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Boundaries of Vision
Image Experimentation ｜Print Design
Image Experimentation ｜Print Design
Boundaries of Vision is a semiotics-driven visual research project developed in 2023 in the aftermath of prolonged pandemic isolation, documented and published as a conceptual zine.
Positioned within the broader cultural context of spatial confinement and mediated perception, the project investigates how architectural frames shape the way vision, meaning, and reality are constructed.
Boundaries of Vision investigates the window as a symbolic boundary that both frames and limits perception. Informed by semiotic theory, the window is treated as a structural device that mediates the relationship between subject and world, determining not only what is visible but how meaning is formed. By redirecting attention from the view itself to the logic of framing, the project positions vision as a constructed condition shaped by systems and boundaries rather than a neutral encounter with reality.
The challenge lay in translating an abstract inquiry into a precise visual structure without collapsing into metaphor. Conceptual rigor needed to be maintained while making the investigation materially perceptible. Within the repetitive architectural language of residential grids, the task became identifying structural distinctions subtle enough to sustain critical inquiry.
Process
01. Systematic Documentation
Windows from multiple residential floors were recorded under identical temporal conditions to establish a controlled comparative framework.
Time: 2023.1.14 15:53
Location: Long Kwong Garden Community
Time: 2023.1.14 15:53
Location: Long Kwong Garden Community
Time: 2023.1.14 15:53
Location: Long Kwong Garden Communit
03. Structural Overlay
Collected window forms were layered and recomposed to reveal patterns of division and constraint embedded within architectural grids.
03. Technological Reframing
LiDAR scanning was applied to reinterpret the window scene beyond human optical perception. The resulting point-cloud visualizations disrupted conventional perspective, exposing vision as fragmented data rather than continuous imagery.
Presented as an experimental zine, the project extends its inquiry into the form of the publication itself. The sequential pages mirror the act of framing and reframing, positioning the book as both container and boundary. The medium becomes an extension of the conceptual investigation into perception.