Who created these designs? Designer Li Ye or image websites?

By Ye Li

Topic: Digital Traces

Medium: Poster

Institute: Politecnico di Milano

Year: a.a. 2022-2023

My information poetry installation consists of three juxtaposed sets of posters, each of which will be provided with a booklet explaining the process of producing this work. The viewer will first notice the posters juxtaposed in groups and then read the information on the posters to understand the style of the posters from a project and the visual references I found on photo sites to design the project. I wanted the audience to look at the similarities and differences between the two posters in each group in order to consider the questions posed by this information poem, “Who made these designs, the designer or the photo site?” and “Does the recommendation algorithm of the photo site using personal data have an impact on the designer’s personal aesthetics?”

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Metaphor used:

1. Mirror: Because the final result wants to express the argument that recommendation algorithms influence personal aesthetics, I want to use a visual metaphor to guide the audience to observe and compare the output of "algorithmic recommendation data" and the output of "individuals", so I want to choose the classic visual metaphor as " mirror" with the meaning of "similarity" and "comparison". 2. Find the Difference Game: also a classic visual form that leads to "juxtaposition" and "contrast".

Intended Meaning:

Through the message poem, I wanted to express that the recommendation algorithm of image sites using personal data has an impact on the personal aesthetics of designers.

Source:

"browsing preferences" data kept by Pinterest and Behance

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Featured image of the project Who created these designs? Designer Li Ye or image websites?
Complementary image of the project Who created these designs? Designer Li Ye or image websites?
Complementary image of the project Who created these designs? Designer Li Ye or image websites?
Complementary image of the project Who created these designs? Designer Li Ye or image websites?
Complementary image of the project Who created these designs? Designer Li Ye or image websites?

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