→ Garden of Ambiguity: Cultivating Truth in Uncertain Soil
Speculative Art / Generative Art / Critical Design / 3D Art
The media often manipulates facts or creates false information, and people become accustomed to it and participate in it. a random botanical garden is conceived, and the plants are completely generated by random real-time data, thus implying the complex relationship between human beings and the truth.
"Random Botanical Garden" is a public projection artwork that generates digital plants in real-time based on random data, symbolizing the complexity and uncertainty of truth in contemporary society. Viewers can manipulate parameters to create different flower forms, collectively shaping a virtual garden within the exhibition space. The work maps 30 plant types, each representing a different possibility in the digital age—facts and truths that may not be universally recognized. By engaging with this interactive experience, the artwork critiques media manipulation and falsehoods, prompting audiences to reflect on their perception of truth, confront cognitive dissonance, and engage with societal deception through intellectual, emotional, and aesthetic dimensions.
The acceptance of uncertainty becomes an essential element, acknowledging that, like plants evolving through seasons, our understanding of truth may undergo continual transformation.
Mapped up to 30 different plant types that symbolize the different possibilities of the digital age. Each different form implies a fact and truth, even if they are not known or accepted by the general public.
The work critiquing a society full of lies can elicit a range of intellectual, emotional, and introspective responses, fostering a meaningful engagement with societal issues and encouraging viewers to reconsider their perspectives on truth and deception, and others:
01. Provocation and Critical Reflection
02. Cognitive Dissonance
03. Symbolic Interpretation
04. Engagement with Social Commentary
05. Emotional Responses
06. Aesthetic Appreciation