Draft 01 What’s unexpected about this thing you just made? While working in TouchDesigner, I experienced a striking sense of “loss of control.” Unlike Adobe software, where I am accustomed to precisely manipulating outcomes, TouchDesigner required me to collaborate with algorithms, adjusting parameters iteratively to approximate the weathering process of stone inscriptions. This unpredictability, while […]
Author: Jingru Jia
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Methods of iterating week3
Draft 03 Inquiry In my previous iterations, I emphasized that digital tools are not merely cultural “storage devices” but active agents in reinterpreting and reconstructing memory. By following pre-defined constraints rather than subjective choice, they construct an alternative framework for shaping memory—one that appears neutral yet remains influenced by its constraints. Pierre Nora (1989, p.13) […]
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Draft 02 Introduction Inspired by a reference work that applies glitch art to medieval scripts, I explored how to use TouchDesigner’s TOP components to simulate the weathering and transformation of the Chinese character “伪” through iterative experimentation. Drawing on Pierre Nora’s “lieux de mémoire” (sites of memory) theory, I investigated how digital tools can act […]
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About the Subject When I started observing fences – sketching their shapes – I became interested in the emotions each one evoked. These observations led to a deeper question: Why do fences work? I depict these fences through painting, capturing the feelings they evoke in me, those fences communicate without words. Taller fences feel oppressive, […]