Supernatural Climate Change-Mood-boards

Deplete :Research presentation

Andro Koshy for Media Art Nexus

Greed is my overarching theme.

3 Ideas City on Wood Timelapse of a Nation

Touched by Man Mine for the taking

The Burglar A burglar attempts to rob a country’s last museum of resources

matt.schaefer.design

Nidia Dias

_bastardfilms_

“Botanical Paradise”

ZbyHP

8.000.000 particles simulation

Filip Hodas Daily Renders

Dissolve Effect using Random and Linear Fields MD Community

Six N. Five - McCann Milan Six N. Five - The Japanese Garden

Ahmed Ali - Relaxing

https://youtu.be/96O r33C1FYs

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RESEARCH Audrey lee

PAIN IN HAPPINESS Inspired by the works of Takashi Murakami & Yue Min Jun, I wanted to express this climate catastrophe in a maniacal manner

IDEA #01

#(s)pain #hysterical #insanity #hidethepain

YUE MINJUN

B. 1962

Chinese contemporary artist brightly coloured depictions of maniacally laughing figures - influenced by Pop Art and Surrealism social and political critique that deals with both Chinese history and the Western canon of art

TAKASHI MURAKAMI

B. 1962

Japanese, American based contemporary artist ‘the smiling Flowers evoked repressed, contradictory emotions and collective trauma of Japanese locals triggered by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings back in 1945’

MOOD BOARD

TUTORIALS

Symphony cow-fartstra Manure management from Cattle Farming contributes a significant amount to the greenhouse gases in the form of Methane Gas

IDEA #02

#satire #fart #orchestra #methane #parody

#FART ORCHESTRA

#ONE FART, ONE KILL

ROUGH SKETCH

MOOD BOARD

TUTORIALS

NEON TETRA Couldn’t think of a better way to express this idea of mine at the moment, but I wanted to play with the theme of ‘colours in the dark’ and ‘glimpse of hope’

IDEA #01

#hiddenstories #glow #flashflash #neon #linework #overlap

MOOD BOARD

ROUGH SKETCH

TUTORIALS

TUTORIALS (essentials)

Fenella Zalfania DA9012 Alfri / / U1831402H Media Art Nexus

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The Biophysical Environment of Singapore Chia, Lin Sien. Rahman, Ausafur. Tay, Dorothy (1991)

- Favours alteration of environment to facilitate massive and rapid development - SG becomes economically more affluent and aspirations rise, concern for quality of environment grows - Expect the enjoyment of clean air and water, safe and clean beaches, lower levels of noise, preservation of native flora and fauna, conservation of nature - Need to “satisfy a heightened sense of aesthetics more befitting the status of a developed nation”

Landscape Planning in Singapore Edmund Waller (2001) - Only country to have 100% urban population - Author of SG UDA publication “living the next lap” says one of his major portals is to “help landscape a SG so entwined with tropical greenery that it gives the illusion of being a city that has sprung out of a garden”

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RESEARCH 3

Fenella Zalfania Alfri / U1831402H

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“Green Urban Utopia” BBC nature documentary Planet Earth II, David Attenborough.

Singapore Intersection between technology, nature and culture

A Garden City to a City in a Garden Rejuvenate urban parks and enlighten streetscape with worldclass gardens

Manicured man-made garden city landscape

Hybridised digital-natural elements Using systematic, hierarchical elements of geometric and/or organic elements e.g. abstract/ non-abstract shapes, flowers, trees, mountains in unexpected, artificial representations as a final attempt to revive the city Dichotomy between man-made and natural elements:

Natural vs Man-made Mix of natural and man-made wonders, blurs the line of fantasy and reality

Interconnectedness of ecosystems

/ beautiful yet eerie / ethereal yet destructive / lucid yet obscure

Ecosystems are collections of Nature’s energy conduits.

Energy is the operating currency which connects and drives all animate and inanimate objects in the Universe.

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PEACEFUL HAVOC

CONCEPT MOODBARD

Playful composition of a myriad of shapes in a systematic, seeminly harmonious manner. Using a range of textures: rough, soft, sharp, fuzzy to represent complexities in natural and man-made world.

SHAPES Exploring the contrast between geometric and organic shapes to represent dichotomy between the natural and man-made world.

Bloodtype Pedro Veneziano 2016

Citrix Anthony Furlong 2020

Most natural elements found its in origin are organic shapes, however researchers have found that when everything from icebergs to rocks breaks apart, their pieces tend to resemble cubes.

Repurposing broken pieces and re-integrate into the natural world.

Chemistry BÜRO UFHO n.d.

“It’s a very beautiful combination of pure mathematics, materials science, and geology,” - Sujit Datta, a chemical and biological engineer at Princeton University

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CONCEPT MOODBARD

UNAPOLOGETICALLY ALTERED

bifrost strands 2 Lee Griggs 2021

Velocity Walid Aziz 2021

Experimental Collection 01 Shane Hanlon 2021

Animation / Motion Pack #12 Vladislav Solovjov 2021

Illustrations for the book about bacteria and germs Alexander Nazarenko 2021

colorful organic.

Vinicius Araújo 2021

Exploring a future where plants created through gene-editing technology will become of the norm. Using lines and motions to represent the tampering of organism’s biological structure.

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Fenella Zalfania Alfri / U1831402H

PEACEFUL DREAMSCAPE A reimagined future where nature and humanity coexist and work parallel to one another. An anthropocene reality with an abundance of converging lines and shapes.

CONCEPT MOODBARD

One night by the Orchid Tischk Barjanzi 2018

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LIGHT & SHADOW Experiment with lights and shadows in obscure landscapes to represent hope, optimism yet uncertainty for what the future holds. The use of warm tomes to create a false sense of comfort.

Where you are, is not Who you are Tischk Barjanzi 2017

Sight Unseen Doan Ly 2019

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ARTIST REFERENCES Fenella Zalfania Alfri / U1831402H

DA9012 / Media Art Nexus

Dolby Art Series

A Study of Matter

Medium: Audio Video Location: San Francisco Date: 2018

Substance: A Study of Matter is inspired by fluid dynamics and emerging systems in nature. VolvoxLabs is a New York-based media design studio, lead by creative director Kamil Nawratil.

Volvoxlabs Medium: Audio Video Location: San Francisco Date: 2017

Conversations from Far-off Places Mike Perry Studio

A vibrant visual journey that seeks to create a meditative space where the viewer can enjoy the playful beauty of evolving land(e)scapes.

An alluring, shifting mystical world — a playful animated panorama of vibrant lines and abundant, unrestrained shapes.

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YOUTUBE TUTORIALS

DA9012 / Media Art Nexus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWLUi2ETrX8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n9Cw2tkD1M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4HVpcJlKtw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n9Cw2tkD1M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIb6v0ups0A

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Super Natural Climate Change 1

→ themes → artists, methods & techniques

S → visuals & moodboard

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THEMES

Coexistence ... + SOURCE: https://weblog.wur.eu/spotlight/ coexisting-with-nature/

We need to move towards a promoted rather than protected nature, Where people live alongside nature in a better way. We call this convivial conservation.” Convivial comes from the Latin “con vivire”; the need, according to Büscher, for humans to coexist with all life on earth.

Intensive agriculture, mining, and urbanisation have too negative an impact on nature. It causes ecosystems and biodiversity to decline rapidly.

“Nature cannot evolve fast enough to adapt. Our economic system, based on unlimited growth, is unsustainable. Technological advancement shouldn’t come at the expense of the world around us.”

Reconnection Developed in Japan during the 80’s, shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) promises health benefits simply by spending time under the canopy of a living forest.

Canadian experts Nisbet and Zelenski believe that disconnection from the natural world may be contributing to our planet’s destruction. Knowing your place in nature instead could bring meaning and joy.

The idea is simple: if a person simply visits a natural area and walks in a relaxed way there are calming, rejuvenating and restorative benefits to be achieved.

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Micro–organisms

Synura: Smelly, Flowery Confetti Journey to the Microcosmos, https://youtu.be/BitrBZy7Xkg

subject matter

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Micro–organisms

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subject matter

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Tiny mushrooms

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subject matter

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Extra subject matter pics

algae, animals, tiny creatures

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Alexis Jamet stylisation warm and simple, bursting with colour and a grainy aesthetic that is dreamy and nostalgic technique → after effects → printing / scanning Alexis says his animations area 50/50 split between digital and analog: “It’s comprised of digital or hand-drawn work that is printed on different printers and then scanned.” reminiscent of lo-fi home videos, Alexis’s aesthetic is warm and captivating, with illusory patterns and movement.

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Flipbook illustration and design for Editions Cacahuète, Alexis Jamet https://alecsi.com/

2. Nike, Alexis Jamet https://alecsi.com/

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3. Dreaming Life EP Artwork, Alexis Jamet https://www.instagram.com/p/CP_ BSeVnGl9/

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Rosa Sawyers

“Lockdown brought many of us so much closer to nature and I really wanted to highlight the magical ways things grow and change,” she explains.

stylisation simple, warm and grainy – each of her pieces evokes a sense of calm for the audiences drawn in technique → after effects → printing / scanning she creates her own textures via scanning found objects and ephemera, then feeds visuals through various programmes, “looking at how each digital changes the quality and tone of the image” 1.

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An exploration of the inner turmoil’s and tribulations of lockdown, Rosa Sawyers https://www.instagram.com/p/ CSULVYwnQq2/

2. Untitled, Rosa Sawyers https://rosasawyers.myportfolio.com/ videos

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Jeanette Fantone stylisation warm, textured and nostalgic. her work plays with digital-analog aesthetics, vibrant palettes and textures, memories and melancholy technique → after effects → printing / scanning

2. The Walk To Obon (2020), Jeanette Fantone https://vimeo.com/ jeanettefantone 1.

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I Have Six Hearts (2019), Jeanette Fantone https://vimeo.com/jeanettefantone

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soft, grainy, abstract, textured

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Digital Techniques → Film / Texture Overlays → Blending Modes → Chromatic Abberation → Camera Shake → Posterize Time → Roughen Edges → Animated Grain Texture

Analog Techniques Better Animated Grain Texture | After Effects Tutorial https://youtu.be/h9uxAmqt5aQ

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→ Photocopying / Printing / Scanning → Eco-printing → DIY Stamping

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Thank you!

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CONCEPT PRESENTATION AY2021/22 SEM 1

Media Art Nexus SUPERNATURAL CLIMATE CHANGE

GWENDOLYN SAY

INITIAL CONCEPT - UNDERSTANDING NATURE & THE UNIVERSE

KINCENTRIC ECOLOGY

YIN YANG

SHINTO

Held by the indigenous peoples of Australia, North America, the US and other regions of the world, it is the fundamental belief that everything is part of a big family. The environment provides for us, and in turn we must provide for the environment.

Yin Yang is a concept of dualism in Chinese philosophy that describes how obviously opposite forces may actually be interdependent in the natural world. It is a way of understanding the universe as a place of interrelated forces and beings.

An ancient Japanese faith that worships the kami, which are spirits of nature. Shinto rituals are meant to keep the human soul in balance with the spirits of the natural world.

Camas time by Pakki Chipps

Yin Yang symbol

Forest Spirit from Princess Mononoke

INITIAL CONCEPT - UNDERSTANDING NATURE & THE UNIVERSE

CLIMATE CHANGE Due to our endless exploits of nature’s resources for our own use - to generate electricity, to produce food, to construct cities and more, we are losing many natural spaces, which is the main reason why the climate is changing at such a rapid rate.

Paulo Fridman / Alamy Stock Photo

© Marizilda Cruppe / WWF-UK

INITIAL CONCEPT - UNDERSTANDING NATURE & THE UNIVERSE

Endless exploitation for human gain and benefit

Connection and reciprocation

Visually representing interconnectedness

Visual Research INITIAL IDEAS & REFERENCES

METHODS OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION

Positive / Negative Space

Reflection

Daryl Ihochi

Textile by Eleanor McCain

Abby Spence Pierre Larousse

METHODS OF VISUAL REPRESENTATION

Cause & Effect Positive / Negative Space

@tickledi

https://llllllll.co/u/lzrk

Jo Vassar Yancy Way Charlie Deck

POSSIBLE METHODS & TUTORIALS

TouchDesigner

Processing

After Effects

Create textures

Animate illustrated assets overlaid on textures generated

POSSIBLE METHODS & TUTORIALS

Thank you!

SUPERNATURAL CLIMATE CHANGE (DA9012) Media Art Nexus

PROJECT BRIEF Supernatural Climate Change is about the positive outlook of the future for Earth, Climate Change and Sustainability.

Produce original time-based digital art for public media that resonates with the fusion of Southeast Asian and Singapore s styles and colours and contemporary design.

Causes Human Activity. When we burn fossil fuels like oil, natural gas and coal, greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere

CLIMATE CHANGE The long term alteration of temperature and typical

thereby trapping heat from the sun.

Rising temperatures and sea levels, heavy precipitation, shrinking glaciers, species extinction etc. Weather events and natural disasters are more frequent and severe.

weather patterns in a place.

Effects

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/climate-change/

Guilt Dread

Avoidance Emotional distraught over potential planetary destruction

CLIMATE ANXIETY Helplessness

The worry about climate Trauma

change and its effects.

Frustration over feelings of little control as individuals

https://www.psd.gov.sg/challenge/ideas/trends/eco-anxiety-the-psychological-impact-of-climate-change

SUPERNATURAL Of or relating to an order of existence beyond the visible observable universe.

Utopia & Dystopia

Surrealism

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The Persistence Of Memory (1931)

The Garden of Earthy Delights (1490-1500)

by Salvador Dalí

by Hieronymus Bosch

KEYWORDS

✦ Dream-like / Fantasy World ✦ A place freed of worries ✦ Indication / Hint that it is not reality

MAOI 猫矮 Artist Reference #1

https://www.behance.net/9469361498a79/

LITTLE OIL ART Artist Reference #2

https://www.instagram.com/minayuyu/

OAMUL Artist Reference #3

http://www.oamul.com/

Animate After Effects

SOFTWARES Mainly from Adobe

Illustrator Photoshop

TUTORIALS Scribbled Style Animation in After Effects by Manuel Does Motion

Importing textures + Illustrating and animating in After Effects directly.

TUTORIALS Easy Animations with Adrianne Walujo

Illustrating in Illustrator and then animating in After Effects

TUTORIALS Intro to Adobe Animate ¦ Beginner Tutorial by Tiptut

4 Part Tutorial:

• Basic Animation and Setup • Exploring Animation techniques • Working Non-Destructively • Finalisation, Tweaking and Export

Basically building up from an imported drawing, adding colours and animation.

STUART LIPPINCOTT Artist Reference #4

https://www.instagram.com/stuz0r/

TUTORIALS Cinema 4D Octane Beginner Tutorials by Fattu Tutorials

THANK YOU

MEDIA ART NEXUS Marc Yap

HINDU PANTHEON

HINDU PANTHEON

HINDU PANTHEON

MESSAGE/ CONCEPT

Supernatural forces are at play when it comes to the misfortune of mortals.

Have we done anything to anger entities above our understanding?

EXECUTION PROCESS

1. Maya

2. Zbrush

3. Substance

4. Unreal

EXECUTION PROCESS

5. C4D

6. AE

EXECUTION PROCESS

C4D Simulations to Unreal Engine 4 1. RBD 2. Water 3. Fire

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theme research rising sea levels dry spells & flash floods deforestation & urbanisation vector-borne diseases haze

visual direction narrative approach moodboard artist references techniques & methodologies

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The repurcussions of climate change in Singapore

themes

Rising Sea Levels

Dry Spells/ Flash floods

Southeast Asian Haze

Due to Singapore being a low-lying island, sea level rising is the most immediate threat where 30% of our island being less than 5m above Singapore Height Datum.

Global warming has resulted in periods of droughts and sudden intense rainfalls which affect the reliability of our water resources and overwhelming our drainage system.

Caused by illegal agricultural slash and burn method of clearing land and selling it illegally. Occurs mainly in Indonesia which severely affects its neighbouring countries.

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The repurcussions of climate change in Singapore

themes

Vector-borne Diseases

Deforestatation, Flyways & Urbanisations

The rise in temperature could The rising temperatures, deforestations and urbanisations in potentially lead to a rise in Singapore meant that loss of biodiversity is higher than ever. vector-borne diseases that Loss of wildlife homes are affected as we encroach into their thrive in warmer temp. space.

This could threaten public health.

Migratory routes across Singapore & Indonesia for birds to travel across are also affected with these clearing of lands, posing threat to a lot of bird species.

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theme research Deciding on which theme to choose

Rising Sea Levels Vector-borne Diseases Dry Spells/ Flash floods Deforestatation, Flyways & Urbanisations Southeast Asian Haze

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theme research Deciding on which theme to choose

Rising Sea Levels Vector-borne Diseases Dry Spells/ Flash floods Deforestatation, Flyways & Urbanisations Southeast Asian Haze

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p7 approach

visual direction appproach, moodboards, artist references & techniques used

moodboard artist& techniques

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p8 Dry Spells/ Flash floods

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Dry Spells & Flash Floods Portrays the reality of climate change through the lens of an abstract form, demonstrating an alternative perspective othering that of humans’

‘Life’, a wriggly worm dying of heat & thirst

Looks around to see his barelyalive friends

‘Hands’, pouring water droplets Implies that humans have control

‘Life’ and others start to bloom

Only to realise the ‘Hands’ pumping in more water

Water starts seeping through cracks of ground

The cube is revealed as it zooms out

One drop of water reaches the ground but evaporates instantly

Water is now flooding cube, waiting to burst with ‘Life’ and his friends

p9 approach narrative, storyline, etc Approach #1: The journey of “Life” going through dry spells & flash floods represented in an abstract form with “Hands” as the invader

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Johana Kroft: https://foundation.app/@johanakroft

moodboard moodboard & artist reference Gleb Kuznetsov: https://dribbble.com/glebich

Approach #1 - Colour - Monochromatic

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p11 techniques

water droplets falling: 3d modelling spheres and using metaball tool

cracks: Voronal fracture in Animate function

helpful tutorials Approach #1

converting 2d to 3d illustration from 2d form, to 3d modelling

softbody simulations: Soft-body dynamics is a field of computer graphics that focuses on visually realistic physical simulations of the motion and properties of deformable objects

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Demonstrates the idea of dry spells to flash floods from lowest to highest intensity to create discomfort and urgency in imageries

Evaporation

Condensation

Evaporation

Condensation

approach narrative, storyline, etc Precipitation

Lowest Intensity

Collection

Precipitation

Approach #2: The depiction of the water cycle, reimagined through the lens of extremity

Collection

Highest Intensity

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Luke & Morgan Choice: https://www.instagram.com/velvetspectrum/

moodboard moodboard & artist reference George Stoyanov: https://www.instagram.com/georgestoyanov/

Approach #2 - Soft & Calm - Strong & Colourful

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p14 techniques

water droplets evaporating: liquid & water simulation

water explosion: splash animation

helpful tutorials Approach #2

evaporating balls: emitter, turbulence, etc

water flowing in spherical shape: real flow plugin

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Virus infestation Depicts the disappearing security we’re facing in this current times where increasing temperatures may lead to frequent virus outbreaks.

Though concept is exaggerated, it’s meant to create urgency.

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p16 approach narrative, storyline, etc Inspired by: Sticky bomb scene in The Incredibles A form entrapped in a bubble, protected from the outside.

Virus bomb comes from one side of screen and latches onto box.

Protection bubble bursts and bombards form with virus bombs.

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Roman Bratschi: https://www.instagram.com/romanbratschi/

moodboard moodboard & artist reference Virus bombs - Texture play - Colours - Forms

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Virus infestation

p18 techniques

texture mapping: UV unwrapping

texture mapping: exporting from c4d to keyshot to render

abstract renders

helpful tutorials

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p19 Deforestation, Flyways & Urbanisations

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Deforestation & Urbanisations Thought-provoking as to possibilities of future, merging nature with man-made.

A way of living, reimagined.

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p20 approach narrative, storyline, etc Approach #1: We live in an urbanised environment, surrounded by concrete walls.

Dreamscape provides an alternate reality where ideally, we could live amongst nature in our communal interior spaces in flats.

Plants acts as natural filters, cools down temperatures without AC, regulates air, natural healing to high stress environment.

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Peter Tarka: https://www.instagram.com/petertarka/

moodboard moodboard & artist reference Approach #1: Realistic/Abstract - Greenery - Water features - Flora and fauna - Stone - Open concept - Shadow & Light

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abstract spline effect

p22 techniques

unroll/roll effect

helpful tutorials Approach #1

waterfall effect

building landscapes

building abstract elements

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Deforestation & Flyways Evoke a sense of loss through attachment to character

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p23 approach narrative, storyline, etc Approach #2: Depicted in abstract form.

Follows the story of a cute fluff ball from its decomposing in reverse, back to its journey across sea/land/air.

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Roman Bratschi: https://www.instagram.com/romanbratschi/

moodboard moodboard & artist reference E.J. Hassenfratz: https://www.instagram.com/eyedesyn/

Approach #2 - Surrealistic elements - Study tiny quirks of characters to adapt into fluff ball - Fluff ball has no features, but have tiny little gestures

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p25 techniques helpful tutorials

fluff ball - my sad attempt Approach #2

bouncing ball effect

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Signifying life and death through mimicking movement & staleness

Inspired by: Ying Gao

approach narrative, storyline, etc Approach #3 - Movement signifies life - Life such as coral reefs support abundant life and affects climate - Coralreefs are essential to Singapore’s biodiversity - Protects coastlines from storms & erosion = key in islands - Creating a series of movements through abstract forms - ‘Compare and Contrast’

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DEFINE

AQUA-/ /ˈakwə/ combining form prefix: aqua-

relating to water. "aquaculture" relating to water sports or aquatic entertainment. "aquarobics" Origin from Latin aqua ‘water’.

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DEFINE

ACID/

/ˈasɪd/ noun noun: acid; plural noun: acids 1. a substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind. bitter or cutting remarks or tone of voice.

2. CHEMISTRY a molecule or other species which can donate a proton or accept an electron pair in reactions.

3. INFORMAL the drug LSD. Origin early 17th century (in the sense ‘sour-tasting’): from Latin acidus, from acere ‘be sour’.

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"AI IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN ART AND SCIENCE"/ - Pamela McCorduck

American author of books about the history and philosophical significance of artificial intelligence, the future of engineering, and the role of women and technology. aqua-acid

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INSPIRED

REFIK ANADOL/

- los angeles Turkish-American new media artist and designer Refik Anadol has used AI to create art.

His team used machine learning algorithms to uniquely visualize 45 terabytes of data of the LA Philharmonic's digital archives.

The outcome was a week-long public art installation that took over the building's exteriors and was admired by thousands of people.

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INSPIRED

aqua-acid

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INSPIRED

- new york His new work Machine Hallucination, involving exploring new connections between collective consciousness, archival instinct, and visual narrative.

The project uses machine learning to re-visualize urban memories for a cinematic outcome.

In New York, Anadol and his team used 100 million photographs from various social networks and machine learning algorithms to generate a story beyond all limits for Artechouse's New York location. aqua-acid

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INSPIRED

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INSPIRED

- landscapes Robbie Barrat – a 22-year-old artist, has focused on studying GANs and Machine Learning and their implications in art.

Barrat used AI to generate landscape paintings. He used the implementation of Progressive Growing GANs and a collection of thousands of landscape oil paintings sourced from WikiArt.

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ROBBIE BARRAT/

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INSPIRED

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- landscapes

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THEME

CLIMATE CHANGE/

Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns.

The landmark Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's report warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken in just over a decade.

The report "is a code red for humanity", says the UN.

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THEME

Current trends of climate change predict extreme weather events, changing ocean currents, rising sea levels and temperatures, and melting of sea ice and ice sheets.

The continual absorption of CO2 increases acidity levels, and with the warming of the oceans—more coral reefs are dying off and can no longer offer a healthy ocean habitat for the species that rely on them for food and protection. aqua-acid

THE OCEAN/

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SINGAPORE &THE SEA/

- sea level rise As a low-lying island, the rise in sea level poses the most immediate threat to Singapore.

Much of the nation lies only 15m above the Singapore Height Datum, with about 30 per cent of the island being less than 5m above the Singapore Height Datum.

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Singapore Height Datum is the reference established based on the mean sea level determined at the tide gauge located at Victoria Dock in Tanjong Pagar between 1935-1937. It is used for height measurement in engineering and mapping activities.

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RUNWAYML/ image generation An open-source platform with pre-trained AI models and resources to train models from the start.

The pre-trained models can be easily accessed on the website.

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animated styleGAN image transitions StyleGAN is a generative architecture for Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs).

StyleGAN exposes some very important functionality within its model, namely the ability to access its latent space, which is what allows us to create these smooth interpolations (animations) between one image and another.

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jelly fish

whale

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ocean

coral reefs

polar bear

- pictures

turtles

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- animation

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- animation

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