Wu Yanlin is a Taiwanese artist and researcher exploring human- species interactions and biotechnology. His interdisciplinary practice integrates interactive sensing, mechanical systems, spatial installations, and 3D modelling, to examine how technology reshapes species, territories, and identities.

As part of the GlogauAIR online residency, Wu is developing Medicine II—a large-scale mechanical organism controlled by transgenic fluorescent zebrafish. The project investigates technological intervention in evolution and its implications for defining life.

Medicine II symbolizes humanity’s attempt to counteract natural selection, with pharmaceuticals as a central intervention. This work dissolves biological-mechanical boundaries, posing the question: When evolution is no longer governed by natural selection but by human design, how do we redefine life?

In an era of gene editing and synthetic biology, Medicine II functions as a speculative inquiry into the ethical and technological dimensions of controlled evolution. Even minimal genetic modifications, such as zebrafish fluorescence, can induce profound cognitive and systemic shifts.