Words matter: Unabridged or fragmented, only in a fleeting glimpse.

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Supervisor：Dr Kristoffer Laigaard Nielbo
Photo : KJ Zhan

Finalised at Ningbo, Summertime, 2018
Conceptualised at Aarhus, Denmark, Summertime, 2017

In memory of the summertime
谨以此项目- 怀念那个夏天

Concept —

The project started with data gathering via social media platforms, Youtube and Twitter. Comments from ten video and tweets were downloaded as .json format, then imported into python for tokenization process. After comparison and removing sentimental irrelevant and meaningless codes and punctuation, the sentimental score for remaining codes were calculated and calibrated for the final score as per comment based. As the predetermined algorithm, the sentimental score per comment represented the minors or plus displacement per mirror column which by the end constitute to the pixelized mirror visual effect.

1. Data gathering
2. Tokenize data
3. Remove the unrelated codes
4. Sentimental analysis
5. Generalise results
6. Trigger step motors for mirror displacement

Exhibition —

The installation encouraged the audience to scroll down the selected twitter pages which contained diverse comments, either praise or vituperations.
The corresponded sentimental scores determined the mirror cube displacement. As a result, mapping the mirror into the fragmented or unabridged formation.

Installation view at the exhibition.

Summary —

I cherished the summertime in Denmark filled with calm breeze, flung spray and seagulls crying. Life revolved around a twenty-minute walk beach at Jutland peninsula in a peaceful rhythm. I watched the sunset, perhaps daily. The tranquil time created an isolated shield for thinking and meditation. This project was inspired and derived from one of the sentimental analysis experiments which I conducted during summer exchange. From which, I constructed the idea for self-expression installation to address verbal abuse issue in cyberspace. It enabled self-dissection at those moments when the tension, struggles and desperate for external recognition raised and withered at cyber level.

Judgments, praise and vituperations, those superficial codes could kidnap and clutter one’s fragile mind from the depth.

A fragmented ego, an inside and outside inconformity self. A person with peace and love belief could ensconce themselves behind screen generating spiteful words as well. The seeming contradictory contrast shapes the true self. This installation aims to bring a genuine and fictitious ego to the front at once. The rolling mirror columns display a fragmented portrait. When look at the mirror, inside or outside, unabridged or fragmented , it reminds audience which side is the present.

Split or completion, only in a fleeting glimpse.

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我怀念丹麦的那个夏天，平静的风与海浪，海鸥翩翩起舞。日德兰半岛恬静的生活，步行二十分钟的追寻日落的海岸，宁静得让人想要思考。受情感分析短期课程的启发，我想构建起在言语层面的自我表达，去挖掘人们内心深处渴求他人认可的脆弱无力的挣扎与表达。

争议，褒奖与谩骂，浮于表面的辞藻却绑架折磨着藏于深处的心灵。

一个分裂的自我，一个表里不如一的自己，一个在真实世界中播撒和平与爱的人，也确是一个可以将自己隐秘起来敲打愤懑词组的人，矛盾的表达，确是真实的自己。我想借用镜中画面的影射，来呈现一个真实或是虚假的自我，镜柱高低变化，画面起伏波澜。当我直视镜中人，镜子里的你，和现实中的你，哪一个才是现在的你。

完整或是分裂，转瞬弹指间。