We are living in a so-called BANI world where things seem to be brittle and unpredictable, resilience is much needed as humans are in fear of uncertainty, leading to self-doubt, even with those who have a fighter spirit finding themselves on the edge of giving up.

This work presents one of the best human qualities, “resilience”, that has helped the human race to survive throughout time. The intended message is transferred to bioartwork awaiting  viewers to discover, contemplate and be encouraged by. The work invites people to delve into the inner world and find strengths within through bioart.

While there are many ways to boost resilience spirit, this work employs “sweat glands”, as a metaphor representing the physical and mental effort required to build resilience. The concept of sweat is inspired by scientific studies regarding humans’ eccrine sweat glands of around 2 to 4 million. These numerous glands produce sweat to help regulate body temperature through evaporation. It can be considered as “a gift to humanity” as humans have more sweat glands than other mammals. In the past, this cooling ability enabled our ancestors to continue hunting in the hottest parts of the day, when other mammals had to stay in the shade and limit activity (Beddington, 2023).

The intended key message is “resilience is in your sweat”, your perseverance and so forth. I depicted BANI, the chaotic world in two pieces of bioart, The Sun and The Moon. For the Sun, I depicted the heat of BANI world through the illustration of the threatening and unusual three suns on the bloody red sky. For the unusual Moon, it represents an unpredictable and illusional future. The image of sweat glands is placed at the bottom of the picture. A mirror rotate technique was employed to create a fantastical appearance of the underground realm of sweat glands. The gradient blue colour at the bottom of the picture demonstrates the power of resilience that builds from within.