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COLLECTIVE JOY
COLLECTIVE MISERY
Muwen Li
Syracuse University | Thesis | 2023|Year|
Spring 2023
|Advisor|
Hannibal Newsom, Kiana Memaran Dadgar
|Category|
CG Film | Animation
|Role|
Director/ CG Artist/ Sound Editor
|Exhibition|
Syracuse University School of Architecture Thesis Exhibit
The
project comprises a cruise ship and accompanying facilities, with each element
metaphorically embodying a character that unfolds the onboard narrative.
The screen's enchanting wonderland offers an immersive experience, enhancing your life and presenting infinite possibilities for entertainment. Critiquing the over-saturation of an entertainment-centric culture, the project exposes a burnout society perpetually stimulated by dopamine, attributing commercialized value to every network footprint.
The screen's enchanting wonderland offers an immersive experience, enhancing your life and presenting infinite possibilities for entertainment. Critiquing the over-saturation of an entertainment-centric culture, the project exposes a burnout society perpetually stimulated by dopamine, attributing commercialized value to every network footprint.
The cruise ship section features automated scrolling, highlighting various
available areas for guests to explore.
Towers
seamlessly integrated into architectural typologies, forming a vertical living
space within the speculative spectrum.
Details
encompass fixture installation and equipment.
The
panoramic platform for visitors to explore on the cruise ship.
Facility A
Grand Circular Staircase for Networking
Facility B
Resting Space for Introverts
Facility C
NewBoarn Care Facilities
Facility D
Immersive Stage Set
Facility E
CG Circular Visual Sets
Facility F
Adaptive and Portable Gaming Set
I: stage 1
Before Social Atomization
II: Stage 2
The TV confines us in an individual box.
III: Stage 3
The screen flattens our experience.
IV: Stage 4
nomadic living style![]()
V: - 1968
The prototype helmets are reminiscent of mobile screens1
V: - 1968![]()
VI: - 1968
The bubble creates space in a networked world2.
VI: - 1968
VII: - 1969
Hans Hollein, Mobile Office, 196933
VIII: - 1983
It questioned how screens change human Behavior4.
Everything starts with the billboard.
reference toMichel Foucault ‘s Discipline and Punish
Neil Postman‘s Amusing Ourselves to Death
Upper: Analog Hand drawing by the author
Lower: Analog Hand drawing inspiration from Artist Su Jian
Lower: Analog Hand drawing inspiration from Artist Su Jian
Installation and mechanical components for the structural framework.
Hand-drawing sketch 1
Hand-drawing sketch 2
City-scale White Model
City-scale rendering test with unfolded UV renderings.
Rendering
details 1
Rendering
details 2
Rendering
details 3
Rendering
details 4
Footnotes:
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Ugo la Pietra, La Casa Telematica, 1983
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Haus-Rucker-Co, Environment Transformers: Fly Head, View Automizer, Drizzler, 1968
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Hans Hollein, Mobile Office, 1969
- Ugo La Pietra, Immersione Uomouovosfera (Immersion Man Egg Sphere), 1968
Reference book:
Parrinder, M., & Curtis, B. (2018). Home futures: Living in yesterday’s tomorrow? Home Futures, an exhibition by the Design Museum, London in partnership with IKEA Museum, Almhult - 2018-9. Home Cultures, 15(3), 317-322.
Parrinder, M., & Curtis, B. (2018). Home futures: Living in yesterday’s tomorrow? Home Futures, an exhibition by the Design Museum, London in partnership with IKEA Museum, Almhult - 2018-9. Home Cultures, 15(3), 317-322.