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From Badong to Chongming: Multi-Site Ethnography as Method and the Making of Sonic and Visual Tapestries — A Review of Pepper Indulging (Neo Gao)

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Still from Neo Gao’s Pepper Indulging (2024), layering a face with peppercorns near the lips over a gateway and townscape.

In Pepper Indulging — Alluvial Voice, Neo Jiapu Gao turns a vast geopolitical story into something intimate and quietly unsettling. By spending two days and one night with the Zhang family—first-generation migrants relocated after the Three Gorges Project—Gao captures moments that feel almost ordinary: harvesting peppercorns, tending a garden, preparing for sleep. Yet beneath these scenes runs a deeper current of displacement, language barriers, and lingering memory. Through layered imagery, shifting dialects, and the persistent presence of a Sichuan pepper plant carried from their former home, Gao reveals how migration reshapes not only landscapes but the textures of everyday life. What begins as a portrait of a single family slowly unfolds into a meditation on what it means to be uprooted—and what fragments of home can survive the journey.

State of Iranian Digital Art: Platform 101 Held the Largest Video Art Exhibition in Iran’s History

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Silhouetted visitor wearing headphones before a black-and-white video projection at Geometry of Creation.

Platform 101, an independent, non-profit institution dedicated to nurturing and showcasing emerging digital artists in Iran, made a profound impact on the country’s digital art scene with its exhibition, Vol. 04: “Geometry of Creation: Analysis of Anti-Rhythmic Structures,” held at E1 Art Gallery. This groundbreaking event became the largest video art exhibition in Iran’s history, featuring works from 44 artists—23 from Iran and 21 from abroad—representing 12 countries. Curated by Mohammad Ali Famori, founder of Platform 101, and renowned art researcher Ramin Saeidian, the exhibition ran until October 11, 2024.

Virtual Worlds of Meihe Wu: The Power of Storytelling Through Conceptual 3D Visualization

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Still from The Bugs and The Slugs, credited to Meihe Wu, showing a turquoise caterpillar on an outstretched finger.

We employ conceptual visualization and 3D art to craft fresh environments and narratives, conveying stories and shaping worldviews through our work. Meihe Wu, a seasoned 3D artist, possesses expertise across various intersecting fields such as 3D character art, graphic design, digital sculpting, and video editing. Currently, she concentrates on skin library shader development for the Octane Render Library and contributes her 3D skills to a film slated for release at the end of 2024.

Projection Mapping and Emotional Connections: Xianzhi Fu’s Visual Art Odyssey

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Xianzhi Fu in a blue coat and patterned boots, seated on a wooden stepladder.

As a visual artist living in New York, Xianzhi Fu explores the connection between nature and the body. She is currently focusing on video installation and video art, employing a blend of media, including video mapping, sculpture, and photography, to create evocative pieces that resonate deeply. One representation of her artwork is “Mind Habitat.” If you visit the “Mind Habitat” exhibition in person, you will find that it has a soundtrack, allowing people to interact with both light and sound. The synergy between visual elements, such as light and shadow, and auditory elements, like music, can enhance the overall immersive experience for the audience. This creates a multisensory environment in which you can enter the world that Xianzhi creates during meditation.

Exclusive Interview with German Sculptor & Videographer freaky-Deek | Part 2

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Black-and-white portrait of a man holding a camera toward the viewer.

Freaky-Deek is a talented sculptor and videographer hailing from the Black Forest region in Germany. He has been showcasing his work in various galleries, exhibitions, and social media platforms. Having grown tired of just typing on a keyboard, freaky-Deek decided to dive into his creative passion and start his own business. As a former figurine collector, he wanted to create something truly unique and dynamic. So, he combined his electronics skills with his love for art and crafted sculptures with added features such as lights and sound. Recently freaky-Deek embarked on a new journey with the creation of a one-of-a-kind polymer clay cyborg sculpt, known as Project AD-01.

Exclusive Interview with German Sculptor & Videographer freaky-Deek | Part 1

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Close-up of a man looking downward with a slender tool held between his lips.

“After finishing a project, I feel the urge to create something completely new, but social norms, and social media dictate a sense of regularly pushing out similar content, using similar hashtags, maintaining a schedule – which are, in my opinion, literally poison to creativity.”

Meet freaky-Deek, a talented sculptor and videographer hailing from the Black Forest region in Germany. He has been showcasing his work in various galleries, exhibitions, and social media platforms. Having grown tired of just typing on a keyboard, freaky-Deek decided to dive into his creative passion and start his own business. As a former figurine collector, he wanted to create something truly unique and dynamic.