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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b9ce901918e82b95c1e79ade0c4521968919bfb797aea616be6784e0b2ebfbe/why.jpg" data-mid="101764563" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b9ce901918e82b95c1e79ade0c4521968919bfb797aea616be6784e0b2ebfbe/why.jpg" /><img width="850" height="1450" width_o="850" height_o="1450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f06e774868dfb967b7b80ca6eb9ed8d6e23cc1a042058f6144fef639dbf73bc7/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.49.10-PM.png" data-mid="101768516" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/850/i/f06e774868dfb967b7b80ca6eb9ed8d6e23cc1a042058f6144fef639dbf73bc7/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.49.10-PM.png" /> https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Info Sat, 06 Mar 2021 18:03:08 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Info Shontelle Xintong Cai She/Her English/French/Manderin <img width="3014" height="4000" width_o="3014" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/003e1e314bef429e54d3e25edc1fd5ceb5dfbb3ee4e8d12300b925ff1a42dd58/Xintong-Cai-Project-contributor.jpg" data-mid="247378465" border="0" data-scale="36" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/003e1e314bef429e54d3e25edc1fd5ceb5dfbb3ee4e8d12300b925ff1a42dd58/Xintong-Cai-Project-contributor.jpg" /> I am a bio-inspired artist and information experience designer. My artistic style is centered on interdisciplinary integration, forming a transmedia language of “bio-aesthetics” and "technological poetics". I combine scientific knowledge, biological data, digital technologies, and immersive narration to create unconventional experiences for my audiences. In creation, I prefer to use audiovisual communication, code, bio-materials and multimodal narration to develop cross-sensory experiences and immersive installations. I delved into testing and prototyping the complexity and sensuality of information experience narratives, as well as life science knowledge and cross-sensory interactive experiences. I regarded design as a form of discussion, following a design protocol centered around a non-human and ecological approach through sensory narratives and fictional objects. Through interdisciplinary collaboration with various practitioners, including musicians, computer engineers, scientists, and critics engaged in museum studies, cellulose-based biomaterials, bio-inspired computation, computer visions, machine learning, human embryology, microbiome, and bioinformatics research, I have learned invaluable lessons. Working with musicians taught me the power of sound in evoking emotions and creating immersive experiences, which I integrated into my artworks to enhance their sensory impact. Collaborating with computer engineers equipped me with technical skills in programming and digital fabrication, enabling me to bring my creative concepts to life with greater precision and interactivity. The award-winning experiences, exhibitions and collaborations have not only enriched my creative practice but also shaped my global artistic identity as a bio-inspired artist and information experience designer, driving me to continuously push the boundaries of art and science integration. Art Inspiration and Creative Framework My work generates its own unique bio-frequency through the collision of XR experiences, code, sound synthesizers, and animations. <img width="4000" height="2242" width_o="4000" height_o="2242" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/755a385fa19ea2dc64c7d4206ac244f343efd0329e41b4504206a88547476b72/AI_Midjourney_14290454_.jpg" data-mid="247378479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/755a385fa19ea2dc64c7d4206ac244f343efd0329e41b4504206a88547476b72/AI_Midjourney_14290454_.jpg" /> My creative inspiration primarily stems from the long-term exploration of cross-disciplinary integration between art and science. I have connected with and collaborated extensively with scientists specializing in plant science, cellulose-based biomaterials, human embryology, and bioinformatics. These experiences have empowered me to transform scientific data into poetic artistic expressions, effectively breaking down the barriers between biological processes and creative endeavors. They have prompted me to reevaluate how we visually represent various life stages and emerging biotechnologies, while also enabling the development of a creative system that seamlessly fuses scientific data with literary narratives. Through eco-technological art practices, I persistently explore the sensory subjectivity of technological objects and the expansive possibilities of poetic expression. My works are primarily grounded in posthuman ecology, aiming to reexamine the intricate relationship among humans, technology, and nature. It Inspires me to ask: how can humans redefine their identity and their place in a shared existence with non-humans and technology, finding the way for a regenerative future? I delve into object-oriented ontology, non-anthropocentrism and Jane Bennett’s "thing-power", vividly conveying the sensuality of a fictional object through innovative Immersive art experiences. As vibrant entities, the fictional objects exhibit the capacity to develop subjectivity, autonomy, and agency within various narratives. I also employ bio-art practices to delve into technological ethics, such as questioning the humanistic boundaries of invasive biotechnologies and synthetic biology. I prioritize cross-sensory experiences, inviting audiences to engage with themes like bio-art, regenerative design, synthetic biology, political ecology, and technoscientific ethics. I critically reimagine how ecological systems and technological interventions can influence the present and future. https://shontellexc.cargo.site/DeepEcoandTheSublime Sat, 06 Mar 2021 18:03:08 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/DeepEcoandTheSublime Deep Ecology and The Sublime <img width="6000" height="9862" width_o="6000" height_o="9862" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e5f4b4aa952c4fa9c7fffb57992a1e272a2838d602f105659efa002165703f6/DeepEcoSulime-1.jpg" data-mid="101773522" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0e5f4b4aa952c4fa9c7fffb57992a1e272a2838d602f105659efa002165703f6/DeepEcoSulime-1.jpg" /> Royal College of Art - AcrossRCA / 2021#AcrossRCA is an annual, week-long programme that offers students the opportunity to collaborate across disciplines. Make Your Art &amp; Design Process More Ecological&nbsp;Session Leads: Shontelle Xintong Cai, Lea Rose Kara Team Members: Jia Fei and WenQing Yao Duration: 2 days Session Outline:In the context of post-humanism, the ecological connections and inherent worth of human and non-human beings are discussed in depth. How can we learn and reflect on theories of deep ecology, whilst at the same time reviewing the self from an ecological perspective? If other agencies are imbued with meaning or feeling of the sublime, would it be helpful for humans to reconsider their connections to those other agencies, and ecological space? As contributors to the creative field, how can we explain and create a sublime experience for our audience? The two-day workshop aims to analyze and explore the possibilities and methodologies of creating the sublime by introducing a sensory experience. Since the workshop will be organized as a continuous session, with both days being tightly interconnected, we encourage participants to attend both days to gain the full experience. Day 1 will introduce the framework of deep ecology and the sublime and day 2 will enable you to experiment and put that theory into practice. Participants will be expected to contribute to group discussions and collaborate with others with the aim of presenting their ideas and outcomes to the big group. &nbsp; Keywords: deep ecology, environment degradation, landscape, sublime, sensory experience. Timetable: Day One - Thursday 25 th February (Talk) 11am - 1pm GMT Theories Introduction of Deep Ecology Introduction of the Sublime Case Studies Introduction to Deep Ecology and the Sublime in art Joseph Beuys and Olafur Eliasson (15 mins) do we need to include the time for this? Marina Abramovic and the Eden Project Q + A session Day Two - Friday 26 th February (Workshop) 11am - 1pm GMT Summary of Day 1’s ideas and intro into the workshop’s aims Breakout room challenge 1 Presentation of ideas/artworks to the general group + intro to challenge 2 Breakout room challenge 2 Presentation of ideas/artworks to the general groupConcluding thoughts, questions and ideas for future work Day 1 Talk Day 2 Workshop <img width="2100" height="1154" width_o="2100" height_o="1154" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6840fac59fb1bf7d519853f393fd95654d40d6003370cde6679d78780d19a9c/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-6.20.01-PM.png" data-mid="101774309" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6840fac59fb1bf7d519853f393fd95654d40d6003370cde6679d78780d19a9c/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-6.20.01-PM.png" /><img width="2118" height="1180" width_o="2118" height_o="1180" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a00910c8f8e70567fc1e0e8c0876550a8cebf00566799912b17b5917541ac522/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-6.20.15-PM.png" data-mid="101774313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a00910c8f8e70567fc1e0e8c0876550a8cebf00566799912b17b5917541ac522/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-6.20.15-PM.png" /> <img width="2510" height="1444" width_o="2510" height_o="1444" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/859666d8666cdf7fe35d81846afca710e9d4d5954ea6d43d740860257b29a36e/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-6.29.19-PM.png" data-mid="101774751" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/859666d8666cdf7fe35d81846afca710e9d4d5954ea6d43d740860257b29a36e/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-6.29.19-PM.png" /> https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Countermeasures Fri, 12 Mar 2021 12:42:08 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Countermeasures Countermeasures Forum <img width="2048" height="2048" width_o="2048" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a75e096c5cd44922703e2a57bac4a59b1cd6ececd4e34a200bd72506cfafbec4/angus.jpg" data-mid="101788286" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a75e096c5cd44922703e2a57bac4a59b1cd6ececd4e34a200bd72506cfafbec4/angus.jpg" /><img width="1876" height="1432" width_o="1876" height_o="1432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e0b1eb2de62af1b6b45bba971c696a5716a7fbea6d1298c519cc153892f88a7/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.23.52-PM.png" data-mid="101787527" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e0b1eb2de62af1b6b45bba971c696a5716a7fbea6d1298c519cc153892f88a7/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.23.52-PM.png" /> Forum Recorder and Documentation / 2021Countermeasures is a research project created by Angus Main as part of the Information Experience Design programme at the Royal College of Art. The Countermeasures projects aims to increase awareness about, and agency over, the digital sensors which are all around us. You can know more from here&nbsp;&nbsp;Forum Recorder: Shontelle Xintong Cai, Saba Mundlay, Eun Sun Lim, Ai NakadaEditorial Design:&nbsp;Shontelle Xintong Cai <img width="1884" height="1440" width_o="1884" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a4f5490861aa4165f0b87599ab586b5f98666cc2eb46fa9dab7173dd3e0c92f/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.23.22-PM.png" data-mid="101787539" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a4f5490861aa4165f0b87599ab586b5f98666cc2eb46fa9dab7173dd3e0c92f/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.23.22-PM.png" /><img width="1872" height="1448" width_o="1872" height_o="1448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dd0d1aa7fe40336dc910ad09a6bbcec68ec9354ec089bd26397aa5e2847653c/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.50.27-PM.png" data-mid="101788111" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5dd0d1aa7fe40336dc910ad09a6bbcec68ec9354ec089bd26397aa5e2847653c/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.50.27-PM.png" /> <img width="1870" height="1434" width_o="1870" height_o="1434" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/400001d4a9a9ef55271985d7e3f364920d009e07dad26b314f9d9e388922dede/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.24.27-PM.png" data-mid="101787564" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/400001d4a9a9ef55271985d7e3f364920d009e07dad26b314f9d9e388922dede/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.24.27-PM.png" /> <img width="1866" height="1384" width_o="1866" height_o="1384" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbd3783da63beae3fc8330f091d1206b38c9d1eba36a54b49f8b26b2edd5a27b/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.24.49-PM.png" data-mid="101787571" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbd3783da63beae3fc8330f091d1206b38c9d1eba36a54b49f8b26b2edd5a27b/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.24.49-PM.png" /> <img width="1878" height="1430" width_o="1878" height_o="1430" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d91b76abd69a6108700edd0dc444a4c2545e9a604b8565e633406f82260a78b0/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.46.24-PM.png" data-mid="101787761" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d91b76abd69a6108700edd0dc444a4c2545e9a604b8565e633406f82260a78b0/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.46.24-PM.png" /><img width="1876" height="1432" width_o="1876" height_o="1432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe99099b8380705ffc677fcbc295daf8764fde86cc6835979918d5922364a033/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.23.52-PM.png" data-mid="101787573" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe99099b8380705ffc677fcbc295daf8764fde86cc6835979918d5922364a033/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-4.23.52-PM.png" /><img width="1860" height="1436" width_o="1860" height_o="1436" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/71182ba8b5da6123be65243f0de9c3c98f27aefa275d62e1c339f1f80ab8c599/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.46.31-PM.png" data-mid="101787762" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/71182ba8b5da6123be65243f0de9c3c98f27aefa275d62e1c339f1f80ab8c599/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.46.31-PM.png" /><img width="1856" height="1432" width_o="1856" height_o="1432" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4876c64a82177d7aee7f07c971c0cffa5168ffbddad0e02a055bf6f020d34e85/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.46.37-PM.png" data-mid="101787763" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4876c64a82177d7aee7f07c971c0cffa5168ffbddad0e02a055bf6f020d34e85/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.46.37-PM.png" /><img width="1852" height="1422" width_o="1852" height_o="1422" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb5e60ce8d584f635da108d0b369ce6dc21d0eda8c7efc30272290fac643b516/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.46.53-PM.png" data-mid="101787764" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb5e60ce8d584f635da108d0b369ce6dc21d0eda8c7efc30272290fac643b516/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.46.53-PM.png" /> https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Digital-Utopia Sat, 06 Mar 2021 18:03:09 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Digital-Utopia A Digtal Utopia For The Institution <img width="6000" height="10500" width_o="6000" height_o="10500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43888ba7cb71a23bc41ffb20c5ba015f26218440cedabc40cb2d8993878a7d62/turbine-hall.jpg" data-mid="101782664" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43888ba7cb71a23bc41ffb20c5ba015f26218440cedabc40cb2d8993878a7d62/turbine-hall.jpg" /> Royal College of Art- AcrossRCA | Speculative Project Plans | Questioning Online Curating / 2021 A collaborative project by Fergus Wiltshire and Shontelle Xintong Cai, Curation Mentor: Hang Li We invite participants to enter our fantastical world in which we know no limits. A Digital Utopia for the Institution explores the idea of an immersive space online by fusing our understanding of the physical world with the endless possibilities of the digital. In this utopian fantasy in relation to Tate’s Turbine Hall, we see digital art freely controlling the space and interacting with works from the physical in an exciting mix of game play reality and virtual exhibition display. The exhibition furthermore, immerses the viewer in a sensorial experience in which we encourage them to set free their inhibitions and enter a world of possibility. -&nbsp; Perceptual Experience and Sensory Memnory:&nbsp;Skin, Smell, Vision, Hearing, Haptic, Kinesthesia -&nbsp; Walking-orientated practices in digital architecture -&nbsp; Material and immaterial geographies of the curation space -&nbsp; Mixed Reality -&nbsp; Edutainment -&nbsp; Accessibility Research Document Sample <img width="2058" height="1146" width_o="2058" height_o="1146" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d9a4ebc763a2995f10853d090ff3de3ee4331947c9d2437b5f375dfdcb8ae2bf/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.57.54-PM.png" data-mid="101782840" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d9a4ebc763a2995f10853d090ff3de3ee4331947c9d2437b5f375dfdcb8ae2bf/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.57.54-PM.png" /> <img width="2102" height="1188" width_o="2102" height_o="1188" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e8727727a0a9a9643909759309b16ded32cb8218e832391e71eed82ab85a183e/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.55.42-PM.png" data-mid="101782712" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e8727727a0a9a9643909759309b16ded32cb8218e832391e71eed82ab85a183e/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.55.42-PM.png" /><img width="2008" height="1178" width_o="2008" height_o="1178" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1469f4969c77509de401577240f0208e5b090f034e1e7b144128cbe1a80e573/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.55.32-PM.png" data-mid="101782741" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1469f4969c77509de401577240f0208e5b090f034e1e7b144128cbe1a80e573/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.55.32-PM.png" /><img width="2100" height="1138" width_o="2100" height_o="1138" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f444f80354ea100b88a563d8fe023c2ba9534d01836dc53a05e5613b1f1acc5/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.57.14-PM.png" data-mid="101782794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f444f80354ea100b88a563d8fe023c2ba9534d01836dc53a05e5613b1f1acc5/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.57.14-PM.png" /> <img width="1494" height="964" width_o="1494" height_o="964" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/12ebd86e3a35f8d28080759d7380e31bdd9833e5bd3aad77a895da67f0582857/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.56.45-PM.png" data-mid="101782809" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/12ebd86e3a35f8d28080759d7380e31bdd9833e5bd3aad77a895da67f0582857/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-7.56.45-PM.png" /><img width="1936" height="958" width_o="1936" height_o="958" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cdc8daba35cd2232f349efe4d3d68a6437b0a2ed0588ca8f6868275962e8c98/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.02.37-PM.png" data-mid="101783407" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cdc8daba35cd2232f349efe4d3d68a6437b0a2ed0588ca8f6868275962e8c98/Screen-Shot-2021-03-12-at-8.02.37-PM.png" /> https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Microfluids Wed, 06 Apr 2022 14:53:47 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Microfluids You Are Sensual in Vitro: A Visual Letter&nbsp; For The Cell-based Microfluidic Brain-on-a-chip <img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7cfb7655019e240ccef5b3e869536f322f175db02dc7ec5e88e307742a44458a/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-5.05.48-PM.png" data-mid="138873903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7cfb7655019e240ccef5b3e869536f322f175db02dc7ec5e88e307742a44458a/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-5.05.48-PM.png" /> <img width="2872" height="1519" width_o="2872" height_o="1519" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d3ce4c5ffb631918b52a0c2aaf33b1c528f8489cdd3037288543387c8e4adba/poster3.jpeg" data-mid="138873421" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d3ce4c5ffb631918b52a0c2aaf33b1c528f8489cdd3037288543387c8e4adba/poster3.jpeg" /> <img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/992a363b129a36520c04f82d875627beaccd429569df7259f05dc6ce776b8f30/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-5.06.15-PM.png" data-mid="138873970" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/992a363b129a36520c04f82d875627beaccd429569df7259f05dc6ce776b8f30/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-5.06.15-PM.png" /> <img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27ba939e367f30aa5965fd9f5bfa45b60e24ee4a90ce42292596e65bfbe7d03a/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-5.05.26-PM.png" data-mid="138873967" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27ba939e367f30aa5965fd9f5bfa45b60e24ee4a90ce42292596e65bfbe7d03a/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-5.05.26-PM.png" /> <img width="2880" height="1800" width_o="2880" height_o="1800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2200e683f97050de4bf841fd4c6fdb373b4b374d66723b109a506586f67f956f/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-5.05.15-PM.png" data-mid="138873962" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2200e683f97050de4bf841fd4c6fdb373b4b374d66723b109a506586f67f956f/Screen-Shot-2021-03-26-at-5.05.15-PM.png" /> Royal College of Art | Echoes of Science ONLINE Exhibition | 2021 “You Are Sensual in Vitro” is a visual epistolary document to the cell-based microfluidic brain-on-a-chip, celebrating its birth and having an intimate conversation related to bio-art. This project intends to explore Jane Bennett’s “thing-power” and depict the sensuality of a fictional object via epistolary methodologies and visual design. As a vibrant being, the microfluidic device shows its possibilities of developing subjectivity, autonomy and agency in narration. The project presents a experimental letter from the human artist Shontelle to her microfluidic brain-on-a-chip in 2068. In the future, the applications of microfluidics devices and cell-based biosensors could have the potential to create a new episode of bio-art. What if your microfluidic chip shares the collective biological information with you? Will you make a collaborative artwork with the “semi-living object”? There are two ways to enjoy the project, with (Click to explore): pure audio description or&nbsp;visual letter (moving image) Research&nbsp; Inspired by Open-source, community-driven microfluidics with Metafluidics David Kong. Nature Biotechnology 35, 523–529 (2017) I started researching and gave a presentation in relation to the possibilities of microfluidic devices and bio-art practice. My expectation was to create a futuristic proposal to work with the new technologies in the bio-art field. Writing &amp; Audio Recording Wording pratice by several thumbnails Tonality practice and perform as a piece of poetry <img width="3750" height="3542" width_o="3750" height_o="3542" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e07b35e452dffbf77fbde8d48534f00f53769f022804e8606861c8ed5ec6511/letterArtboard-1-1.jpeg" data-mid="138873554" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e07b35e452dffbf77fbde8d48534f00f53769f022804e8606861c8ed5ec6511/letterArtboard-1-1.jpeg" /> Visual system exploration &amp; Video Editing Creating video clips of droplets, membranes, and channels by various 3D modelling, creative coding and motion graphics techniques. <img width="2872" height="1519" width_o="2872" height_o="1519" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d3ce4c5ffb631918b52a0c2aaf33b1c528f8489cdd3037288543387c8e4adba/poster3.jpeg" data-mid="138873421" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d3ce4c5ffb631918b52a0c2aaf33b1c528f8489cdd3037288543387c8e4adba/poster3.jpeg" /> <img width="2954" height="1662" width_o="2954" height_o="1662" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e26e6c63844a9c80d2bcbfb4320c93b6a92593d2b60b9c0287f325ae86f2989/IMG_20210324_052036-2.jpeg" data-mid="138873709" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e26e6c63844a9c80d2bcbfb4320c93b6a92593d2b60b9c0287f325ae86f2989/IMG_20210324_052036-2.jpeg" /> https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Chromosonic-Strolls Tue, 18 Mar 2025 01:48:57 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Chromosonic-Strolls Chromosonic Stroll- Exhibit Design for Vision Impairment <img width="1702" height="2268" width_o="1702" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1290d96b3a14d30de740e4589b86de62933ae83d896cf93beb7b52b7a92ee7ca/SXC-poster11.jpg" data-mid="228404925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1290d96b3a14d30de740e4589b86de62933ae83d896cf93beb7b52b7a92ee7ca/SXC-poster11.jpg" /><img width="1024" height="1364" width_o="1024" height_o="1364" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b8040d95d09d6c2a373ad616764f478fca05a15f01aeaa900cc8be8db09c9c7/retouch_20250301120554741.jpg" data-mid="228404927" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b8040d95d09d6c2a373ad616764f478fca05a15f01aeaa900cc8be8db09c9c7/retouch_20250301120554741.jpg" /> Exhibit Design | 2024- This exhibition reimagines social media navigation through the lens of visually impaired users, interrogating how digital platforms’ dopamine-driven interfaces can be translated into multisensory experiences. Drawing from Abraham Burickson’s Experience Design: A Participatory Manifesto (2023), the installation explores "color hunger"—the paradoxical desire to transform visual stimuli into accessible, immersive sensory languages. By merging fragmented digital aesthetics with tactile and auditory installations, the work challenges conventional understandings of accessibility, framing it as a collaborative act of world-building. The exhibition’s design centers on improvised sensory alchemy, where visitors encounter interactive stations that convert visual elements like hashtags, emojis, and algorithmic feeds into&nbsp;pulsating soundscapes&nbsp;(rhythmic beats corresponding to trending topics),&nbsp;texture-coded gestures&nbsp;(vibrations mapped to emotional tones of social media content), and crowdsourced audio narratives. A central tactile wall mimics smartphone swiping, with each gesture triggering vibrations that encode the emotional valence of viral posts, while an adjacent soundscape layers ASMR-like whispers ("cerulean tastes like cold mint") over algorithmically distorted notifications, creating a disorienting yet immersive digital ecosystem. Visitors navigate a space where monochromatic backdrops are periodically disrupted by neon flares, symbolizing the tension between sensory euphoria&nbsp;and&nbsp;attention economy fatigue. A circular projection area displays glitching interfaces—blurred feeds and fragmented emojis—accompanied by generative soundscapes that evolve based on audience interaction. A collaborative audio booth invites participants to contribute their own interpretations of "color" through voice recordings, which are then woven into the exhibition’s ongoing sound narrative, embodying Burickson’s ethos of participatory design. By reframing scrolling as performative listening, the installation redefines accessibility not as a technical accommodation but as a collective poetic act. Each gesture, sound, and tactile encounter composes ephemeral stories in the "algorithmic dark," advocating for a future where digital spaces are co-created through shared sensory grammars. Ultimately, Reconstructing the Digital Palette posits that true inclusivity lies in dissolving the boundaries between human and machine, allowing marginalized perspectives to reshape the sensory vocabularies of technology. <img width="1024" height="1364" width_o="1024" height_o="1364" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8fa18d6eb39191ad260e9fc31938c05043b9e912b3e97a33f877c6899c505898/retouch_2025030112062234.jpg" data-mid="228404930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8fa18d6eb39191ad260e9fc31938c05043b9e912b3e97a33f877c6899c505898/retouch_2025030112062234.jpg" /><img width="1024" height="1364" width_o="1024" height_o="1364" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adaa55512bae6ed49295d9a7b53932b026f249d5245dac395796d3b279288ebf/retouch_20250301120648511.jpg" data-mid="228404929" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adaa55512bae6ed49295d9a7b53932b026f249d5245dac395796d3b279288ebf/retouch_20250301120648511.jpg" /> https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Augmenting-Morphology-1 Mon, 30 May 2022 13:19:46 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/Augmenting-Morphology-1 Augmenting Morphology in Sonic Cabinet of Curiosities (IRCAM 2022, Paris) IRCAM 2022, Paris | 2022 In the project “Augmenting Morphology, a Sonic Cabinet of Curiosities”, a soundscape is able to bridge fiction and reality. The artist investigates new insights into spectromophology and biological morphology in micro. The aesthetics of electroacoustic narratives and bio-visualization emerge from a speculative acoustic territory from a Wunderkammer (Cabinet of Curiosities) of a fictional post-specimen museum. The collections of unknown and fantasy objects are AI-generated specimens based on real microscopic images observed by the artist. The artist explores the potential role of machine learning and computer-assisted composition in the process of curating, analyzing and generating the sonic, visual and textual variations associated with fictional specimens. The audiences get to perceive and build the knowledge of fictional specimens when processing and fusing multiple modalities simultaneously, particularly in this project, is the engagement of vision and audio. By exploring the multimodal storytelling and combinatory creativity of a series of specimens and sound effects, sensory information begins to flow, migrate and further create novel enigmatic mood and memory. Noise is constantly generated under the collision of synthesizer, code, image data. The establishment of spectral spatiality is contributed from granular synthesis and microsound in composition. Within an immersive audiovisual environment, the audiences observe the Cabinet of Curiosities included AI-generated microbes and sound objects. This project intends to envelop data sonification, sound synthesis and digital image analysis of machine learning via open-source computer vision, Wekinator, and MAX/MSP etc. Research&nbsp; Microsound, spectromorphology, motion “microscopy” <img width="1712" height="968" width_o="1712" height_o="968" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3c85a7801e5feb0b818d62c7f6a4c255cbdb7b5c3cc1c29c8e94870edfd0611/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-2.27.54-PM.png" data-mid="144048274" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3c85a7801e5feb0b818d62c7f6a4c255cbdb7b5c3cc1c29c8e94870edfd0611/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-2.27.54-PM.png" /><img width="1934" height="1092" width_o="1934" height_o="1092" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e35f2e514a3641ee19bf37980d8c494f4ed769d11a614dd84c2e304050a94c23/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-2.28.16-PM.png" data-mid="144048448" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e35f2e514a3641ee19bf37980d8c494f4ed769d11a614dd84c2e304050a94c23/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-2.28.16-PM.png" /><img width="1934" height="1086" width_o="1934" height_o="1086" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b4937ecac39b8696db464fb272591830fcf10f6536f01ea1016f57ef71835ac/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-2.28.37-PM.png" data-mid="144048449" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b4937ecac39b8696db464fb272591830fcf10f6536f01ea1016f57ef71835ac/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-2.28.37-PM.png" /> <img width="1672" height="952" width_o="1672" height_o="952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85b5e4a64653184d488cbddc0329e3dfb4d96f3e3cea899d0dbeae0829651beb/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-2.28.50-PM.png" data-mid="144048450" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85b5e4a64653184d488cbddc0329e3dfb4d96f3e3cea899d0dbeae0829651beb/Screen-Shot-2022-05-30-at-2.28.50-PM.png" /> https://shontellexc.cargo.site/VIVRE-EN-SYMBIOSE-AVEC-LA-ROSE-L-AMOUR-ET-LE-SOIVIVRE-EN-SYMBIOSE Fri, 24 Apr 2026 19:21:22 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/VIVRE-EN-SYMBIOSE-AVEC-LA-ROSE-L-AMOUR-ET-LE-SOIVIVRE-EN-SYMBIOSE VIVRE EN SYMBIOSE AVEC LA ROSE: L’AMOUR ET LE SOI (Fête des caractères chinois 2026, Paris) <img width="1024" height="762" width_o="1024" height_o="762" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fec134cf7ccf8ea69157f167cec0da0600cf64f63051c87acf54b73bcf7bbdef/Weixin-Image_20260419031750_449_3.jpg" data-mid="247571436" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fec134cf7ccf8ea69157f167cec0da0600cf64f63051c87acf54b73bcf7bbdef/Weixin-Image_20260419031750_449_3.jpg" /> Festival du Caractère Chinois de Paris, la mairie du 13e arrondissement| 2026 Plant anatomy; 3D Mediacal Illustration; Digital MediaL'œuvre 《Vivre en symbiose avec la rose: L’Amour et le Soi》 prend pour inspiration centrale les caractéristiques de la formation du caractère chinois "玫瑰" (rose). Dans le contexte de l'ère post-humaine, elle interprète en profondeur la trajectoire progressive des émotions de l'amour et sa signification essentielle. Dans la culture chinoise, "玫瑰" signifie à l'origine une jade rougeâtre à textures, et sa décomposition en radicaux renferme des significations profondes relatives à la jade, à la texture, à la forme, à l'esprit et à l'âme. Dans l'expérience audio-visuelle immersive de l'œuvre, la rose vit en symbiose avec la post-humanité, révélant la logique de construction symbolique de son caractère chinois ainsi que l'imagination de la reconstruction de la forme vitale et de l'essence de l'amour. La rose cache l'amour, et l'amour cache le soi authentique. Le radical "⽂" du caractère "玫" signifie à l'origine la gravure de textures, symbolisant la construction subjective de la nature par l'humain ; à l'ère post-humaine, cette relation s'est élevée à la co-création homme-machine, et l'humain est passé d'être un créateur unilatéral à un sujet coexistant avec des technologies telles que la modélisation 3D, l'IA, la programmation visuelle et la conception sonore, correspondant à la subjectivité complexe de la post-humanité : "humain—technologie—environnement". Le radical "⻤" du caractère "瑰" est lié à la dimension spirituelle et se transforme en un support de mémoire numérique. De ce fait, la rose devient un intermédiaire reliant la vie carbonée et la mémoire numérique, se transformant en une entité post-humaine interactive, évolutive, à mémoire virtualisée et à existence diversifiée, ainsi qu'un microcosme de l'évolution du système symbolique humain vers un système symbolique de symbiose homme-machine. L'œuvre utilise l'expérience audio-visuelle immersive comme support pour interpréter le cœur de l'esthétique biologique, dépassant les limites de la forme physique de la rose, se concentrant sur sa valeur esthétique et sa signification émotionnelle au-delà du concret, et construisant une narration unique : "la rose et l'humain coexistent et se reconstruisent en un nouvel organe". Dans les images, les fibres des pétales de la rose cybernétique s'enchevêtrent avec les vaisseaux sanguins humains, se contractant et s'étendant au rythme du cœur, et fusionnent profondément les gènes non naturels de la rose cybernétique avec les tissus humains originaux, incarnant l'imagination de la reconstruction de la forme vitale et de l'essence de l'amour. L'œuvre s'étend du point de vue de la première personne, racontant l'état d'empiètement et de dépendance mutuelle avec les souvenirs d'amour et les gènes de la rose à l'ère post- humaine. En tant qu'image concrète d'une création à la frontière de la post-humanité, l'œuvre explore également les questions frontalières entre le naturel et l'artificiel, le soi et l'autre, la vie et la non-vie. Elle nous apprend finalement que la forme ultime de l'amour consiste à dépasser l'image concrète de l'autre, ainsi qu'à trouver et à réveiller le soi authentique.The work "Living in Symbiosis with the Rose: Love and Self" takes as its central inspiration the characteristics of the formation of the Chinese character "玫瑰" (rose). In the context of the post-human era, it offers a profound interpretation of the progressive trajectory of the emotions of love and its essential meaning. In Chinese culture, "玫瑰" originally signified a reddish jade with textures, and its decomposition into radicals contains profound meanings related to jade, texture, form, mind, and soul. In the immersive audiovisual experience of the work, the rose lives in symbiosis with post-humanity, revealing the logic of the symbolic construction of its Chinese character as well as the imagined reconstruction of the vital form and essence of love. The rose conceals love, and love conceals the authentic self. The radical "⽂" of the character "玫" originally signified the engraving of textures, symbolizing the subjective construction of nature by humans. In the post-human era, this relationship has evolved into human-machine co-creation, and humans have gone from being unilateral creators to subjects coexistin with technologies such as 3D modeling, AI, visual programming, and sound design, corresponding to the complex subjectivity of post-humanity via human—technology—environment. The radical "⻤" of the character "瑰" is linked to th spiritual dimension and transforms into a support for digital memory. Therefore, the rose becomes an intermediary linking carbon-based life and digital memory, transforming into an interactive, evolving, post-human entity with virtualized memory and diversified existence, as well as a microcosm of the evolution of the symbolic system from human to a symbolic system of human-machine symbiosis. The work uses immersive audiovisual experience as a medium to interpret the core of biological aesthetics, transcending the physical form of the rose, focusing on its aesthetic value and emotional significance beyond the concrete, and constructing a unique narrative: "the rose and the human coexist and reconstruct each other into a new organ." In the images, the fibers of the cybernetic rose's petal intertwine with human blood vessels, contracting and expanding in rhythm with the heart, and deeply fuse the unnatural genes of the cybernetic rose with original human tissues, embodying the imagined reconstruction of life form and the essence of love. The work unfolds from a first-person perspective, narrating the state of encroachment and mutual dependence with the memories of love and the genes of the rose in the post-human era. As a concrete image of a creation on the border of post-humanity, the work also explores the boundary issues between the natural and the artificial, the self and the other, life and non-life. Ultimately, it teaches us that the ultimate form of love consists of transcending the concrete image of the other, as well as finding and awakening the authentic self. Video Preview / Click Here&nbsp; <img width="3240" height="4320" width_o="3240" height_o="4320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/225b14ce0662d13648420fbbe8cef0a0950356e05d0ad0b65f33a899b3cefca4/Weixin-Image_20260405105942_375_3.jpg" data-mid="247571440" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/225b14ce0662d13648420fbbe8cef0a0950356e05d0ad0b65f33a899b3cefca4/Weixin-Image_20260405105942_375_3.jpg" /><img width="3240" height="4320" width_o="3240" height_o="4320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/07a2e5811b1482312705ff173393e6e80f089400bfa7067a866ca575ce41076a/Weixin-Image_20260405105946_376_3.jpg" data-mid="247571439" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/07a2e5811b1482312705ff173393e6e80f089400bfa7067a866ca575ce41076a/Weixin-Image_20260405105946_376_3.jpg" /> <img width="856" height="1024" width_o="856" height_o="1024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6107ed11c00789111189acff3cb28d61173e19a0f55919f0fdb5bb1d2eb087ea/Weixin-Image_20260419031748_448_3.jpg" data-mid="247571437" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/856/i/6107ed11c00789111189acff3cb28d61173e19a0f55919f0fdb5bb1d2eb087ea/Weixin-Image_20260419031748_448_3.jpg" /> https://shontellexc.cargo.site/InCyanotoxin-sWake Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:27:55 +0000 Shontelle Xintong Cai https://shontellexc.cargo.site/InCyanotoxin-sWake IN CYANOTOXIN'S WAKE <img width="1674" height="963" width_o="1674" height_o="963" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fada4309314db20d79de40945172045f01f5585cfd4767efaa0000c7f0992aa6/Weixin-Image_20260926023112_1112_3.png" data-mid="252607135" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fada4309314db20d79de40945172045f01f5585cfd4767efaa0000c7f0992aa6/Weixin-Image_20260926023112_1112_3.png" />