Jiejing: Taiwan Street Stories is a multimedia installation that explores the lives of street workers, the surrounding landscapes, and the daily moments on the streets of Taiwan.
The installation combines an array of installations consisting of: 1. A chance-based multi-screen, non-linear documentary array, 2. An interactive video screen, 3. 3D-scanned and printed objects (including 3D-printed moulds for plaster casts), 4. Photography(including photo collage, street photography, large-format stitched photos, and slides), 5. gaming/simulation.(in development).
Narrative design incorporates Chinese and Japanese non-linear poetry modalities, such as Xuanjitu and Renga (see published articles), emphasizing interrelation, recontextualization, and interactivity. Additionally, this installation incorporates elements of traditional Taiwanese Paper Sculpture, such as Zhizha, Chinese porcelain sculpture, Japanese miniature sculpture, including Netsuke, and Neo-Dadaist collage.
Video game development focuses on architectural design, including:
Evoked Gameplay - Spaces that reference pre-existing narrative association (well-known stories/genres).
Enacted Gameplay - Spaces as staging grounds where narrative events are performed or whitenssed.
Embedded Gameplay - Spaces where narrative is distributed through the environment.
Emergent Gameplay - Spaces where narrative arises solely from gameplay.
This documentary installation offers a fluid, individualised, and participatory viewer experience, presenting a highly subjective, ambiguous, and meditative documentation of Taiwanese street workers, their surrounding social landscape, and the multidimensional forces at play.
VIDEO
Chance-Based Live Editing
Randomized Multi-Channel Array,1920x1080,30mins
Randomized Single Channel Array,1920x1080,30mins
VIDEO
Live-Generated Interactive Graphics
3D SCAN
3D Objects Print Approximately 10x10cm
PHOTO
COLLAGE
Print Up To 700 x 700cm, 300DPI
PHOTO
Street Photography
Print Up To 120 x 80cm, 300DPI
PHOTO
Video Stills
Print Up To 65 x 39cm, 300DPI
PHOTO STITCH
Print Up To 1200 x 700cm, 300DPI
PHOTO SLIDES
35mm Slides, Vignetted Slide Projection
GAMING
DOCUMENTARY
(IN DEVELOPMENT)
Gaming consists of three main components: 1. Non-linear, short mini-games that focus on labor practices and related themes, 2. Role play/immersive gaming (RPG/SIM) with open-world exploration. 3. Non-linear audio/video interviews. Game modes transition from task-based activities to recorded video documentary scenes. Pixel art derives from street photography and interviews. The project explores how simulation, interactivity, and role play in games can provide a unique medium for documentary and a speculative foundation for further non-fiction storytelling.
GAMING REFERENCES
Microgames
Simulation
RPG
Video Documentary Cut Away Scenes