Exoskeleton: Plastic?
Keywords: Up-cycling, Plastic ties, Wearable, Installation, Projection
“Exoskeleton:
The soft accessory …
Plastic?”
… is biomimetic
Phase I- Urban Artery: Upcycling Accessory
People unwittingly become an essential part of the path they created for civilization. Humans are, from a macro perspective, blood cells in city arteries.
This project mainly portrays the point structure, tension, and population density image of human flow in the urban artery.
In this section, I took use of material characteristics and allowed them to germinate on the human body. Furthermore, several mathematical theories, such as the Fibonacci sequence were introduced to study the aesthetics of construction. The textile accessories with a clean structure display the nodes and tension with the beauty of flowing fields.
“GORGEOUS! Ethereal. Flawless!”
Phase II- Echos: Sound Visualization Experimentation — Biomimetic “Marine Skeleton”
Echos is a sound visualization artwork based on real audio recordings, designed to reveal the multifaceted impact of human activity on the acoustic environment of marine ecosystems. Through three distinct recordings captured in different environments, this piece constructs a sonic narrative of nature, disturbance, and balance.
The visual elements in Echos are derived from computer-generated motifs inspired by plankton, diatoms, and marine skeletal structures. Sound waves of varying frequencies and intensities activate these motifs, symbolizing how human-generated sounds penetrate the ocean depths and affect diverse layers of the ecosystem. Noise interference manifests as “fire in the water,” disrupting tranquility and even endangering marine life.
Using a data-driven visualization approach, Echos translates sound frequency and intensity into parameters that generate visual elements, allowing each motif to reflect the pathways and interference patterns of sound waves in the ocean. This work not only presents a visual tapestry of the marine landscape but also prompts viewers to contemplate the "invisible hand" of human noise on the natural order of the ocean, urging us to attend to the gradually silenced voices of the sea.
The first recording captures the natural oceanic soundscape off the coast of Acadia, Maine.
The second recording, from Port Newark in New Jersey, captures intense, high-frequency industrial noise from ship engines.
The third recording, from Monterey Bay, California.
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