ECHO WEN
THE ENDLESS DREAM
2024
I was inspired by the recent resurfacing of forgotten fantasy in Los Angeles. This amusement park gathered the minds of many contemporary artists, and can be described as both an amusement park and a giant museum of modern art. It touched down in Hamburg, Germany in 1987, but abruptly closed after less than a year of operation and ended up in 44 shipping containers forgotten for 36 years. Last weekend, I explored the Lunaluna in the Art District. Here I met Kenny Scharf's rotating swing, Keith Haring's carousel, and the Keith Haring carousel, etc. The moment I entered the exhibition hall, I felt like I was in an "otherworldly" world created by the artists, where every piece of the collection had its own strong style and unique creativity, giving me a strong sense of unreality.
Therefore, I am going to work on my project 2, called weirdcore dream, inspired by LunaLuna.
Weirdcore is a surrealist aesthetic centered around amateur or low-quality photography and/or visual images that have been constructed or edited to convey feelings of confusion, disorientation, dread, alienation, and nostalgia or anemia.
Visually, it is strongly influenced by the general look and feel of images shared on an older internet, roughly a period spanning from around the late 90's to mid 2000's. Amateur editing, primitive digital graphics, lo-fi photography, and image compression are some of the most common elements found in Weirdcore images.
Thematically, Weirdcore often conveys a feeling of dread, brought forth by its low-quality imagery and a lack of context in regard to the location or the message being shown. This does not mean that Weirdcore is deeply rooted in horror, however, as the feeling of fear left on the viewer is merely a side effect of placing them in an unfamiliar setting or context. This is purely subjective, however, and depends on the viewer, their own experiences, and the content of an edit; while some people might find a Weirdcore image scary or ominous, others might feel nostalgia or even a feeling of comfort.
Therefore, I am going to work on my project 2, called weirdcore dream, inspired by LunaLuna.
Weirdcore is a surrealist aesthetic centered around amateur or low-quality photography and/or visual images that have been constructed or edited to convey feelings of confusion, disorientation, dread, alienation, and nostalgia or anemia.
Visually, it is strongly influenced by the general look and feel of images shared on an older internet, roughly a period spanning from around the late 90's to mid 2000's. Amateur editing, primitive digital graphics, lo-fi photography, and image compression are some of the most common elements found in Weirdcore images.
Thematically, Weirdcore often conveys a feeling of dread, brought forth by its low-quality imagery and a lack of context in regard to the location or the message being shown. This does not mean that Weirdcore is deeply rooted in horror, however, as the feeling of fear left on the viewer is merely a side effect of placing them in an unfamiliar setting or context. This is purely subjective, however, and depends on the viewer, their own experiences, and the content of an edit; while some people might find a Weirdcore image scary or ominous, others might feel nostalgia or even a feeling of comfort.
Therefore, I wanted to utilize the concept of "weirdcore" to create a dream image with my own style, and I decided to follow my previous style of drawing, some of which might have motion effects as well. For the content of my project, I’m gonna focus on the creatures, scenes, and elements of the dream to complete the project.