studio of work(on) space
2024
This idea can apply to any creating situation. In this project, I focus on handwriting. I documented the process of writing my manifesto, giving equal importance to the written words and the unwritten physical traces. Using gesture recognition, I recorded both aspects, then used latent diffusion model to generate sequence that correspond to them. The hand, as humanity’s first tool, and AI, as perhaps its last tool, each “visualized” a result. The vast difference in scale and meaning in-between emphasizes the process’s inherent desire for autonomy and purpose.
1. It will be fun to make the means the end.
2. It will be a pity if you put the process aside after the work is done.
(Or worse, invent it after the work is done.)
3. In this handwriting case, focus not only on the words but also on the space and boundaries of the paper.
4. In this handwriting case, notice the trace of your pen tip when it’s not touching the paper.
5. In this handwriting case, be mindful of the parts you scribble out.
6. Fortunately, the surprises that flashes and fades while you are writing are often more intriguing than the actual words you put down.
7. Unfortunately, most of the process is messy, so do something with it before it grows too large to separate the good from the bad.
8. Process the process in a not-so-resonable yet interesting
way, so that the process can be free from its original purpose: to reach the final outcome.