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Moon, Phase

Collaborative Website Art

2022

JavaScript | HTML | CSS

A love letter’s voyage through the moon phase.

STATEMENT

We look up at the moon when telling someone I love you.

We look back through history when creating something new. 

New moon, waxing crescent, first quarter, full moon…

Vinyl record, typewriter, film projector, message board…

Moon morphs in nature, message travels in live.

 

Moon, Phase creates dialogues between moon phase and language; retro machines and new media; mystery and unveiling. Through the experience from exploring the spinning vinyl record, sending a message in moon phases, to finally revealing the result from the riddle, people are welcome to participate in the complete storytelling flow. Inspired by the feedback notebooks in galleries and art museums, when reaching the end page, we are able to read what is written down by all participants.

 

In the fast-spinning world, we are always searching for efficiency and productivity. But when the night comes, accompanied by the moonlight, we feel, we cry, we drink, we dance, we are naked to our emotions. Moon, Phase invites the audience to slow down the pace and immerse in the retro messaging experience. Look at the moon, play with the moon phases. 

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PHASES EXPLANATION

Phase 01, prelude

  • The moon phases gradually change over a synodic month.

  • Wondering around on the vinyl spirals. Music jumping out. 

 

Phase 02, interlude

  • Leave a moon phase message to someone you love.

  • Typing A to Z in the most romantic language, forth and back, back and forth. Enter.

 

Phase 03, postlude

  • The moon's gravitational pull is the primary tidal force.

  • Watching the tides by the sea, plugging in the earphones. The moon is still with you. 

 

Phase 04, finale 

  • Open the envelope. 

© 2023 by Cynthia Xinlan Ye with 💜

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