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Particling Night: The Design Of An Emerging Media Artwork As A Tool For Reflection On Superficiality Of Social Media, Seoyeong Hwang, Kyungho Lee Oct 2023

Particling Night: The Design Of An Emerging Media Artwork As A Tool For Reflection On Superficiality Of Social Media, Seoyeong Hwang, Kyungho Lee

IASDR Conference Series

This study explores the potential of interactive media art to promote reflection on ourselves living in social networks. The prevalence of social media platforms has increased our social connections, yet research suggests a rise in loneliness and isolation. We created an interactive media artwork using speech-to-text technology and generative visualization to reflect on the meaning of relationships in the age of digitized human connections as well as the superficiality of social media networks we developed. User surveys and observations revealed that our artwork helped our audience to have reflection through artistic experiences. The findings suggest that multi-modal art experiences and …


Why Sweep The Cinders…, Gretchen Larsen Mar 2023

Why Sweep The Cinders…, Gretchen Larsen

School of Art, Art History, and Design: Theses and Student Creative Work

In my creative practice I climb down the ladder, put the glass slipper on my own foot, and build the ball for myself (and everyone I know, of course). What I mean is, instead of waiting for the prince and his kingdom to come, I have learned to pursue my own dreams. I do this by dreaming up and building objects using a mixture of traditional and new media. I work with wood, acrylic, LEDs, microcontrollers, lamp parts, and other materials including fabric and projectors. I create, live with, and create again, objects of my own design. The objects I …