World of Tears

Emotions, Time and Gravity

Sophia Liao
MDes Ecologies 2026
Melo Chen
MDes Mediums 2026
May Choy
MDes Mediums 2026
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1 Final Render: Ocean of Tears

This project portraits the a microscopic world with tears as protagonists, which is curated on the surface of a human face. We traced a 2.5-dimensional journey of tears across the face to explore human emotions with perception of time and space and gravity . As the person tilts their head at various angles, the tear follows different trajectories. Tears slip down from the cheek, converging into a vast ocean, each drop collected as a heartfelt currency of our emotions.

Project video
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2 Teardrop Paths Stimulation
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3 Final Render: Close up Shots