Type

Type

Type

Interactive new media design

Interactive new media design

Interactive new media design

Timeline

Timeline

Timeline

9/2020 - 12/2020

9/2020 - 12/2020

9/2020 - 12/2020

Team

Team

Team

Team project with actress Yifei He

Team project with actress Yifei He

Team project with actress Yifei He

New media design

New media design

New media design

TouchDesigner

TouchDesigner

TouchDesigner

Stage Design

Stage Design

Stage Design

Trace

Trace

Description

Description

Description

"Trace" portrays the compensatory psychology in three crucial stages of life: Childhood, Youth, and Old Age. The stage design takes inspiration from jigsaw puzzles.
In life's journey, facing various challenges, we form a more complete and profound self by filling and integrating missing pieces. The puzzle elements on the stage are not just visual expressions but reflections on the complexity of life and compensatory psychology.

"Trace" portrays the compensatory psychology in three crucial stages of life: Childhood, Youth, and Old Age. The stage design takes inspiration from jigsaw puzzles.
In life's journey, facing various challenges, we form a more complete and profound self by filling and integrating missing pieces. The puzzle elements on the stage are not just visual expressions but reflections on the complexity of life and compensatory psychology.

"Trace" portrays the compensatory psychology in three crucial stages of life: Childhood, Youth, and Old Age. The stage design takes inspiration from jigsaw puzzles.
In life's journey, facing various challenges, we form a more complete and profound self by filling and integrating missing pieces. The puzzle elements on the stage are not just visual expressions but reflections on the complexity of life and compensatory psychology.

Stage design

Stage design

Stage design

The stage is inspired by jigsaw puzzles that can be detached and integrated freely.

The stage is inspired by jigsaw puzzles that can be detached and integrated freely.

The stage is inspired by jigsaw puzzles that can be detached and integrated freely.

Visual design

Visual design

Visual design

The visual changes across three periods all come from an endless "circle." Life may seem like a straight line, but because we have memories so we can stretch, compress, and overlap time. Eventually, the seemingly boring straight line is transformed into a circle

The visual changes across three periods all come from an endless "circle." Life may seem like a straight line, but because we have memories so we can stretch, compress, and overlap time. Eventually, the seemingly boring straight line is transformed into a circle

The visual changes across three periods all come from an endless "circle." Life may seem like a straight line, but because we have memories so we can stretch, compress, and overlap time. Eventually, the seemingly boring straight line is transformed into a circle

Interactive design

Interactive design

Interactive design

The small box in the actress's hand is both a prop and an influence on the stage visuals. By movement, the actress triggers vibration and motion sensors in the box and based on the data received changes stage visuals in real time.

The small box in the actress's hand is both a prop and an influence on the stage visuals. By movement, the actress triggers vibration and motion sensors in the box and based on the data received changes stage visuals in real time.

The small box in the actress's hand is both a prop and an influence on the stage visuals. By movement, the actress triggers vibration and motion sensors in the box and based on the data received changes stage visuals in real time.

Scenario

Scenario

Scenario

Drawing storyboards to define the shooting flow, camera positions and to convey the creative vision to the actress.

Drawing storyboards to define the shooting flow, camera positions and to convey the creative vision to the actress.

Drawing storyboards to define the shooting flow, camera positions and to convey the creative vision to the actress.