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Category:	Installation & Research & Design
Year of Creation:	2009
Software:	Processing & Adobe Photoshop
Project Adviser:	Ms. Phoebe MAN

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Life is like a pattern. Everything happens in a patterned way. Through our vision, we perceive the signals and interpret them as patterns. Numbers are the same. Numbers are found everywhere in our life. We use numbers to count, to display time, as personal identifiers, as passwords, etc. Numbers are integrated in many aspects of our life thoroughly. The reason why the magic number 7 has been selected to be the main subject of this project is mainly because of its mysterious significance that is found many fields, for instance, religion, science, mythology, culture, history and so on. I am tempted to unravel its secret. Through the Wallpain7, which are installed as wallpapers, I want to create an environment surrounded by numbers, as if it is surrounded by walls that are made of numbers. Also, I aim to let people know more about the magic number 7.

生活上有很多事情的發生都有一個模式，就好像一個圖樣不斷地重複又重複，形成花樣。通過視覺，我們所感知的訊息被詮釋為一種模式，數字也類同。數字與生活息息相關，無處不在。數字全面地融合於生活上的許多方面，例如我們會用數字來顯示時間、日期、作為計算、代表身分、密碼等等。挑選數字七作為計劃的主要項目，是因為它是一個不可思議的數字，它的神秘功能遍及許多方面，例如，宗教、科學、神話、文化、歷史等各方面。因此，我對它增添了好奇，更有興趣去探索箇中的秘密。通過《遊七圖牆》的計劃，把圖案裝置為牆紙，目的是製造一個被數字包圍的環境和感覺，就好像牆壁一樣，每天包圍著我們，同時希望可以讓更多人認識數字七的奇妙之處。

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The project is entitled WALLPAIN7《遊七圖牆》. It is a research-based installation work which is site-specific (on the wall). The final product is a set of 7 wallpapers which is installed on the wall for display.

The purpose of this project is to let people rethink about the existence of numbers in our life in a mild way. By using graphical visualization, new icons have been created and duplicated to form patterns like those on wallpapers. Experience tells us that details on a wallpaper usually leave nothing but a vague impression on the people who saw it. What exactly the components of the patterns are is rarely known. In fact, numbers resemble wallpaper in some ways. Therefore, I have used graphics associated with the number 7 as basic components of the patterns on the wall. By doing so, I aim to raise the awareness of the existence of numbers, especially number 7. Numbers are everywhere, yet people seldom realize how they exist and how they work.

Each wallpaper of WALLPAIN7 stands for an event which is related to the number 7. For example, the annual event “Hong Kong 1 July March” (香港七一遊行) has been a large-scale demonstration in Hong Kong since 2003. It is held on the1st of July every year. I have chosen 7 pictures which are related to the event for generating the graphics. The graphics were generated by a programme written by me using Processing. In fact, the number 7 has been intentionally involved in the coding of the programme as well. For example, the dimensions of the picture are (700x700px), the framerate is a multiple of 7, the number of pictures used is 7, etc. Also, every single generated graphic consists of 7 real pictures. I duplicated those graphics in order to make a pattern as a wallpaper by using Photoshop. Besides putting on wall for display, the project is on-going on the web. A website of WALLPAIN7 has been built and it will be updated every now and then. For more information, please refer to the blog of WALLPAIN7: http://seven7neves.wordpress.com

《遊七圖牆》是一個以研究為基礎的裝置藝術作品和持續性計劃，一系列七歀的牆紙安裝在牆壁上作為展示。

透過溫和的方式，作品的宗旨是讓人們重申思考數字的存在和意義。利用圖形形象化，創造新的符號，加以重複，形成花樣，牆紙就此產生。人們通常不會留意牆紙上的細節，它的圖案是甚麼總是不在視野範圍之內，又或者只有一個概括的認知它的樣式是大概怎麼樣。究竟花樣是由甚麼圖案形成，通常都鮮為人知。事實上，數字和牆紙也類同，因此，我用與數字七有關連的圖案作為基本元素，再複製成花樣作為牆紙，從而提升人們對數字的關注和反思數字的存在意義。數字無處不在，但人們卻很少意識到它的存在，好像一切都是必然的，然而事實並不是這樣的。

《遊七圖牆》共有一系列七張牆紙，每一張都代表著一件與數字七相關的事情。例如，由2003年開始，一年一度的“香港七一遊行”是於七月一日舉行的，所以我選取了七張與事件有關的圖片作為基本元素，透過用Processing寫的電腦程式，產生不同的新圖案。更有意地在程式碼中涉及數字七，例如，圖案的大小是700像數乘以700像數、程式的速率為七的倍數、使用了七張圖片作為產生組件等等。因此，經產生的新圖案都由七張圖片所組成。然後，把圖案複製成牆紙圖案，再裝置於牆壁上作展示，作品就完成了。可是，這並不是終結，《遊七圖牆》是一個長遠性持續進行的計劃，透過網上平台，在《遊七圖牆》的網站上會有不定期的更新，詳情可瀏覽以下網址：http://seven7neves.wordpress.com

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Totally 7 wallpapers were made and shown up on the wall as display. There are 3 elements for installation, a title card, a wallpaper and a description of the event.