Deformation of Memory

Childhood Loss Through Reminiscent Objects

Yinghou Wang
MDes Mediums 2024
Skye Gao
MDes Mediums 2024
Xinyi Tang
MDes Mediums 2024
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1 Rendered scene of hand shadow play constituted by reminiscent objects

In the shadow strays the lost childhood. Nevertheless, we carry on our unfinished adventures.

The aggregation of rabbits symbolizes the collection of childhood memories. As we grow up, the innocent wonders collapse and the childish excitements fade away. When looking back, we only see a reminiscent shadow, delineating the past without inciting the intense happiness that was once so fresh. Memory is probably like shadows, so reminiscent yet flat and distant. By visualizing childhood memories as shadows, this project accentuates the imprints of childhood on us and depicts the unreachable quality of the past; by doing so, hoping to dissolve the sense of loss along the long road of life.

Project video
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2 Process of model deconstruction in the scene
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3 Scanned model in the scene
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4 Transformed object in the scene
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5 Modification of scanned object in Grasshopper