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Joseph CheeVisual designer & creative technologistSingapore

Ways of Seeing

Role
Artist & Researcher
Time
2023, 3 months
Client
Personal Project
With
p5.js

Overview

An interactive visualization that explores John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" through dynamic particle systems and touch interactions. Each color represents a different type of perception, creating a physical and intuitive way to engage with complex ideas about art, beauty, and visual culture.

The Challenge

How can we transform John Berger's complex ideas about perception and art into an interactive experience that engages viewers both intellectually and emotionally?

The Approach

We created a dynamic particle system where each color represents a different type of perception: Yellow for Sight, Orange for Art, Pink for Beauty, Purple for Images, Blue for Reality, and Green for Meaning.

The Solution

The installation uses touch interactions to transform words into colored particles. As viewers interact with the text, they physically engage with Berger's ideas, creating a bridge between theory and experience.

The Impact

The project successfully made abstract concepts tangible and interactive. Viewers reported a deeper understanding of Berger's ideas through their physical interaction with the work.

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Ways of Seeing title card, subtitled 'an interactive info-visualisation', beside an illustrated purple figure with a pink brain reading a book.
Ways of Seeing title card, subtitled 'an interactive info-visualisation', beside an illustrated purple figure with a pink brain reading a book.
Ways of Seeing Interactive Exhibit
Close-up of tiny silhouetted figures and a purple button on a pink cartoon brain, with a cursor reaching in to interact.
Close-up of tiny silhouetted figures and a purple button on a pink cartoon brain, with a cursor reaching in to interact.
Portrait screen with the title, a legend of coloured balls labelled Danger, Time, Social, Mental, Spatial and Visual, and a figure reading 'that'.
Portrait screen with the title, a legend of coloured balls labelled Danger, Time, Social, Mental, Spatial and Visual, and a figure reading 'that'.
Large purple letters scattering among coloured balls as a pointing-hand cursor drags a single letter across a cream background.
Large purple letters scattering among coloured balls as a pointing-hand cursor drags a single letter across a cream background.
Ways of Seeing title card, subtitled 'an interactive info-visualisation', beside an illustrated purple figure with a pink brain reading a book.
Ways of Seeing title card, subtitled 'an interactive info-visualisation', beside an illustrated purple figure with a pink brain reading a book.