World Like Mist
Pictogram
Martha Mai Hatch 王昊絢
Student of SM2105 Narrative Strategies and Aesthetics of Time-based Media
Abstract
World Like Mist is a pictogram that delves into the iconic postmodern literature of the same title by Yu Hua (1988 世事如煙), a postmodern writer. It carefully maps spatiality, timing, interaction and geolocation of Yu’s writing and visualises the old town in the form of a map. The bottom of the pictogram is the reconstruction of the spatiality and time of each character through the alignment of sequences. The spectator is encouraged to read through the timeline and visualise the scene directly onto the map to unveil another dimension of the work and the interactions of characters.
