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Project 1 Memory Space Different ways of remembering in patients with aphantasia Date: April 2023 Location: Shanghai, China Personal work

For many, visual imagery is intrinsic to how they think, remember past events and plan for the future – a process they engage in and experience without actively trying to. But it turns out that this isn’t true for everyone. Some people, when asked to form an image, will report they cannot “see” anything. This recently-identified variation of human experience was named in 2015 as aphantasia.

Although patients with aphantasia were unable to create mental images, they were still able to remember the contents of the space with normal people. Therefore, through this project, I will use five unique memory ways to combine my childhood memories with five senses to present them.

Concept

Data Analysis

Aphantasia is the inability to actively create a mental picture. While most people can conjure up a scene or a face in their mind, people with anechoichia cannot picture a scene, person, or object, even if the object is very familiar. If you were to ask a person with anaesthesia to imagine something, they might be able to describe the object, explain the concept, but they would not be able to experience any form of mental image that goes along with that knowledge.

a. Multi-Sensory Imagery (QMI) b. Trauma Response (PCL-5)

c. Night Dreams (SERS)

The phenomenon got its name when cognitive neuroscientist Adam Zeman coined the term "Aphantasia" in 2015. The name comes from the ancient Greek word "a," meaning "without," and "phantasia," meaning "imagination."

Childhood Memories

Timeline

Summary of self-reported cognition questionnaires for individuals with aphantasia (red, n = 267) and control group 1 participants with visual imagery (blue, n = 203). Violin plots of mediancentred scale scores with median (bold line), lower and upper quartiles (thin lines) and kernel density-smoothed frequency distribution (shaded area) coloured by group.

When I went to high school, I began to learn painting.

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Memory Mode

Patients with aphantasia V.S. Normal

Element: Trampoline Color: Green Mood: Anxiety

Element: Climbing net Color: Pink Mood: Happy

2015

2014

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2013

Slide

Element: Ocean ball Color: Yellow Mood: Safe

Color: 2012

Blue

Mood: Element:

After I went to primary school, I joined the choir and brass band.

Hesitation

Hole channel

Color: Black

2011

2010

Mood: Fear

2009

When I was in primary school, my father became a policeman.

2008

2007

2006

When I was in kindergarten, my parents often took me out to play.

2005

2004

Space 1: Tetris

Space 2: Action path

Space 3: Consciousness coding

Space 4: Musical melody

Space 5: Text messages

Everything in space corresponds to a relative coordinate by which their position is determined.

The path of action constitutes every piece of furnishings in the space.

The corresponding information can be obtained by decoding the objects in the space.

The furnishings in the space change according to the melody of the music.

All objects correspond to a series of adjectives, a series of adjectives that denote the object.

Both of my parents were in the military, so I grew up in a military family compound, and here is a big park in the compound.

2002

Early Childhood brith~4 years old

Childhood

9 to 11 years old

School Age

5 to 8 years old

Spatial Impression

2003

Adulthood

18 years old till now

Adolescence

12 to 17 years old

Element

Ocean ball

Climbing net

Section

The first space :

Method

It is made up of Tetris and ocean balls, which overflow from the cabinet door, symbolizing the memory pouring out over time, but the structure of the cabinet is also revealed.

The third space :

It consists of a number of pipes, and through the gaps between the rows of pipes, the rear scene can be seen. And through the continuous arrangement and connection of the pipeline, a multi-path device is formed.

Tetris

Space 1

Action path

Space 2

Conduit

Slide

Trampoline

Coding

Music

Text

In the second space : three nets are woven and suspended from the top down.

From the top of the net, the balls fall in layers down the structure of the net.

The fourth space :

It is made up of slides, down which glass beads are rolled, and eventually, the beads fall onto the keys, striking different movements.

Space 3

The fifth space :

It is composed of a trampoline, which is made of green pepper juice and gelatine slices frozen, and there are many labels on the trampoline.

Space 4

https://youtu.be/sDkJiJmYxJA?si=TR6J3uXoFRDKdnaB

This is a video about my childhood memories. Through the production and presentation of the model, the unique memory mode of patients with aphantasia is presented.

Space 5

Rendergraph

1.Tactile Space Main color: Yellow Sensory information: Touch Element: Ocean ball

Explosion Diagram

The first space is about the sense of touch, and people can climb the ocean ball in the space to get to the second floor.

The whole space is dominated by yellow, creating a sense of security and comfort that my childhood brought me.

The ocean ball devices in the space are combined in a manner similar to Tetris, with each device having its corresponding coordinates. Patients with aphantasia can reorganize their memory space by remembering the coordinates of objects in space.

Ball Device

Net Device

Main color: Pink Sensory information: Smell Element: Climbing net

2.Olfactory Space

Multiple layers of nets are suspended in the space, and people can walk down the layers of the net from the top. Patients with aphantasia can recreate their memory space through recall or repetitive action pathways.

Explosion Diagram

The second space is about smell, and people can feel the atmosphere of the whole space on the installation net and the perfume bag at the bottom of the space.

The whole space is dominated by pink, creating a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere that my parents often took me out to play when I was 5 to 8 years old.

Rendergraph

Explosion Diagram

Rendergraph The third space is about vision, and the stainless steel blocks and pipes in the space give a sense of puzzle.

The whole space is mainly black, which is a sense of fear when I was waiting for my father to get off work at the police station when I was in primary school.

The metal blocks in the space can be rotated to form different two-dimensional codes, and the specific information of different devices can be obtained by scanning the two-dimensional codes formed on different squares. People can also shuttle between the pipes to find the exit of the space. Patients with aphantasia can encode everything they see and decode it at specific times, reshaping the space.

Pipeline Device

3.Visual Space Main color: Black Sensory information: Visual Element: Pipeline

4.Auditory Space Main color: Blue Sensory information: Hearing Element: Slide

The fourth space is about hearing, which is dominated by blue.

The fifth space is about taste, the whole space is mainly green.

Music Device

People can see a series of adjectives in this space, and patients with aphantasia can state their memory space to others through a series of descriptive adjectives.

5.Taste Space Main color: Green Sensory information: Taste Element: Trampoline

The space has multiple slides that shuttle from the roof to the interior and eventually to the outdoor deck.

Rendergraph

Explosion Diagram

Text Device

Rendergraph

People with aphantasia can use the rhythm of music to combine it with spatial elements, thus achieving the purpose of restoring space.

M at e r i a l Test

Explosion Diagram

Project 3 The Butterfly Lovers A new type of opera combining Chinese opera with cyberpunk aesthetics.

Date: February 2023 Location: Shanghai, China Personal work

Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai (The Butterfly Lovers) is one of The four great love stories of ancient Chinese folk, and The Butterfly Lovers. It is also a traditional Shaoxing opera. When I was young, I followed my grandfather to see the Butterfly Lovers in the ancestral hall in the village. But with the development of the Internet, traditional Chinese opera has gradually disappeared from people's lives.

Therefore, I hope to combine traditional Chinese opera and Internet technology to create a new type of opera, attracting more people to understand and fall in love with opera.

Becoming Sworn Brothers at Thatched Bridge

Farewell in the Tower

Site Analysis

Story

Terrain

This is a garden at the gate of the village, in which the notice board briefly introduces some information about the village.

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The peak periods of villagers' activities are mainly concentrated at 6am and 5pm. The peak hours for tourist activity are between 10am and 1pm.

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Passenger Flow

Location

This is an old two-story building that has been abandoned for a long time, and the atrium on the second floor is badly damaged.

The building consists of a main building and two small rooms, with a spacious courtyard in the middle, and the house structure is relatively complete.

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Site 1

Ancient Building

The building consists of a main building and two small rooms, with a spacious courtyard in the middle, and the house structure is relatively complete.

Shu's ancestral hall was built in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, more than 400 years ago. The layout of the ancestral hall is complete, the building is tall and spacious, and the materials are exquisite.

Neighbourhood Bazaar

Site 4

Site 5 Village Entrance

Chapter 2: Elements: Running water, grass bridge, Buddha statue

Chapter 4:

Just like Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi, Liang and Zhu became bosom friends at the first meeting.

Elements: Pavilions, cages, captivity, separation Zhu Yingtai's father betrothed her to the son of the magistrate, so Liang and Zhu were separated.

Site 3

The birthplace of the Liang Zhu love story.

Has the Liang Zhu Cultural Theme Park.

The Liang Zhu Temple Festival is held every year.

Shu's Ancestral Hall

Chapter 5: Elements: Chrysalis, butterfly, tomb, sedan chair On the day of Zhu Yingtai's wedding, Zhu throws into the grave to join Liang and both turned into butterflies.

Venue Contact

Chapter 3: Elements: Curtain, stage, net, thread, screen After three years of studying together, Zhu Yingtai was asked to return home by her father, and Liang sent her 18 li.

Chapter 1: Elements: Tiles, old buildings, scaffolding, silver wire In order to go out to study, Zhu Yingtai dressed as a man to deceive her father.

Site 2

Abandoned Building

Excursions

The reason for the decline of opera audience There are five main reasons for the gradual elimination of opera from the market.

Synopsis On his way to the academy to study, Liang Shanbo met Zhu Yingtai, a woman dressed as a man, on the grass bridge and became sworn brothers. After learning that Zhu is a woman, Liang goes to Zhu's house to propose marriage, only to be told that Zhu has forced the Ma family. Liang failed in his proposal and fell ill after returning home. Have his family bury him on North Horse Country Road. Zhu's bridal sedan passed in front of Liang's grave, and Zhu crashed into a willow tree and died. In the end, the two became butterflies.

Knitting Skill

Ways to learn about opera With the development of the Internet, there are more and more ways for people to learn about opera.

Conceptual Model

Material Optical Fiber

The ribbon uses three braids, tabby, soumak and interlocking, to weave silk and fiber together.

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By bending and knotting techniques, the hoses strung with optical fiber wires are formed into different shapes.

Scaffold

Material Experiment

Conflicts in the story of Butterfly Lovers

Site 3

Site 1

Site 4

During this period, Zhu Yingtai disguised herself as a man and tricked her father into studying.

For the society that only allowed men to study at that time, Zhu Yingtai broke this bad habit and created the first conflict in the whole Butterfly Lovers story.

Here is the fourth conflict in the story, Zhu Yingtai's father offers her a marriage, but Zhu Yingtai does not want to accept the marriage, and has already made a private life with Liang Shanbo. This behavior greatly impacted the social system of arranged marriage at that time.

Site 2

Site 5

The second conflict in the story occurred during this period, when Zhu Yingtai dressed up as a man and became sworn brothers to Liang Shanbo. Zhu Yingtai used her fake identity to study with Liang Shanbo for three years, and fooled Liang Shanbo.

Zhu Yingtai dares to boldly pursue her own happiness, which is the last conflict in the story.

On the way to marry Ma, Zhu Yingtai passes Liang Shanbo's cemetery, and then she bumps into Liang Shanbo's grave and dies, turning into a butterfly together with Liang Shanbo.

Ancient Building

Abandoned Building

Shu's Ancestral Hall

B e f o r e Z h u Yi n g t a i returned home, let Liang Shanbo come to Zhu's home to marry her. For the society at that time, it was not allowed for a woman to fight for her love. At that time, Zhu Yingtai worked hard for his love with an idea that broke through the social concept at that time.

Neighbourhood Bazaar

Village Entrance

Assembly Guidelines

Page 1: Zhu goes out to study

Page 2: Liang and Zhu

swore on the grass bridge

Page 3: Liang and Zhu

farewell at nine kilometers

Page 4: Liang and Zhu reunited at the pavilion

Page 5: Liang and Zhu

Follow the steps below to build the five scenes of the story of Butterfly Lovers

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Chapter 1 The old house and structure of this space were preserved, and the damaged parts of the space were restored through scaffolding. Through the extension of the scaffolding, a platform for the audience to enjoy the opera was built.

The platform is roughly divided into three layers, providing different viewing heights, and the audience can adjust their best viewing Angle according to the position of the actors.

This space is the old ancestral hall in the village. On the basis of preserving the original structure of the ancestral hall, it has made an extension with scaffolding and gauze woven from optical fiber silk, symbolizing the endless yearning of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

On the opposite side of the ancestral hall, a stepped seat was built with scaffolding. The audience sitting on the stairs, through the optical fiber wire, you can vaguely see the actors in the ancestral hall, the looming performance also indicates that the identity of Zhu Yingtai is about to be revealed.

Chapter 3

In this space, a bridge shaped platform in the shape of a flowing water is used to connect the left and right parts of the space.

The left half of the space is the auditorium and the right half is the stage.

Actors can go to the audience through the bridge in the middle to better interact with the audience and increase the audience's sense of experience.

The winding of the bridge also symbolizes the deep bond between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and lays the foundation for the subsequent 18-mile farewell.

Chapter 2

The shape of the whole space is like a silkworm chrysalis, but the space is semiopen, which also symbolizes the ending of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai turning into butterflies.

The center of the whole space is the stage, with a circle of platforms rising upward.

The audience can walk up the platform, or stop on the platform to watch the actors perform. The upper part of the space is also hung by several small boxes like silkworm pupae, at the end of the play, the boxes will be opened out, so that the audience can also experience the feeling of cocoon-breaking.

Chapter 5

Chapter 4 This space is similar to a bird's cage, symbolizing the rules and constraints of the old society for women, who are like canaries in the cage. But the cage is incomplete, proving that Zhu Yingtai tried his best to break out of this cage.

The cage is surrounded by a streamlined device that connects the top of the cage with the surrounding ground, as well as Zhu Yingtai in the cage and Liang Shanbo outside.