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Bounderies of vision

Boundaries of Vision was born during the pandemic, a time that felt like being confined in a cage, reflecting a renewed perception and deep contemplation of the internal and external worlds. In the prolonged period of physical isolation, the window became my only physical medium for communication and exchanging information with the outside world. Day after day, as I gazed at the scenery beyond, I fell into a philosophical exploration of the symbolic meaning and existential form of the "window." Centering on the window as the primary subject and grounded in semiotic theory, I conducted a series of visual experiments and documented them in the form of a zine.






























 
When looking at the window, is it the view from the window or the frame of the window itself that you are looking at?



























I noticed that there were very few large intact windows and that the windows were usually cut into different pieces by the security grilles.
I collected different windows and overlapped them together, trying to discover the relationship between the window and the view.

The windows of Chinese residential buildings are like prescribed grids on the basis of which they are divided into different forms, which represent the preferences of the occupants and reflect the relationship between people and the outside world.

I attempted to break free from the inherent framework of human thought and perceive the space beyond the window from a perspective that transcends human cognition. By using LiDAR to scan the windowsill at home, the view beyond the window, as captured by the radar's field of vision, emerged as a complex composition of countless fragmented points.

The window, as a quintessential "boundary symbol," embodies the process through which we perceive and interpret the world within a defined "framework." Its ability to limit and shape the field of vision serves as a metaphor for how symbols are perceived and understood within boundaries. This characteristic not only reflects the division of space but also reveals the dynamic process of meaning-making.