hailed as ecosystem engineers in coastal waters. They can ingest and filter across their gills up to 190 litres of water every 24 hours. Oysters digest pollutants with significant impacts in the biosphere of the Xiamen urban area.

The project workshops introduced ideas of interspecies relationships, Andrew Morton’s Hyperobject, and the science of oysters in the environment. Students produced animations and an interactive sculpture exhibited at the G Art Gallery and Museum, Fuzhou, 04 – 07/2025.

牡蛎，即双壳类软体动物，被誉为沿海水域的“生态系统工程师”。它们每24小时可摄入并通过鳃过滤多达190升的水。牡蛎对污染物的分解处理，对厦门市区生物圈产生了显著影响。

该项目的工作坊介绍了物种间关系的概念、安德鲁·莫顿的“超物”理论，以及关于牡蛎在自然环境中生存状况的科学知识。学生们创作了动画作品和一件互动雕塑，这些作品于2025年4月至7月在福州市的G艺术画廊与博物馆展出。