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SILHOUETTE

Personal project; Creative coding

TOOLS

Illustrator
P5.js
Projection

SOURSE

Ethnologue

TIME AND DURATION

September 2020 - November 2020

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BACKGROUND

When brainstorming for Panorama, I got several ideas of further addressing this issue of language endangerment to the audience. Here, I want to explore a more creative and artistic way of presenting.

Research and Brainstorming

Focus of the issue

Different from the approach of Panorama, this project focuses more on endangered scripts in China. The languages might be seen as major dialects in the region, and are still spoken by many people at least in their informal conversation, but scripts are less used. They are either seen as only applicable for religion or regional institution usage from the past, or gradually substituted by Simplified Chinese script. Few people understand the script and study about them. Here, I focus on three types of scripts: Dongba script, Shui script and Dai script.

For the interaction, I got inspirations from the teahouse in Team Lab exhibition in Shanghai and the restaurant Ultraviolet. I think that the projection into a space during leisure might be an interesting way to teach the audience about the issue as well as entertain them. In addition, tea-tasting culture prevails in China and tea has a strong implication of civilization and culture. Therefore, I chose teahouse as the target space, and selected three types of tea that have regional and cultural connections with the three scripts mentioned above.

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Features of the project

CONNECTING SCRIPTS WITH TEA CULTURE

Drinking tea is a major culture in China, and the three chosen scripts are from provinces with distinctive types of tea.

PROJECTION

When drinking, animations about the scripts are projected from above, increasing the visual input in the drinking experience as well as addressing the issue.

INTERACTION

The projection is triggered by the teacup touching the table, and the projected scenes changes as the user puts down the teacup.

Design

Sketch

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Choosing words

I read through dictionaries for these three scripts and chose 15 words that are associated with tea, plants and drinking culture for each script.

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Coding

I coded the animations using P5.js. Here is a section of my code.

For the complete codes, please check the link below.

Dongba Script

Shui Script

New Tai Lue Script

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Testing

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