The Praying Gesture
Shitism is a project I created to explore the concept of religion. My initial curiosity was simple: why can religion attract people to believe, develop faith, and willingly act under its guidance and rules? As I continued thinking about this question, I began to wonder whether it might be possible to create an anti-religion—a religion that operates entirely outside the logic of traditional religions. That is how Shitism came into being.
I illustrated a “Genesis”that explains the origins of the world from the perspective of Shitism, and I wrote a series of reasons why people might believe in it. I print the booklets, which contains the Shitism worldview, and left copies around different corners of campus, hoping that someone might stumble upon it, read it, and perhaps even decide to join the organization.
Because Shitism is conceived as an “anti-religion,” it has had no collective activities since its founding.
I illustrated a “Genesis”that explains the origins of the world from the perspective of Shitism, and I wrote a series of reasons why people might believe in it. I print the booklets, which contains the Shitism worldview, and left copies around different corners of campus, hoping that someone might stumble upon it, read it, and perhaps even decide to join the organization.
Because Shitism is conceived as an “anti-religion,” it has had no collective activities since its founding.
我绘制了一本以 Shitism 世界观解释世界起源的“创世书”，并写下了一系列关于人们为什么可能会相信 Shitism 的理由。我将这本承载 Shitism 宇宙观的册子亲手装订，并把它散落在校园的不同角落，希望有缘人能意外发现、阅读，甚至选择加入这一组织。
因为本身立意是“反宗教”，Shitism自成立以来并没有任何集体活动。