2024 | Student

French Design Awards Silver Winner

Digital Gardening: Time's Flow, the Moon's Glow

Entrant

Tsinghua University

Category

Conceptual Design - Exhibition & Events

Client's Name

The 6th Art and Science International Exhibition and Symposium (TASIES 2023)

Country / Region

China

The artwork innovatively reinterprets Chinese traditional ink aesthetics within the digital realm, serving as its creative foundation. Upon the celestial loop, an abstract world scroll unfolds gradually in front of the viewer who is standing in a traditional Chinese patio. Elements such as mountains, seas, stars, and the radiant moon appear and shift dynamically. The imagery of the flow of time and the glow of the moon is portrayed within the grand, dreamlike, and mysterious interplay of light and shadow shaped by ink aesthetics.

The entire artwork deconstructs and reconstructs the perceptual experience. Although the viewer is immersed in this surreal scenario, familiar architectural, natural, and biological elements, such as buildings, raindrops, and red-crowned cranes register themselves in people's subconscious minds as elements of reality. The scroll-like world scene unfolds in a space akin to a vast celestial ring, where the surreal concept of time is unleashed, resulting in an immersive encounter with natural phenomena beyond conventional expectations. Sensory interactive technology, coupled with real-time digital rendering, further ensures individual subjectivity, interactivity, and immersion in the space. The virtual digital realm reshapes individuals' embodied sensory experiences.

Credits

Academy of Arts & Design,Tsinghua University
Luoqi Chen
Seedin Technology Co., Ltd.
Sen Liu
Academy of Arts & Design,Tsinghua University
Hui Chen
Computational Engineer
Jia Wang
Musical Artist
Yue Gu
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