As a medium, there are two types of exhibitions about cancer: personal life stories of patients

telling how hard they have managed to survive, or educational materials on the preventions of

cancer warning lives are not predictable. However, there are two kinds of prejudices among

the audience. For one, sympathy; the other, empathy instead of critical thinking.

"Medical Monopoly" is a creation based on my academical background. With knowledge of

medical sociology, applied media art, and the experiences of being a family of a patient, I

represent my care about unjust medical resources and life-philosophy through mixed media

exhibition.

"Do you have what it takes to be sick?" is a common question for people today. I hope this

exhibition could draw the public's attention to such issues and have their feedback in different

ways.

There are total 5 sections in the exhibition "Medical Monopoly", besides the introduction text, I set other interactive installations as well, such as capsule toys, board games, and VR facility,

giving audiences immersive experiences. The board game section is the highlight of this

exhibition, expressing how exhausted care-taking could be through a 30 minutes long gaming

process. In the last section, the idea is to invite several families to share their stories on

care-taking, making the section a co-working creation and leaving the exhibition a great

ending. The exhibition successfully initiated discussion among audiences, and connected

experiences between them and reviews to the board game are mostly positive, showing the

original settings and goals were stick to the plan.

There thesis will go through the production purpose, references, production plan and report,

audiences’ reviews and my feedback.