Build Your City, Choose Your Weapon 捡你的武器建你的城

2023

Installation 大型互动装置 (Work In Progress) 

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​The bedrock of collective human memory and consensus rests upon the ever-shifting tapestry of human nature. In the realms of computation and artificial intelligence, investigations into fuzzy cognitive mapping have frequently been harnessed to transmute the cognitive and semantic fabric of spatial understanding into the rigidity of mathematical or logical constructs. These constructs, in turn, have been instrumental in guiding our terrestrial journeys and prognosticating our behavioral trajectories.Yet, I seek to suspend mathematical models and focus on exploring whether our subjective cognition of space holds the key information that defines contemporary humanity - our commonality.

 

Such commonality may exhibit certain characteristics (capriciousness, contingency), typically intertwined with the silent authentication of entities (collective memory); it may reflect the foundation upon which consensus can still be achieved in the development of technology. How does our perception and recollection of space reflect such capriciousness?

 

I embark on research propelled by the use of brainwaves and computation, with the aim of resurrecting the subtle subterranean process of recalling the perception of space and memory when prompted by symbolic stimuli in the human mind, along with its topological relationship to collective memory.

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集体意识与共识的基石，根植于人性这张不断变化的织锦之上。在计算与人工智能的领域中，模糊认知图常被用于将空间认知和语义结构转化为数学或逻辑的严密构造。这些构造在指导我们物理探索和预测行为轨迹方面发挥了重要作用。然而，我试图搁置数学模型，转而探索是否正是我们对空间的主观认知蕴藏了定义当代人类性——即我们“共性”的关键信息。

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这种共性可能表现出某些特征（如多变性、偶然性），通常与对实体的无声验证（集体记忆）交织在一起。这种共性或许正是技术发展中共识依然可以建立的基础。我们的空间感知与记忆如何反映这种多变性？

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我以脑电波和计算为动力开展研究，旨在通过人类心灵中的符号刺激，唤起对空间感知和记忆的微妙回忆过程，并揭示其与集体记忆之间的拓扑关系。

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Build Your City, Choose Your Weapon (Good Old Days Part.2) structures the complex system of societal space and mental structure into replicable experiences. It intricately intertwines an apocalyptic narrative through film, EEG, emotion recognition, Landmark Detection AI, SMS, and immersive installations.

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By translating brain activity into a cityscape via emotion recognition, this dynamic digital artcraft, and the resulting experience propose an alternative perspective on cognitive mapping—a spatial yet spiritual approach to commemorating and examining collective memory.

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捡你的武器建你的城（昔日好时光Part.2）这一项目将复杂的社会空间与心理结构整合为可复制的体验。通过影像、脑电波（EEG）、情绪识别、地理位置人工智能、手机短信互动以及沉浸式装置交织出一场末日叙事。

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作品本身及其体验通过情绪识别将脑活动转译为城市景观，绘制出我们对城市的"精神印象“，并尝试提出了一种认知地图的替代视角——以空间为载体，同时具备精神维度，纪念并审视集体记忆的可能路径。