Under the towering eaves of the Forbidden City, along the winding corridors in the secluded gardens, in the mottled patterns of bronze ware, and in the glaze of ceramic objects, the wisdom of creation of the ancient Chinese people still shines with dazzling brilliance across thousands of years of time and space.
artificial intelligence design; Olympic IP derivatives; human-computer collaboration; design process reconstruction
sound politics; auditory landscape; collective memory; sisterhood; nonviolent resistance; social sculpture
Primordial humans created myths rooted in their reverence for the natural world as divine. In their consciousness, all elements of their surroundings were imbued with a unique "aura" — a halo of authenticity and sacredness. However, with the advent of the technological age of replication, from mechanical to digital reproduction, the "aura" of artworks or myths, as Walter Benjamin theorized, has gradually dissipated. Narratives and artistic works, once confined to the veiled sanctity of ritualistic worship, were liberated from their primordial womb, drawing closer to human existence and mass culture. As myths increasingly permeate everyday life, they have shifted from serving solely ritualistic-magical ends to undergoing continuous value transformation within the cultural industry, traversing from one pole of static tradition to another of dynamic reinvention.
Dr. Huang Xiao
Bo Sihan