Artists Statement

In this information-rich era, data is presented to us every day in various audio-visual format. How our senses working together to interpret the information and form our own understanding, particularly how this process reflects our cultural and personal identity and how this process shapes our perception of information, are topics worth investigating. This talk explains the process of making Bloodie Writes an Anthem, a project aims to explore the aforementioned topics via visualizing a poem with a combination of abstract pattern, text, ASMR sound and vocal music.

Emily Vey Duke’s poem Bloodie Writes an Anthem depicts a vital moment of a young women’s self-discovery, a moment that she sees the light within herself. We attempt to represent the poem with multiple audio-visual means that hopefully allows people to experience the sense of wonder, self-confidence and tranquility of that moment.

• Rebecca Ruige Xu’s artwork and research interests include experimental animation, visual music, artistic data visualization, interactive installations, digital performance and virtual reality. Her recent work appeared at Ars Electronica; SIGGRAPH Art Gallery; ISEA; IEEE VIS Arts Program; Museum of Contemporary Art, Italy; Los Angeles Center for Digital Art; CYNETart, Germany and Boston Cyberarts Festival, etc. Xu currently teaches computer art and animation in College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University, USA.  rebeccaxu.com
• Sean Hongsheng Zhai is the founder of Red Dot Blues LLC, a company devoted to creative experiments of computer generated images, mobile Apps and e-publishing. He received Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University (USA), and has prolonged interest in computer graphics, especially algorithmic art. His works has been exhibited in SIGGRAPH Art Gallery, iDEAs and other exhibitions in the U.S. and overseas.