The Eighth Day of the Electronic Moon and the Flying Birds
Xiaohui Hu
Naizheng Mao
Master of Fine Arts
Painting Practice and Theory
2025-03-21
Color
Dopamine Color and Emotion
Mixed medium
Thus, this creation uses flying birds as emotionally endowed animals to represent the emotions that the human heart pursues in this era where cold machinery and human emotional needs interweave, experiencing the eight emotions together and pursuing the instinctive self. The moonlight is expressed through the refraction of light by cutting acrylic to convey the coldness of machinery. The capitalist mode of production causes workers to lose control over their own labor, becoming like machines exploited, thereby affecting their emotional life and their ability to face their inner needs.
The Eighth Day of the Electronic Moon and the Flying BirdsThus, this creation uses flying birds as emotionally endowed animals to represent the emotions that the human heart pursues in this era where cold machinery and human emotional needs interweave, experiencing the eight emotions together and pursuing the instinctive self.