User:Chen Junyu/Graduation Project Seminar/ project proposal/Proposal3

Introduction

When we talk about "nature", a general feeling is "nature" is something outside. It is not ture. If we look into the explanation of nature in wikipedia, in the first paragraph, it says :" 'Nature' refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic." As a component of the earth, human being is also a part of "Nature". The air we breath everyday, the pollen floating in the air，the small potting which generates this pollen in our bedroom, they are also components of nature. Nature is not just something " out there", it is also something "in here". But, if we trace the etymology of "nature" --the latin word "natura", or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant "birth", something does changed. With the highly developing science and technology, we now have the ability to change the genes of creatures, and we already have done this. The "nature" in our impression, which is the " wild" in the proper context, now is more and more difficult to survive, or, can only survive by the power of civilization -- at that time, the "wild" is also not the original "wild", it is something lokks like "the wild" and living under the proof of civilization. And the concept of "Nature", also need to be changed with this inescapable artificial power.

Project

I have been working on prototypes these days, and figure out it is difficult for me at this moment to decide what the specific project would be. I have some ideas at this moment, but as I produce more, I think my understanding of the topic would improve time by time somehow.

1. By combine the elements of "human figure" and "nature" together in a large scale paper, such as using the photo I took through the microscope as reference structure, take micro human figure displace the construction of leaf or other plants.

2. The project would be an audiovisual installation. There is not specific decision of the image and sound. The sound could be recorded from inside of the plants (maybe) by contact phones, then amplify and synthesis to hearable sound. The image would base on the micro or and detailed construction of plants such as image taken by microscope, by using these images, creating 2d hand-drawing animation out of that. The work would be placed in a dark, half-closed room which provides enough silenced environment. The animation would be projected onto different spots with different scales, height and duration）in the room to build up the feeling of immersion. The path should be flexible for viewer going through, but there will also be a default path in the exhibition handbook.

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Relation to previous practice

These are illustrations I did in the last few years. The reason to choose these drawings is, getting rid of the commercial visual style, these illustrations tell the same story -- mysteries happening in the imperceptible world.

Relation to a larger context

Microwold's Photography by Daniel Stoupin http://www.microworldsphotography.com/ The oldest known paintings are the Grotte Chauvet in France, the paintings show horses, rhinoceros, lions, buffalo, mammoth, abstract designs and what are possibly partial human figures. These paintings are thought as the respect for nature, or for the gain of prey

Hiroshi Senju :

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