A Synergistic Connection: I Tell the Moon My Secret and the Moon Tells Me Yours
Zoe Qi‑Jing Li, Yufan Li and Varvara Guljajeva (2024)
Abstract
I Tell theMoonMySecretandtheMoonTellsMeYours(ITMMSMTMY), created by artist Zoe Li in 2023, is an art piece featuring a robotic arm that repeatedly depicts the waveform of collected secrets, creating light painting photographs with the involvement of Moon. Only when the Moon appears within a certain eld of view can the waveform of this sentence be successfully captured by the camera with a long exposure. That is to say, whether the trace of the waveform can be revealed is determined by the natural environment —only when the Moon is bright and clear in the night sky can this secret possibly be conveyed. The project experiments on the synergic dynamics among uncontrollable natural environments, a precise data-driven robot system and humans, fostering new discourse on their relationships through synergistic visual imagery. By portraying the robotic system as an active agent connecting humanity with the cosmic environment, the project also intends to depict the interconnection between these parties, shifting perspective from an anthropocentric view.
Venue: In Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Creativity & Cognition (C&C ’24).