01/29/03
“We have all had the sensation of drowning in a sea of information — the challenge we face is to learn to swim in that sea, rather than drown in it.”, Peter Lyman.
The Internet is one of the youngest and fastest growing media in today’s world. In the Internet, People produce a huge amount of information with texts, images and sounds, etc. While we use the Internet more often, consuming information becomes lots of work to our life.
Exploring a huge amount of images form the Interenrt and exhibiting them physically are the ways that I represent the universal, complex and virtual ideas of the Net Culture. What do we interact with such intensive information when related images juxtapose together? Do huge information create a new meaning of a subject and bring us different understanding about the world? These are interesting transformation of the relationship between information and culture.
What we see is “not” necessarily what we believe. To perceive and to think about information is the main issue that I concerned in this project. Images as information come from many different intentions and they represent wide aspects of the Internet culture. In the future, the fast growing information will also change the way of our perception.
Subjects Selected:
1. TV
2. FAMILY
3. FOOD
4. FEMALE
5. MALE
6. APPLE
7. WAR
8. TOY
9. COMPUTER
10. FUTURE
11. NATURE
12. WEDDING
13. REALITY
14. BLUE
15. Marriage
01/29/03
「我們都有過淹沒在資訊海洋中的感覺——我們面臨的挑戰是學會在這片海洋中游泳，而不是淹沒在其中。」彼得·萊曼。
網路是當今世界最年輕、發展最快的媒體之一。在網路上，人們透過文字、圖像和聲音等產生大量的資訊。
探索網路上的大量圖像並以實物形式展示它們，是我表現網路文化普遍的、複雜的、虛擬的思想的方式。當相關圖像並置在一起時，我們如何與如此密集的資訊互動？海量的訊息是否會創造一個學科新的意義，並帶給我們對世界不同的理解？這些都是資訊與文化關係的有趣轉變。
我們所看到的不一定是我們所相信的。感知和思考訊息是我在這個專案中關注的主要問題。圖像作為訊息來自許多不同的意圖，它們代表了網路文化的廣泛方面。未來，快速成長的訊息也將改變我們的認知方式。
所選科目：
1. 電視
2. 家庭
3. 食物
4. 女
5. 男
6.蘋果
7. 戰爭
8. 玩具
9. 電腦
10. 未來
11. 自然
12. 婚禮
13. 現實
14. 藍色
15. 婚姻
Description of work
This work is titled: “ The Sea of Information”.
The artwork, “The Sea of Information” by Chia Sheng Tai, is a reflection on our digital era and the overwhelming abundance of data that defines it. Here are the key ideas behind the piece:
The work examines how the Internet has rapidly become one of the most influential media, flooding our lives with images, texts, and sounds. It captures the paradox of being surrounded by information—suggesting that while we often feel “drowned” in this sea of data, the challenge is learning how to navigate and make sense of it.
By searching for and collecting thousands of images related to everyday subjects (such as TV, Family, Food, Gender, War, and more), the project documents how digital culture creates layers of meaning. Each subject, represented by over 300 images, contributes to a broader conversation about how the Internet’s vast repository of visual material reshapes our perceptions of familiar themes.
Physically displayed in a gallery, the images are printed as 4” x 6” photographs and arranged to mimic a computer hard drive. This setup not only creates a tangible experience of browsing through digital information but also invites interaction. Viewers can engage with the artwork by clicking on images to trace them back to their original online sources, thus blurring the lines between passive observation and active digital research.
At its core, the work questions the relationship between what we see and what we believe. It suggests that the vast amount of information available can alter our understanding of reality—challenging us to rethink how we process, trust, and interact with the digital content that saturates our lives.
Overall, “The Sea of Information” is both a commentary on the exponential growth of net culture and a call to re-evaluate our engagement with the digital world, emphasizing that our perception of information is shaped as much by its presentation as by its inherent content.
說明
這部作品的標題是：《資訊汪洋》。
《資訊汪洋》反映了我們的數位時代以及定義這個時代的大量數據。以下是作品背後的關鍵思想： 探索網路文化 作品探討了網路如何迅速成為最具影響力的媒體之一，用圖像、文字和聲音充斥著我們的生活。它抓住了被資訊包圍的悖論——表明雖然我們常常感覺「淹沒」在數據的海洋中，但挑戰在於學會如何航行和理解它。
透過搜尋和收集數千張與日常主題（如電視、家庭、食物、性別、戰爭等）相關的影像，該計畫記錄了數位文化如何創造出多層意義。每個主題都包含 300 多張圖片，引發了更廣泛的討論，即網路龐大的視覺資料庫如何重塑我們對熟悉主題的看法。
圖像在畫廊中實際展示，列印為 4” x 6” 照片，並排列成模擬電腦硬碟的樣式。這種設定不僅創造了瀏覽數位資訊的實際體驗，而且還引發了互動。觀眾可以透過點擊圖像來與藝術品互動，以將其追溯到原始的線上來源，從而模糊了被動觀察和主動數位研究之間的界限。
從本質上講，這件作品質疑了我們所見與我們所信之間的關係。這表明，大量的可用資訊可以改變我們對現實的理解——挑戰我們重新思考如何處理、信任和與充斥我們生活的數位內容互動。
整體而言，《資訊汪洋》既是對網路文化快速增長的評論，也是對重新評估我們與數位世界的互動的呼籲，強調我們對資訊的感知不僅取決於其內在內容，也取決於其呈現方式。
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