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iasnoB namuH 栽盆形人 : lasoporP tcejorP

8 December 2016

Introduction

Project

My graduation project will be a series of images and a video of bonsai trees which use the human body as a plant, using 3D technique and portrait. Aside to this project I’m thinking of producing a photobook. This project combines my interest in photography and my background in filmmaking.

Bonsai

"Bonsai tray planting is a Japanese art form, in which trees are grown in containers, the tradition dates back thousands of years. Similar practices exist in other cultures, the Chinese tradition of Penjing (盆景) is considered to have been the technique’s place of origin, as well as the miniature living landscapes of Vietnam. --wikipedia"

Bonsai, as a deformed plant is based on the aesthetic of its makers. The meaning of its natural life is no longer existing. With the development of aesthetic, technique, culture etc., the looks of Bonsai have been changing diversely, the types of Bonsai are also becoming more varied.

Somehow, the Thing is more like a bonsai less like a tree.

Human

The transformation of the Bonsai echoes the development of human society, which has changed and adapted in order to fit into our current world. The development of things like clothing, communication and technology are some of the skills that move us from yesterday into tomorrow, update the way we speak, the things we do, the feelings we feel, the dreams we dream and the way we see ourselves.

Therefore, I would like to make this project, as it speaks to how society changes people and how external powers influence the subject, in parallel with how people condition bonsai trees.

Powers

Here is a list of powers (principles skills) I have come up with till now, which make people deform in different ways and I would like to apply in my work but I am still unsure about them and keeping developing more:  

Technology (internet, electronic devices)
Pop Culture
Popular Aesthetic（fashion - anything else?）
Media Orientation
Success (what is success? - financial? in career? fame?)
Consumption (of food? or of stuff?)
Emotional Demand
Communication
Stereotype (of what? people? racism? the general act of stereotyping?)
More…

Overview

In my work I aspire to create soft textures, a sense of void, and also something ridiculous, verging on playful craziness. Other than these rules, the work will follow three formal tracks, which have been developed through my previous works.
The three formal tracks are described below:
(a) Color
(b) Human figuration
(c) The manipulation of form

Photos

In the photos models will position themselves as a bonsai, each position is based on a specific power I have mentioned above. For each skill I will create 3 to 4 versions, by which people become into a human bonsai. The background will be a vague and virtual space.

File:Stonehbs01.jpeg

File:Stonehbs02.jpeg

Videos

The video work will accompany the photos, showing the details of human bonsai (trees or models?) with 2D/3D graphics showing the growth of ‘vines’, and the movement of ‘leaves’. I am developing ideas for a voice-over, but am still unsure of my best options, it is possible that all will be recorded and reviews during the stage of post-production.
(a) Human Bonsais tell fictional stories related to themselves (as bonsai);
(b) Tell a fictional story from a bystander's perspective;
(c) Human Bonsais hum a song.
For now I prefer (c) which could create a more ridiculous atmosphere that match my expectations of the work.

Photobook (unsure)

As a side project, a photobook could be a good form for a observation of the whole project besides prints. If I decide to make this, I would like to include except images I will show in our exhibition, also more images from different angles, scenes etc. and stills from video.

Plan

Timeline

Dec 2016 - Feb 2017 : Technique Researching / Sample Making / Problem Solving(For instance, after I made the first test video, I found out the way I thought about tracking did not work so well, I need to find some other way to do it).
Mar 2017 : Pre-production, including photographing, filming, and 3D scan if needed.
Apr 2017 : First Post-production and fixing. (find problems, add details, re-shoot, re-edit...)
May 2017 : Second Post-production, "Debugging" and Perfecting. (More detail fixing works)
June 2017 : Third Post-production including pushing online(a web page), print, prepare projection.

Setup

A series of prints will be framed and hung on one wall, a projection will be displayed on another wall, in between the walls will be a bonsai.

Involved People

Teachers

The teachers of Piet Zwart, teaches from the AV station and the Interaction station at the WDKA will and are helping me with technique and concept development.

Helpers

Funda B.R : Ceramist, illustrator. She can help me with making tray and pot.
Adam P : 3D artist who keeps giving me advice and ideas on software and technique.
Xiaotong Gong : Motion graphic designer, illustrator. She can help me with 2D animation (design/draw/animate).
Fencha : New media artist who can give me advice on music and exhibition build-up.

Models

Friends and classmates are a good resource for models as they possess different features, e.g.: different skin tone, hair styles, body shapes, etc…

Related Previous Works

Touch(less)

The Bonsai piece is a development on previous projects, the series ‘touchless’ shows transparent people trying to touch each other. I started working with woman body since this work.

File:Stst1111.png

File:Stst2222.png

Dream machine

Sometimes people want to get out of their bodies and have intense and abnormal experiences. Last year I worked on a project titled ‘Space Out’, which investigated ‘technologies of self’, for example Burrough’s Gysin Dream Machine. My research looked at how the Dream Machine could influence people’s minds, which I referenced by applying the principles of producing mental illusion and ‘Space-Out’ experience in my project ‘Nosebleed’.

Nosebleed

The video work shows the perspective that a person might have when they get a nosebleed, the sky and tops of buildings as they walk down the street. In order to create the ‘space-out’ feeling for the viewer, the most efficient way is to create alpha wave and strobe effects, bringing people the same experience as ‘Flicker’ and ‘Dreamachine’.

Relation to a Larger Context

I have been interested in how artists play with 3D "beings".
One of my reference is from Johnathan Monaghan, his works give me endless thoughts and strong feelings. In his works, the combination of not-related objects, the symbolic details and the fluency of every movement are 3 key points which inspire me. The work Escape Pod (2015) which from my perspective is a "story" of consumption critique, in which the main character - a golden bull (a consumer goods) runs from consumer society to nature world silently and valiantly.

Artist Kate Cooper works on high-defination digital CG images and CGI woman body. Her works changed my opinion about realistic CGI works. Looking into her works, I can feel the subtle uncanny valley feeling, however, the feeling combined with unconscious， sympathy and void, which is the thing I want to achieve in my own work.

Ceramist Jess Riva Cooper and sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki are two non-3D artists who works with bodies also. In Jess's work, blossom of "human" gives me a nice example of how to deal with body and plants at the same time in a beautiful and elegant way.

Yoshitoshi's weird and sweet deformed-girls sculptures impress me by how quite and graceful a fake human can be. The way he deforms "human" brings me many ideas of my own work.
There are also works from artists like Beeple, Blake Kathryn, kyttenjanae, Matt Crump etc keep giving me new ideas on color, composition and mischievous "craziness".
The reason why I started playing with 3D and decide to make this project is because of those people. They give me a enchanting and emotional perspective to work with nonexistent objects. What I want to achieve in this project, basicly, is to give people a little bit of awareness of something they have been used to.

Bibliography

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-<small>7 December 2016</small>
+<small>8 December 2016</small>
 <h2>Introduction</h2>
+<h3>Project</h3>
+My graduation project will be a series of images and a video of bonsai trees which use the human body as a plant, using 3D technique and portrait. Aside to this project I’m thinking of producing a photobook. This project combines my interest in photography and my background in filmmaking.
 <h3>Bonsai</h3>
-[[File:Pa1.jpeg|500px|center]]<br />
+[[File:Pa1.jpeg|500px|center]]
-Bonsai (tray planting）is a Japanese art form using trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of Penjing(盆景) from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years. <br />
+<br />
-Bonsai, as a deformed plant, the way it looks is based on the aesthetic of its makers. The meaning of its natural life is no longer existing. With the development of aesthetic, technique, culture etc., the looks of Bonsai have been changing diversely, the types of Bonsai are also becoming more and more.<br />
+<div style="width:60%">''"Bonsai tray planting is a Japanese art form, in which trees are grown in containers, the tradition dates back thousands of years. Similar practices exist in other cultures, the Chinese tradition of Penjing (盆景) is considered to have been the technique’s place of origin, as well as the miniature living landscapes of Vietnam. --wikipedia" ''</div>
-[[File:Cutitititititit1.png|250px| center ]]<br />
+<br />
+Bonsai, as a deformed plant is based on the aesthetic of its makers. The meaning of its natural life is no longer existing. With the development of aesthetic, technique, culture etc., the looks of Bonsai have been changing diversely, the types of Bonsai are also becoming more varied.
+<br />
+[[File:Cutitititititit1.png|250px| center ]]
+<br />
 Somehow, the Thing is more like a bonsai less like a tree.
 <h3>Human</h3>
-Bonsai makes me think of ourselves. Because of all the the development of human society, we have been being deformed and changed into human who are fit for the current world. From nude to dressed-up, from writing letters to send sms, from pen to keyboard etc. . There are so many "powers" which make us walk into tomorrow from yesterday, make us keep updating the way we talk, the thing we do, the feeling we feel, the dreams we dream, the way we see ourselves. <br />
+The transformation of the Bonsai echoes the development of human society, which has changed and adapted in order to fit into our current world. The development of things like clothing, communication and technology are some of the skills that move us from yesterday into tomorrow, update the way we speak, the things we do, the feelings we feel, the dreams we dream and the way we see ourselves.
-Therefore, I would like to make this project which speaks to how society changes people and how external powers influence the subject, which can be matched with how people influence bonsai.
+<br />
+<br />
+Therefore, I would like to make this project, as it speaks to how society changes people and how external powers influence the subject, in parallel with how people condition bonsai trees.
 <h3>Powers</h3>
-Here is the list of powers which make human current human that I would like to apply in my work:
+Here is a list of powers (principles skills) I have come up with till now, which make people deform in different ways and I would like to apply in my work but I am still unsure about them and keeping developing more:
+[[File:Bonsai01.jpg|150px|right ]]
 * Technology (internet, electronic devices)
-* Pop Cultures
+* Pop Culture
-* Popular Aesthetic（fashion）
+* Popular Aesthetic（fashion - anything else?）
 * Media Orientation
-* Success
+* Success (what is success? - financial? in career? fame?)
-* Consumption
+* Consumption (of food? or of stuff?)
 * Emotional Demand
 * Communication
-* Stereotype
+* Stereotype (of what? people? racism? the general act of stereotyping?)
-* others...
+* More…
-<h3>Project</h3>
-The work will be a series of images and animations of bonsai trees which use the human body as a plan and uses 3D images as a background. So there will be photos and a video, I am also thinking to make a photobook as a side product or a close-up of this project.It relates to my culture (China) combines my interest in photography and video.<br />
 <h4>Overview</h4>
-I always want to create works with the feeling of soft, a bit "voidy" and also ridiculous(a bit black humor behind) at the same time. This work will also follow this rules. Besides, it will follow three formal tracks which I have worked on in my old works(more details below).<br />
+In my work I aspire to create soft textures, a sense of void, and also something ridiculous, verging on playful craziness. Other than these rules, the work will follow three formal tracks, which have been developed through my previous works. <br />
-(a) Color:
+The three formal tracks are described below:
 <br />
-(b) Human figuration:
+(a) Color
 <br />
-(c) The manipulation of form:
+(b) Human figuration
 <br />
+(c) The manipulation of form
 <h4>Photos</h4>
-Each photo will show one type of human bonsai based on existing classic Bonsai type ((add foto) ). In the photos, models will be deformed as a bonsai with different features based on specific powers. For each power I would like to make 3 / 4 different ones. The background will be a vogue and virtrual space.<br />
+In the photos models will position themselves as a bonsai, each position is based on a specific power I have mentioned above. For each skill I will create 3 to 4 versions, by which people become into a human bonsai. The background will be a vague and virtual space.
+[[File:stonehbs01.jpeg|200px|center]]
+<br />
+[[File:stonehbs02.jpeg|200px|center]]
 <h4>Videos</h4>
-Video work will be matched to photos, one by one, showing the details (close up) of human bonsai with 2d/3d motion graphics showing the growth of "vines", movement of "leaves". I have some ideas of voice-over for this video, but still not sure which is the best way to do it, I guess I will try all of them and choose one on post-production stage. The options are: <br />(a) Human Bonsais tell fictional stories related to themselves (as bonsai);<br /> (b) Tell a fictional story from a bystander's perspective;<br /> (c) Human Bonsais hum a song. <br />For now, I prefer (c) which (I think) could create more ridiculousness which fits for the atomasphere of the work. <br />
+The video work will accompany the photos, showing the details of human bonsai (trees or models?) with 2D/3D graphics showing the growth of ‘vines’, and the movement of ‘leaves’. I am developing ideas for a voice-over, but am still unsure of my best options, it is possible that all will be recorded and reviews during the stage of post-production.
-<h4>Photobook</h4>
+<br />
+(a) Human Bonsais tell fictional stories related to themselves (as bonsai);
+<br />
+(b) Tell a fictional story from a bystander's perspective;
+<br />
+(c) Human Bonsais hum a song.
+<br />
+For now I prefer (c) which could create a more ridiculous atmosphere that match my expectations of the work.
+<h4>Photobook (''unsure'')</h4>
+As a side project, a photobook could be a good form for a observation of the whole project besides prints. If I decide to make this, I would like to include except images I will show in our exhibition, also more images from different angles, scenes etc. and stills from video.
 <h2> Plan </h2>
 <h3> Timeline</h3>
-- 022017 : Technique Researching / Sample Making / Problem Solving.<br />
+Dec 2016 - Feb 2017 : Technique Researching / Sample Making / Problem Solving(For instance, after I made the first test video, I found out the way I thought about tracking did not work so well, I need to find some other way to do it). <br />
-: Pre-production, including photographing, filming, and 3D scan if needed.<br />
+Mar 2017 : Pre-production, including photographing, filming, and 3D scan if needed.<br />
-: First Post-production and fixing. (find problems, add details, re-shoot, re-edit...)<br />
+Apr 2017 : First Post-production and fixing. (find problems, add details, re-shoot, re-edit...)<br />
-: Second Post-production, "Debugging" and Perfecting. (More detail fixing works)<br />
+May 2017 : Second Post-production, "Debugging" and Perfecting. (More detail fixing works)<br />
-: Third Post-production including pushing Online, print, prepare projection.<br />
+June 2017 : Third Post-production including pushing online(a web page), print, prepare projection.
-<h4> Pre-production</h4>
-Subject:<br />
-Camera (mine) / Color Filters (mine) / Softboxes (3 or 4) / Sound Recorder (wdka) / rig (?) / things for shooting
-<h4>Post-production</h4>
-* Mocap
-* 3d Scan
-* 2D/3D Animation
 <h3>Setup</h3>
-Series of prints on one wall will be framed and one projection on another wall; there will be a bonsai in between them. <br />
+A series of prints will be framed and hung on one wall, a projection will be displayed on another wall, in between the walls will be a bonsai.<br />
 [[File:sssssetup1.jpg|250px|center]]
+<h3>Involved People </h3>
-<h3> Involved People </h3>
 <h4>Teachers</h4>
-Teachers from Piet Zwart, teachers from AV station, teachers from Interaction Station will / are giving me all kinds of helps on technique and developing the idea.
+The teachers of Piet Zwart, teaches from the AV station and the Interaction station at the WDKA will and are helping me with technique and concept development.
 <h4>Helpers</h4>
 Funda B.R : Ceramist, illustrator. She can help me with making tray and pot. <br />
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 Xiaotong Gong : Motion graphic designer, illustrator. She can help me with 2D animation (design/draw/animate).<br />
 Fencha : New media artist who can give me advice on music and exhibition build-up.
 <h4>Models</h4>
-There will be friends and classmates, will also be some other people with different features, for instance: different skin colors, hair styles, and body shapes etc. .<br />
+Friends and classmates are a good resource for models as they possess different features, e.g.: different skin tone, hair styles, body shapes, etc…<br />
 [[File:Stonepppppppl.jpeg|250px|center]]
 <h2> Related Previous Works </h2>
-The Bonsai piece is a development of the previous projects, for instance in my work for example 'touchless'which is a series of transparent people that try to touch each other.
+<h3>Touch(less)</h3>
-<br />
+The Bonsai piece is a development on previous projects, the series ‘touchless’ shows transparent people trying to touch each other. I started working with woman body since this work.<br />
-[[File:stst01.png|250px|center]]<br />
+[[File:stst1111.png|250px|center]]<br />
-It is as if people are starting to make a virtual world for themselves (se); I used a lot of soft gradient colours, which reflects societies impression of what girls should look like. There is an issue of power here, society dictates how people should be: Chinese people, like myself, should behave in a particular way; Germans should be serious Ect. This means, ultimately, that diversity of society will be reduced by these stereotyped impressions. <br />
+[[File:stst2222.png|250px|center]]<br />
-Dream machine: sometime people want to get out of their bodies and have more intese experience, abnormal experience. last year worked on a project called Space Out, which investigated such technologies of self. I became interested in Burrough's Gysin Dream Machine, research on how Dreamachine influence on people's minds, and as an important reference , how to apply the principle of the producing of mental illusion and Space-out experience caused by Dreamachine on my project Nosebleed.
+<h3>Dream machine</h3>
-Nosebleed is a video work which shows the views that people might see when they get nosebleed suddenly (skies and the top part of the building) when they are walking on the street. In order to bring the space-out feeling for the people who might see the work, the most efficient way is to create alpha wave as a key to bring people the similar experience of Flicker and Dreamachine in it with the strobe effects like Dreamachine.<br />
+Sometimes people want to get out of their bodies and have intense and abnormal experiences. Last year I worked on a project titled ‘Space Out’, which investigated ‘technologies of self’, for example Burrough’s Gysin Dream Machine. My research looked at how the Dream Machine could influence people’s minds, which I referenced by applying the principles of producing mental illusion and ‘Space-Out’ experience in my project ‘Nosebleed’. <br />
-<center>{{vimeo|165968701}}</center><br />
+[[File:T2pic02.png|250px|center]]<br />
+<h3>Nosebleed</h3>
+The video work shows the perspective that a person might have when they get a nosebleed, the sky and tops of buildings as they walk down the street. In order to create the ‘space-out’ feeling for the viewer, the most efficient way is to create alpha wave and strobe effects, bringing people the same experience as ‘Flicker’ and ‘Dreamachine’. <br />
+[[File:Shanxiawogouyan.gif|250px|center]]<br />
 <h2> Relation to a Larger Context </h2>
+I have been interested in how artists play with 3D "beings".<br />
+One of my reference is from [http://jonmonaghan.com/ Johnathan Monaghan], his works give me endless thoughts and strong feelings. In his works, the combination of not-related objects, the symbolic details and the fluency of every movement are 3 key points which inspire me. The work [http://jonmonaghan.com/work/escape-pod/ Escape Pod (2015)] which from my perspective is a "story" of consumption critique, in which the main character - a golden bull (a consumer goods) runs from consumer society to nature world silently and valiantly.<br />
-*Place holder*
+[[File:lalalalalarger01.png|250px|center]]
-''Meaning practices or ideas that go beyond the scope of your personal work. Write briefly about other projects or theoretical material which share an affinity with your project. For example, if you are researching urban interventions, you might want to research about Situationist approaches to psychogeography, urban tactical media and activist strategies of reclaiming the streets. Or, if you want to explore the way data is tracked, you might touch upon the politics of data mining by referencing concerns laid out by the Electronic Frontier or highlight theoretical questions raised by Wendy Chun or others. (Keep in mind that we are *not* expecting well formulated conclusions or persuasive arguments in the proposal phase. At this juncture, it's simply about showing an awareness of a broader context, which you will later build upon as your research progresses.) ''
+Artist Kate Cooper works on high-defination digital CG images and CGI woman body. Her works changed my opinion about realistic CGI works. Looking into her works, I can feel the subtle uncanny valley feeling, however, the feeling combined with unconscious， sympathy and void, which is the thing I want to achieve in my own work.<br />
+[[File:lalalalalarger02.png|250px|center]]
-[[File:Bonsai01.jpg|150px|center | Classic Bonsai Collection]]<br />
+Ceramist Jess Riva Cooper and sculptor Yoshitoshi Kanemaki are two non-3D artists who works with bodies also. In Jess's work, blossom of "human" gives me a nice example of how to deal with body and plants at the same time in a beautiful and elegant way.
+[[File:lalalalalarger01.png|250px|center]]<br />
+Yoshitoshi's weird and sweet deformed-girls sculptures impress me by how quite and graceful a fake human can be. The way he deforms "human" brings me many ideas of my own work.<br />
+There are also works from artists like Beeple, Blake Kathryn, kyttenjanae, Matt Crump etc keep giving me new ideas on color, composition and mischievous "craziness".<br />
+The reason why I started playing with 3D and decide to make this project is because of those people. They give me a enchanting and emotional perspective to work with nonexistent objects. What I want to achieve in this project, basicly, is to give people a little bit of awareness of something they have been used to.
 <h2> Bibliography</h2>
+*http://animalnewyork.com/2014/kate-coopers-hyperreal-hypercapitalist-cgi-females/
+*wikipedia
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