reality synthesis
CODING / ANIMATION Mar 2020Reality Synthesis is a project exploring the relationship between the digital image and reality. The project's conception was based in response to the essay, “In Defense of the Poor Image” by Hito Steyerl which he presented through the use of interactive images. The interpretation of the text shows the contemporary definition of “poor images” and questions the role it plays in the digital world.
The two draggable “rocks” represent the contemporary debris of audiovisual production in the “digital economies”. As the “rock” spreads across the screen, the moving image on the “rock” loses its resolution. It leaves a visual “echo” effect which embodies a large amount of time - the same way infinite amounts of images are being shared across the internet over and over again. The captured video behind the “rock” represents the reality, and shows the dislocation and displacement of images, and this demonstrates that the spin of the information is much more important than the factual content.
现实合成器这个项目基于对黑特·史德耶尔(Hito Steyerl)的《为坏图像辩护》这篇论文的启发，通过交互图像探索数字网络图像和现实之间的关系。对文章的解读展现了当代背景下对坏图像(the poor image)的定义，同时引发对坏图像在数字荒原里扮演的角色的思考。
其中两个可拖拽的“石头“代表了当代数码经济下视听制作的废墟残片。随着“石头“不断充斥着屏幕，“石头“上的动画像素渐渐折损，留下视觉“回声“，这是为了体现同样的事物在互联网上被大量的传播，分享与蔓延。被“石头“遮盖的实时录像代表着现实，通过实时像素的错位与扭曲重组成新的图像，意在表达图像传达的信息在传播的过程中被扭曲与改写，其意义无关内容与真实，而关乎于传播力，灵活性，反抗与挪用。
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