Project #4 Exquisite Corpse

*Trigger WARNING: Please be aware before pressing, as the sketch contains flash animation.

Who's in the body?

Hover over the image to see the background colors change, hover over the left earring to see the body become wholly framed.

Design Process

I picked the astronaut's figure and sketched it then shared it with the rest of the group. I ended up using part 2 of the body to complete my exquisite corpse. Part 1 is Winnie's head from the sketch she drew of herself and part 3 is Leah's Tinky Winky from Teletubbies legs. I cut each of the images and used the parts needed for my figure. Then uploaded them to P5JS. I wanted the final outcome to be a whole new well-blended person & figure. The final outcome represents a complete holistic fourth version of a human.

My figure's story: The person behind the astronaut can be anyone. The astronaut clothing covers the person behind the suit. I picked the astronaut since it's the person who's able to live in the future, a future that is genderless. It would be interesting to see how the astronaut could be animated from different perspectives and who would they turn out to be.

Winnie Zhai Story: my story: this illustration is one of my illustration series called “Miami trip” and I did three drawings for me and my friends after I traveled back from Miami last November . We went to a furniture exhibition I really like the look I wore that day. It was a precious moment in my life since that was our first road trip after graduation.

Leah Wang Story Teletubbies: The story of my figure: Teletubbies was one of my favorite cartoons back when I was little. Tinky-Winky is one of my favorites babies out of all of them. I loved their strawberry smoothie and it is still one of my favorite drinks till today. I remember missing classes because I was too addicted to the show.

Reflection

Fashion, uniforms and suits are created for a certain gender, and many people subscribe to these gender norms based on their surrounding environment. My clothes were influenced by a certain stereotype in the Business & Tech industry, and there was a social price to pay if I dressed otherwise, especially given the geographical setting I lived in. I connected this concept to the astronaut and teletubbies, where I could be in an astronaut suit and my legs looking like teletubbies' and form a whole new persona detached from gender norms. Preconceived perceptions of who is behind this type of role, suit, profession has no place in my sketch -- this sketch screams’ you can be who you want to be.’