The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece.

My art has gained some high value.

To me photography functions as a fossilization of time.

When I wake up I just make it happen. My dreams come true- that is the artistic practice.

Life is one passage and then you keep moving into another state.

Humans have changed the landscape so much, but images of the sea could be shared with primordial people. I just project my imagination on to the viewer, even the first human being. I think first and then imagine some scenes. Then I go out and look for them. Or I re-create these images with my camera. I love photography because photography is the most believable medium. Painting can lie, but photography never lies: that is what people used to believe.

When I saw this Broken Kilometer, it reminded me of these 1,000 Buddhas. That piece is 1,000 one-meter gold rods, and this is 1,000 pieces of gold gilded wooden sculpture. In terms of design, it's up to the space's character.