Surfing_Joy In FailureMilwaukee, WI
2023
Branding /
Experience Design

My senior project is titled ‘Joy in Failure’, in which I utilized a program named ‘Touch Designer’ to create interactivity with motion and sound signals that the audiences generate. The main object of the project was Surfing. This project improved my understanding of treating a signal in real time as an Input source, and the method to guide the audience to the intended experience, giving a unique experience by the individual.







SURFING_JOY IN FAILURE

I enjoy surfing. While surfing, Idon’t feel that I am failing when I fall from the board, but have joy in every single process even in failure. Continuously stepping onto the board, I try again and again, getting to know myself more and more.

One life lesson throughout my college years is that Failure is one thing that makes you unique. You fail at something, and it means that you already went through a process that other people might have not experienced no matter if it looks stupid or dumb. And when you fail twice at something, now you have your data, and it becomes an experiment. The experiment is all about data and trying again with the data. Now you have options. If you want to solve the problem, you can learn something called ‘Troubleshooting’, then you will have a story about your own learning process. If you decided to keep going through the failure on purpose because you liked the outcome from it, you will have your own unique way. Both are very precious experiences because you have something personal to share with people.

So, don’t be afraid of experiencing Failure, but step on it again.




PROCESS

I
nteractive Media Art
Using ‘TouchDesigner’, which is a software for designing a interactive media art,
I created artificial Wave reacting to motion and sound.



Surfing Board
Crafting the surfing boards_
Woodworking & Digital Fabrication Techniques (CNC router & Laser cutter)



Posters 
print making process_Digital Printing & Cyanotype printing.




Surfing Book
Book about my thoughts on Surfing.





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