Kang Yi
Installation / Artistic Research
Coordination
2014
{Redesign}
-Arduino,
Light sensors,
Projector,MAXMSP
{Project in 2013}
Project of 2013 was based on the assignment, " mimicry, human body and mechanics". I chose to focus on something about relationships.When dealing with relationships of friends, in our culture we tend to compromise.But how do we compromise without feeling lesser of ourselves. So I was picturing a perfect situation about how to compromise, and still feel we did not get ripped. I stopped my concept at compromise in a biological way. I was imaging some physical reaction. This first wearable installation was composed a top half body model cover with flowers made by plastic circle. When people approached, those flowers avoided being touched.The phase of this project stopped at manual operation.
Project of 2013 was based on the assignment, " mimicry, human body and mechanics". I chose to focus on something about relationships.When dealing with relationships of friends, in our culture we tend to compromise.But how do we compromise without feeling lesser of ourselves. So I was picturing a perfect situation about how to compromise, and still feel we did not get ripped. I stopped my concept at compromise in a biological way. I was imaging some physical reaction. This first wearable installation was composed a top half body model cover with flowers made by plastic circle. When people approached, those flowers avoided being touched.The phase of this project stopped at manual operation.
{Redesign in 2015}
Based on a speech by Carl Sagan, this redesign project was an expression of my thought process from the former project. The feeling of thinking less of myself seemed unnecessary when I was doing this redesign project.During the first project I was in state of chaos with the process, so I re-analyzed and redesigned based on the state I was in during that time. This chaos was as similiar as the video I saw about earth, Pale Blue Dot. This feeling of floating in the space but still feel the weight of life left a romantic interpretation.
Based on a speech by Carl Sagan, this redesign project was an expression of my thought process from the former project. The feeling of thinking less of myself seemed unnecessary when I was doing this redesign project.During the first project I was in state of chaos with the process, so I re-analyzed and redesigned based on the state I was in during that time. This chaos was as similiar as the video I saw about earth, Pale Blue Dot. This feeling of floating in the space but still feel the weight of life left a romantic interpretation.
There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world
—Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
I tried to rebuild the atmosphere by by using a pitch black small space so people who went in won't see the contour of the room. Without seeing any edges and lines , people won't feel the limitation of the little space. This installation made sounds produced randomly by digital data and also made geometry shape showed by projector. This digital data create a distant feeling but at the same time people who walked into this space was hug by the digital light and sounds.