STATUE text ENG translation

STATUE text ENG translation
[*Based on the official Taiwanese translation.
*Adjusted with reference to the original Japanese through Google translate and kanji knowledge, as well as a Russian translation.
*Paragraphs and sentences have been restructured for a better flow in English.]

Introduction

Last year, a beneficiary of our mother institution the "Laika's Collar" foundation, the Distant Universe Research and Development Organisation successfully observed another universe's planet with mineral life form inhabitants. Results of their research are showcased with this exhibition, titled "STATUE — Statues of Inorganic Lifeforms". We first created these 26 statues publicised at present of the life forms, all of which are exquisitely crafted replicas based on findings from meticulous observations beyond space and time, this includes scanning their minds to craft pedestals matching each of their mentalities.

One of their traits, a clean-cut appearance is theorised to have been refined using advanced technology. As their forms are uniform except the heads, only such have been replicated for this exhibition. Also, their surface except the hair regions are completely covered by plant-based powder and paste. Prevailing theory suggests their functioning to be powered by the microorganisms within their bodies, but this claim is still under investigation, further details will be published in the near future by the organisation for later reference.

Among these 26 life forms, Phosphophyllite (p.26) is especially striking, one rarely formed on this planet due to its geological conditions.
They are extremely fragile, yet contains various foreign minerals such as gold, platinum, mother of pearl, fire agate, etc. Their inclusions are also unnaturally plentiful, and it is believed an acquired symbiosis with the other materials was achieved for some reason. For the mineral life forms who are slow to go through biological changes, this case may be an example of evolution in them, hence receives much of our attention.
Three diamond life forms (p. 3-5) play core roles in fighting against their enemy's raiding due to their exceptionally high durability.
Padparadscha (p.6), a corundum, is a mutant with 7 holes in their body. Alexandrite (p.7), a chrysoberyl, changes colour when light of a specific spectrum passes through their pupils. Both of them have excellent hardness and durability.
Beryls (p.8-10), Zircon (p.11), tourmalines (p. 12), Peridot (p. 18), and Benitoite (p. 19) all have good durability and beautiful colours.
Euclase (p.13) has a high hardness but is easily cracked.
While both Jade (p.14) and Lapis Lazuli (p.25) are rock forms, Jade is tougher. Lapis Lazuli has characteristically triangular pyrite.
Quartz, despite being one of the most common mineral species, has only four of such life forms observed: Ghost Quartz (p.15) is a mutant with the smaller black quartz, Cairngorm (p.16), contained within, the size of which being an observable indicator of their second birth. While the Amethysts (p.17) are observed as two separate life forms, they had been separated from one twinned crystal.
Rutile (p.20), Obsidian (p.21), Neptunite (p.22), Hemimorphite (p.23), and Sphene (p.24) have mediocre hardness and translucency among the minerals, but each have their own uniquely beautiful brilliance.
The pedestal of Antarcticite (p.27), one normally in a liquid state, has water which does not evaporate.
Only the toxic mineral Cinnabar (p.28) is named after a proper noun of a different origin, 辰砂 (Shinsha).
According to the organisation, it can be deduced based on these mineral life forms' behaviour that one such life form occupies the role of leader, but this is currently unconfirmed. We cannot be certain but there is a high probability that special technology protecting such a life form is in place, same for their enemy. This awaits further research and observation in the future.

The above was a simple description of this exhibition. Through this, we hope to have you  think about the biodiversity of other universes and about the mineral lifeforms living in a completely different society from ours yet resemble us. Lastly, we would like to express our utmost gratitude to all those who have provided support in organising this exhibition.

Atronivea Art Museum

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[*Version with some awkward repetitive phrasing to preserve original Japanese sentences' content as they are, not combining or shifting content around within paragraphs.
*For those who want to check the translation, mostly.]

Introduction

A beneficiary of our mother institution the "Laika's Collar" foundation, the Distant Universe Research and Development Organisation successfully observed another universe's planet with mineral life forms last year. This exhibition "STATUE — Statues of Inorganic Lifeforms" showcases the results of this research. The statues publicised at present are all exquisitely crafted replicas. From the results of meticulous observation beyond time and space, 26 replicas were first created for public viewing. Their minds were scanned to craft pedestals matching each of their mentalities.

One of their traits is a clean-cut appearance. It is theorised to have been refined using advanced technology. As their forms are uniform except the heads, only the heads have been replicated for this exhibition. Also, their surface except the hair regions are completely covered by plant-based powder and paste. Prevailing theory suggests that they are powered by the microorganisms included in their bodies, but this is still under investigation. More details will be published in the near future by the organisation to be referenced then.

Among these 26 life forms, Phosphophyllite (p.26) is especially striking. Formation is rare on this planet due to its geological conditions.
Extremely fragile, yet containing various minerals that are foreign such as gold, platinum, mother of pearl, fire agate, etc. Their inclusions are also unnaturally plentiful, and it is believed an acquired symbiosis with the other materials was achieved for some reason. For mineral life forms which are slow to go through biological changes, this case may display the phenomenon of evolution for them, hence receives much of our attention. Three life forms of the diamond type (p. 3-5) play core roles in fighting against their enemy's raiding due to their exceptionally high durability. Padparadscha (p.6), a type of corundum, is a mutant with 7 holes in their body. Alexandrite (p.7), a type of chrysoberyl, changes colour when light of a specific spectrum passes through their pupils. Both of them have very excellent hardness and durability. Beryl type (p.8-10), Zircon (p.11), tourmaline type (p. 12), Peridot (p. 18), and Benitoite (p. 19) all have excellent durability and beautiful colours. Euclase (p.13) has a high hardness but is easily cracked. Both Jade (p.14) and Lapis Lazuli (p.25) are rock forms but Jade is tougher. Lapis Lazuli has characteristically triangular pyrite. One of the most common minerals is quartz but there are only four of such life forms. Ghost Quartz (p.15) is a mutant with Cairngorm contained within. Cairngorm (p.16), the black quartz within Ghost Quartz is of a smaller size, this is an observable indicator of their second birth. Amethysts (p.17) are two life forms but were separated from one twinned crystal. Rutile (p.20), Obsidian (p.21), Neptunite (p.22), Hemimorphite (p.23), and Sphene (p.24) have mediocre hardness and translucency among the minerals, but each have their own uniquely beautiful brilliance. The normally liquid Antarcticite (p.27) has water which does not evaporate on their pedestal. Only for the toxic mineral Cinnabar (p.28), "辰砂 (Shinsha)" a proper noun of a different origin is used as their name. According to the organisation, it can be deduced that a leader type life form exists based on these mineral lifeforms' behaviour, but this is currently unconfirmed. We cannot be certain, there is a high probability that special technology protecting such a life form is in place. Such is the same for their enemy. This awaits further research and observation in the future.

The above was a simple description of this exhibition. Through this, we hope to have you  think about the biodiversity of other universes and about the mineral lifeforms living in a completely different society from ours yet resemble us. Lastly, we would like to express our gratitude to all those who have provided support in organising this exhibition.

Atronivea Art Museum