Initial prototype review

By organising the initial portfolio, we re-examined our prototype and reviewed the process we had approved. Our current project concept /aim can be summarised as follows :

The collective behaviour by pneumatic balloons are a kind of elementary cellular … Read More

No-exit: An age of nihilism

After the tech decreasing the difference between the real and virtual social communities, can we find any exit to escape from these addictive network?

Work in process project: Your Reality is Not My Reality

It’s hard to define the … Read More

Shifting_2020

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Shifting – work in progress

The experiments are about transporting audiences to different perceptual states.Constantly shifting from one conceptual environment to another.The interpretation of ambiguous stimuli from different sensory inputsgenerates a co-creation process that heavily relies on the observer’s … Read More

Invisible Dialog – work in progress report

The coronavirus outbreak is a real threat to everyone on the planet, deep cleaning suddenly took on a new public-health urgency. During this time of pandemic, we have designed an interactive projection installation that envisions an unseen world that only microscope can explore. Our … Read More

Co-network——Rendering the invisible visible

“Human being is an organism which confronts its world with a mechanism for making indications to itself. ”(HERBERT BLUMER) When we “response”, we “define” each other’s actions, designating different objects and giving them meaning. The process of sharing common definitions, … Read More

Bitmap Choir – Work in Progress Report

The Bitmap Choir is a game that invites people with or without musical training to express and enjoy a collaborative music-creation experience. It is designed to gather people around the world to sing together, allowing anyone to create and find expression … Read More

SGene – Work in Progress Report

SGene means scene generation, which is an exploration game. At SGene, you can tell your troubles, secrets and private comments about hot topics, or you can package your interests and aspirations then post them on our planet.

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Hegemony of Vision – Work in Progress Report

The Hegemony of Vision’ refers to the preference of vision over the other senses in contemporary culture. This mixed-reality installation questions the relationships between our senses, particularly touch, which is frequently excluded from fine art and interactive contexts. Guided in … Read More

Sentient Tangle – An Introduction

Three months ago when we started Sentient Tangle, none of us would have expected to be where we are right now – both as a project, and as a community. What started out as a mechanism study of Reuben Margolin’s … Read More

Hubbub – Work In Progress

When we are in a space with slight sound waves in it, can we feel those subtle waves all the time? Would our feelings and behaviors change based on these sound waves? We want to explore the impact of different sound waves in a … Read More

Mutating–Work in Progress

“Mutating” is a speculative design work addressing human habits and habitats shifting under Covid-19 circumstances. Look around, people are fully armed to avoid being infected. We are advised to maintain the distance between people and reduce interpersonal communication. We are … Read More

Preliminary Work in Progress Report on Project E-COllaborative generator

In the work of artist Ann Hamilton, The Event of a Thread, the artist used a huge white silk curtain, dozens of swings, the wind brought by the dance of the curtain, the voice of the performer reading aloud, … Read More

println(humanBehaviour); work in progress

What can we learn from observations of the everyday? As designers, we are keen to explore the political power of small scale actions and how the recognition of others’ idiosyncrasies can facilitate an understanding of another.

Making the Familiar … Read More

Hypergesture – Work In Progress Report

Hypergesture is a kinetic sculpture exploring gestures of light and sound through robotics. I have chosen a mechanism originally from surgical robotics that constrains end effector movement to along the surface of a sphere. This mechanism only has two degrees … Read More

Exploring Algorithmic Composing from the 18th Century through Machine Learning – work in progress

Methods for algorithmic music composition have been developing since the 18th Century, a lot of composers used rules to compose music. The most famous ones are C.P.E Bach and W.A. Mozart.

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Project Hive_Work in progress report

Hive is a kinetic sculpture which its concept is “bee hive flashing” swarm intelligence.There are certain types of honeybee that create mesmerising waves when they feel threatened . When a wasp or some other large insect gets too … Read More

Digital Isovist – Data Augmented Spaces

Isovist is defined as “a set of all points visible from a given vantage point in space” (Benedikt, 1979). Although isovist refers to physical visibility, our interest lies in how digital information can affect our isovist. As demonstrated by our … Read More

Preliminary Work In Progress Report Project Your Reality Is Not My Reality

We live in a world where all your opinions are expressed through media platforms. Trends, ability to edit your personal information, appearances, speeches and more allows us to construct our desirable persona – one that comes from but separated from your reality. What happens in the multiplicity of simulations? Who is affected and who is responsible? We present to you MKST – a humorous take on how online media affects all of us. Starting with you switching on your TV, the news is broadcasting: A case of murder just took place…Read More