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Feedback on my CPP Ideas:

Before year 3, each project had a specific theme, and I tried to make each step in the creative process traceable. The final output could be justified by the reasons behind each previous step. However, for this CPP, I chose a very vague theme, with a title like "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" that might seem perplexing. Quantum physics is a profound field, especially for someone studying art like me, but after some initial research, I found that some people have successfully integrated microscopic quantum concepts with art. So, I decided to persevere, leading to a highly experimental final video.

What I want to achieve in Unit 10: CPP has deepened my understanding of photography, but in the future, I still want to create works related to illustration, given that it's my major. I'll explore the connection between photos and illustrations, akin to Andy Warhol, by painting on printed photos and engaging in repeated printing. Regarding my theme, I might lean towards exploring philosophy, as the culmination of quantum physics research leads to philosophical questions. Scientists contemplate the meaning of human existence and whether Earth and the universe are confined spaces. Is a person's entire life preplanned? While these questions may seem cliché, I want to approach them from unique perspectives, though I'm still uncertain about the specific approach.

Why and How: In an ideal timeline, I plan to conduct a series of practices involving the secondary creation of photographs. Following that, I'll determine a relatively clear direction, such as "The Influence of Philosophy on Illustration." In an ideal scenario, I'd use riso printing to create something resembling a photography book – a book entirely composed of illustrations created from photographs. I hope my final result can be a book, a printed piece primarily focused on images.

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I don't want to explain the content of my final video, or rather, I want everyone who watches my video to generate thoughts that exist solely in their minds. If I say too much, my personal interpretation might influence each individual's perspective, and I don't like that.

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This is a special type of Polaroid film that only develops in black and yellow. I used a pack of black and yellow film to capture eight multiple exposure artworks, attempting to explore the connection between superposition and reality.

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These texts are all the lines I need to say in the video. I first write them in Chinese and then translate them into English subtitles. I chose to use Chinese dubbing instead of English in this CPP video. Firstly, my theme is too experimental, and I hope to express the information I want to convey better in my native language. Secondly, Chinese adds a sense of mystery, which aligns with the tone of quantum physics, especially for those who haven't studied it before.

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白色，单调，柔和，纯净

从光的视角看

白光却是所有颜色的叠加

所有光波的汇聚

黑白的画面少了色彩却多了一份诗意

这让漏光在宝丽来相纸上尤为明显

如果说照片是光子通过我们眼睛绘制的画作

那漏光就像画作还未完成时的笔触

对着同一个物体不停拍摄

即使在最暗的画面上

也会有光子不耐烦的笔触

快门时间每一次的改变

都是对时间和空间的重新定义

更是对光子纠缠的一次抽象呈现

两个互相纠缠的光子

如果你不观察它们

光子就处于又亮又暗的叠加态

你观察的一瞬间

假设被观察的那一颗坍缩成白色

那另一颗无论相隔多远必定坍缩成黑色

光子的意识与人的观察有着紧密的联系

因为人的观察而坍缩的光子拥有了意识

光子的意识也重塑了我们观察的意义

White, monotonous, gentle, pure. From the perspective of light, white light is the culmination of all colors, the convergence of all light waves.

Black and white imagery lacks color but gains a poetic essence. This makes light leaks particularly prominent on Polaroid paper. If a photograph is a painting drawn by photons through our eyes, then light leaks are like brushstrokes when the painting is not yet complete.

Continuously capturing the same object, even in the darkest frames, there are impatient brushstrokes of photons. Each change in shutter speed is a redefinition of time and space, a abstract representation of entangled photons.

Two entangled photons, if you don't observe them, exist in a superposition of both bright and dark. The moment you observe, assuming the observed one collapses into white, the other, no matter how far apart, inevitably collapses into black.

The consciousness of photons is closely tied to human observation. Photons collapsed by human observation gain consciousness. The consciousness of photons also reshapes the meaning of our observations.

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如果只有一种可见光的波长

那我只能捕捉到一种颜色

这个世界只剩下了黄色

这就好像是光子选择只展示这一种波长

但是它自己并不清楚

有些选择不是我们能决定的

就像那只和毒气装置一起困在盒子里的猫

它不能选择自己被装进去与否

也不能选择自己的生死

盒子打开之前

猫处于又死又活的叠加态

我知道这很难理解

你可以想象三维空间的你去观察四维空间的立方体

你可以同时的看到它的六个面和内部的样子

那是一种理想状态下的叠加态

盒子打开了

你庆幸猫还活着

但是这是因为你被选择留在了猫活着的世界

而另一个世界你可能抱着猫在流泪

或许在那个世界也不是只有黄色

或许那个世界的可见光波长都聚集在一起

If there is only one wavelength of visible light, then I can only capture one color.

This world is left with only yellow, as if photons choose to showcase only this wavelength, but they themselves are unaware, some choices are beyond our control.

Just like the cat trapped in the box with the poison device, it can't choose to be placed inside or not, nor can it choose its own life or death.

Before the box is opened, the cat exists in a superposition of being both dead and alive. I know it's hard to understand; you can imagine yourself in three-dimensional space observing a four-dimensional cube, simultaneously seeing its six faces and its interior. That's an idealized state of superposition.

The box is opened, you rejoice that the cat is still alive, but this is because you've been chosen to remain in the world where the cat is alive. In another world, you might be holding the cat in tears, perhaps in that world, there is not only yellow, maybe the visible light wavelengths in that world are all gathered together.

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这是一台宝丽来

对于大多数人而言，这是一台一次成像相机

对于我而言

这是我捕捉光的工具

光

被不同介质反射

形成不同的波

进入我们的眼睛，触碰我们的视网膜

信号传递给大脑，让我们能感知颜色

要是这个时候

相机刚好在光波和眼睛中间

光子与相纸相互作用

此时此刻，时间冻结在这个平面

你拿着相机刚吐出来的相纸

观察着光子如何绘制这个瞬间

那光子知道我们在观测它们吗

曾经有人试图去理解光子

让它们单独穿过缝隙

再用一个平面接住

观察平面上生成的图案

一次偶然对过程的不观测

意外的让光子的意识浮出水面

人为的观测会影响光子的性质

在我按下快门的瞬间

它的意识可能在这之前就察觉了

This is a Polaroid.

For most people, it's a one-shot imaging camera.

For me, it's the tool to capture light.

Light, reflected by different media, forms waves of different frequencies, enters our eyes, touches our retina, signals transmitted to the brain, allowing us to perceive color.

If, at this moment, the camera happens to be between the light waves and our eyes.

Photons interact with photographic paper, at this moment, time freezes on this plane. You hold the photo just ejected from the camera, observing how photons paint this moment. Do photons know we are observing them?

Some have attempted to understand photons, letting them pass through a slit individually, then capturing them on a plane, observing the patterns generated on the plane. A single accidental lack of observation in the process unexpectedly brings the consciousness of photons to the surface.

Human observation affects the nature of photons. At the instant I press the shutter, its consciousness might have perceived it before.

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Two workshops have significantly contributed to the progression of my CPP. One focused on zines, and I created two related to quantum physics. One delves into the waveforms and point patterns generated by physics experiments. The other narrates the story of a photon navigating a chaotic world, evading various hidden variables. These zines have been instrumental in shaping my video content.

Another impactful workshop involved creating a text-based adventure game. Despite being purely textual, the incorporation of images, choices, and story elements made it fascinating. I designed a horror-themed farm where players struggle to distinguish between dreams and reality. The cows, due to unique circumstances, appear human-like. At that time, I hadn't decided to center my work around quantum physics, but creating this game inspired me with ideas related to superposition. It's a game worth playing, and the link in this post directs to the game, hoping it's still accessible.

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I have considered using the cyanotype method for a secondary creation of my photos. I realized that CPP is not about creating a piece of art; instead, it resembles a form of discussion, a dialogue with oneself directed towards the audience, designing a question for oneself to seek answers. Therefore, in Unit 10, I may use cyanotype as a creative medium to present my work.

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I used double exposure with Polaroid film to capture four photos of plants, and then transferred them onto paper. Through this process, I aimed to represent the multidimensionality of a botanical garden on the two-dimensional plane of paper. However, due to extremely cold weather, the photographic paper suffered damage during the transfer process, resulting in a unique and unexpected effect.

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In the Oppenheimer film, there are numerous scenes related to quantum physics when the characters are deep in thought. The production team employed various methods to authentically capture and recreate these microscopic scenes (although some scenes in the film may also involve real footage). However, this is just one approach of portraying the microcosm through the lens of the macroscopic world. I believe I can learn and apply such techniques in my CPP video.

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I prepared a lot for this exhibition, printing explanations and names for each exhibit, along with information about my CPP. However, on the day of setup, I learned that only works in A4 size could be displayed, and I couldn't include descriptions or details about my art accounts on social media.

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In one segment of my film, there will be scenes featuring only black and yellow colors. I plan to use black and yellow Polaroid film for emulsion transfer to showcase the overlay effect. However, the yellow color from the black and yellow Polaroid film tends to dissolve in water, leaving only black and white colors in the final result.

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The study of Polaroid emulsion transfer has helped me understand that a narrative image and simple collages are more appealing. Whether it's the combination of plant dyeing on paper with Polaroid emulsion transfer or the emulsion transfer of multiple images pieced together, the narrative elements enrich the two-dimensional plane.

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At that time, I wanted to use a very old camera to recording the process of others observing my artwork, which was highly relevant to my CPP theme. The connection between the audience's consciousness and my artwork is akin to how human consciousness can influence various phenomena in quantum physics. Coincidentally, there was an issue with the lighting in the exhibition hall at that moment – there was no light source, making it impossible to observe the artworks.

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One set of frames got overexposed, but they retained details of my figure, so I decided to do emulsion transfer. I aimed to create a visual sense of gradually disappearing along with the image, so I arranged them together. You can see the steps of my process below this column.

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I controlled the shutter speed of the camera, capturing four photos of the same scene. By increasing the shutter speed at times and decreasing it at others, the image underwent a transition from dark to bright. I aimed to showcase the process of photons diminishing or intensifying in my camera through this technique. Subsequently, I incorporated myself into the frame, gradually moving away towards the edge, creating a sense of both myself and the photons disappearing together.

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I took three photos of plants with Polaroid film.

There is a light source behind the plant. The light passes through the gap between the plants, just like a double-slit experiment, but this time the detection screen has become my camera and film.

I cut three photos into pieces and rearranged them, creating a composition resembling the waveform of a double-slit experiment.