Ghost Planet

I am more of a hand-painted and hand-on person who enjoys painting and making things with different materials and texture. I enjoy being inspired through processing. I am infatuated with colors and the structure of different creatures. To me, art is more like science than just aesthetics. I’ve been trying painting different themes of objects only to improve my skills now I want to practice it, to do things more of myself experimental explore. I think everyone is unique and art is so different from every single mind. I am always looking for muses around me. So my paintings are mostly about my friends and families. Recently, I opened my family’s old photo album and got inspired by its beautiful colors and fashion-style. I think it will be a good idea if my new animation is this old story of my family with my stylish paintings.I am also addicted to digital technology, become more and more interested in coding and interactive art. I think it will be cool if I make animation combining with AR, VR or even MR. Now I have been exploring how to bridge the virtual world with the real one, trying to make things with both hand-on devices and computer techniques.

Wait, will there be any problems? You see,with the smart phone blossoming, the problem of the disconnection between people in real world seems serious.( the article “Fear of Screens”) What people are trying to do is to wrap themselves in a virtual, private world which deviates the original intention of why we created this technology. I think why we’re so enthusiastic about it, is we want to experience something that we can never or hardly experience in the real world. And the real world, it is not replaceable. I can’t  imagine the day when this technology has already been so perfect(like the game episode the black mirror, season 3), we can’t tell the differences between the virtual and real world, we can feel, smell, touch, everything... just like living in the real world, will it be a nightmare? It is not I don’t trust the technology, i just don’t trust the weakness of human nature.  However, all these worries and hidden problems can’t stop this pacing technology, we shouldn’t fear the new technology, if it is under well control and people are well advocated, I think the benefits will be far more than the problems. I can’t wait to cuddle the new world now. :) 

Another unique way of thinking Will Pappenheimer had was how he augmented the virtual artistic world onto the realistic world, the space, the dimension (picture3), he always saw things from a large scale perspective, standing on the macroscopic angle, trying to use his art to “change” the physical world. It worked and I  think with the more and more developed technology, one day people will eventually feel the magic power of how smart it is, not just through the screens of smart phone or tablet, they can be totally immersed in it , touch it, even feel it, maybe that’s what the age of mixed reality will be. :)

It is interesting to see my animation made into the AR GAME and the interactive and logical part  in developing the game is much more fun. I hope there’ll be more chances to develop games combining my own profession.

  This project “Lonely Me” is about loneliness, “Each loner lives in his own wolrd.” The story was based on my own experiences. I think we all have difficult times and we are fighting against them through all our lives. I want people who see “Lonely me” with the same feelings,gain some courage,because you are not alone.

I started painting old photos of my family.My dear dad and mum,my aunt and my granny...unfinished...maybe i will make a new video with them later.