HARRY

Date: Sep 2022 - Nov 2022

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Project Name: Artwork：SHIFTlife

Location: Taipei, Taiwan

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This is the art project that I've been invited to create under the exhibition "Seeking Our Original Light" curated by the Curator Ling-Li Tseng with MOCA (Mesume of Contemporary Art) Taipei. 

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Artwork ：SHIFTlife

In programming language, shift operator is used by programmers to perform bit manipulation: to raise the number X by 2 to the power of n, programmers use left shift (X << n); and to reduce the number, they use right shift (X >> n). Such programming is fast and efficient to computers, but often baffles users contrarily.

 

When COVID becomes part of our everyday life, we are still experiencing different travel regulations in different parts of the world, trying to connect with each other through the minimum level of quarantine. If quarantine is the left shift, in which one takes more time to stop and breathe, the right shift will indicate infinite suffocation. This work aims to enable travelers to perceive the compulsory rapid movement of life imposed by quarantine, and reminds people to cherish the present moment of a temporary stay to enjoy the free aura that cannot be randomly shifted.

Installation

 

Venue: 8th-floor Lobby, Royal Inn Taipei Nanxi.8F, No. 1, Nanjing West Road
Suggested Viewing Hours: 13:00-20:00

 

(*Description translated and edited by MOCA)

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TECH THAT I USED: 

NodeJS as backend server to monitor card swipe event, and also record number of swipes.

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NFC reader driver.

 

ThreeJS/WebGL graphic engine to generate contents based on visitor's card info, such as time, date. 

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* Ideally I want to reflect more personal info from the card. e.g checkin, checkout time, number of group, etc. but because of privace and secruity of encrypted card, I can't utilized these info in this work. 

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WEBSITE: 

Project description website (EN)

Project description website (CH)

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NEWS & MEDIA: 

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https://artemperor.tw/focus/5035

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http://www.mottimes.com/cht/article_detail.php?type=0&serial=3042

 

https://tw.news.yahoo.com/news/%E5%B0%8B%E6%89%BE%E6%88%91%E5%80%91%E5%8E%9F%E6%9C%AC%E7%9A%84%E4%BA%AE%E5%85%89%E8%A8%88%E7%95%AB-%E7%AA%BA%E8%A6%8B%E5%BE%8C%E7%96%AB%E6%83%85%E6%99%82%E4%BB%A3-%E5%9C%96-123525874.html

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https://taronews.tw/2022/09/23/862556/

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