With the development of technology, most of our daily actions can be completed on mobile phones. Especially in the epidemic environment, we rely more on electronic equipment. In my daily life, in addition to sleeping, I spend almost 8 hours on my mobile phone every day. It almost controls my daily life. The information I learn comes from this phone. Sometimes I even get bored of this kind of life. I use the mobile phone as a power source, and the operation of our fingers on the mobile phone is the movement of the magnet. The entire mobile phone generates a magnetic field. We change the movement of the magnetic field, and the magnetic field is also attracting us. I wanted to simulate an exhibition space. People can participate in this process interactively, and project their behavior into the movement of magnetic objects, and the whole process can be visualized on a large screen.
In addition to WiFi signals, the three-dimensional space we live in is also densely covered with various electromagnetic waves or fields: mobile phone signals, FM/AM, magnetic fields, various ultraviolet and infrared rays… From the past to the present, countless scientists and artists Explore and experiment with these invisible dimensions. Making these invisible fields visible to our naked eyes is one of the very interesting topics.
Timo Arnall of Touch and Jack Schulze of Berg used a CNLohr-like method in 2009 to visualize the characteristics of RFID. RFID is widely used in various access control, payment, positioning and other systems. They hope that by visualizing the “field” of RFID, they can more intuitively understand the influence of factors such as shape and orientation, so as to better design products.
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My experiment this time focuses on magnetism and magnetic fields. When I was in junior high school, we did some experiments on magnetism. As the magnet moves, the iron powder will show a radial movement trajectory around the period. This magnetic phenomenon fascinates me. In my 100 screengrabs, I re-simulated this experiment and used the camera to record the motion trajectory of the iron powder. In these images of constantly changing motion, I think this seems to be a new way to re-visualize the trajectory of the magnetic field and we record the invisible electromagnetic field.
With curiosity about magnetic fields and scientific phenomena, I want to continue to explore this topic in depth. Since the magnetism of matter can neither be seen nor touched, we cannot directly experience the existence of magnetism through our five sense organs. The mutual attraction of magnetic substances is carried out by the magnetic field. I try to visualize the invisible magnetic field and the effect of magnetism. After a deeper understanding, I became fascinated by the relationship between electricity and magnetism and turned it into an interest in visual experience.
I was shocked by a work of magnetic fluid art. American new media artist Eric Mesplé took 8 months to create a skull sculpture installation that can suck up “venom”. The work combines ferrofluid and iconic metal products to present the passing of life in an intuitive dark vision, symbolizing the passage of time, and the skull is the “murderer” of killing time. The “venom” sucked up by the skull is actually a material called ferrofluid, and this is a work that can interact with the audience. When the observer approaches, the skull will open its mouth and suck up this kind of “venom”. “General dark black ferrofluid. In other words, this “hourglass” does not run according to the regular time, but flows according to the time the viewer is around it! I think this is the direction I want to study and try ，combining the curiosity of the audience with static objects that are often assumed to explore the interactivity in the work.
In the next four weeks, apart from studying the visual language of magnetism, I was more curious about the connection between magnetism and real life. We have modern apartments with light-emitting screens, LED lights, electromagnetic noise and continuous information flow. These electronic devices should have gradually dominated our lifestyle. This reminds me of the relationship between magnetism and electricity. The movement of the magnetic fluid can affect the shape of the magnetic fluid, which is a reflection of our behavior. My practice is often related to the impact of technology on human life, so this time my theme is still related to this. But I think that technology and human beings are a very broad point, electromagnetic waves are a direction that we ignore. Although human beings recognized the phenomenon of magnetism very early, it was not until modern times that people’s understanding of the phenomenon of magnetism was gradually systematized. As we know, countless electromagnetic instruments were invented, such as telephones, radios, generators, and motors. Magnetic technology has penetrated into our daily lives. I am very curious how this phenomenon changes our daily lives, how I use the language of graphic design to explore the magical magnetic phenomenon. More interestingly, the relationship between humans and magnetism is an interactive relationship, I hope to explore the relationship between the magnetic field and humans in a multi-dimensional and interactive way