Jennifer Qian

My work examines agency and impact on artistic creation through the lens of humans and environments in the age of artificial intelligence. Specifically, I look to emphasize humanizing factors and art’s impact as humanizing agents through artist’s intent, creation process, spectator’s evaluation, and the interrelationships among them. Various mediums are often used including sculptures, photographs, sound and video. Diverse materials are sourced, from natural objects, food, rope, to glass, color filters, color acrylic etc. The spectators are welcomed to start the journey where they desire, whether is the source, the output or the process of making, all will lead them to experiencing the power of empirical senses and past memory. I am passionate about expressing text, language, and sound as a representation of time sequence and empirical experiences. My work embodies characteristics of these experiences that trigger humans’ sensory and auditory memory. Mathematical and computer programming methodology are often adopted to transform and manipulate numerical and scientific representations of these experiences, including Fourier Transformation, Chroma, Matlab, Python and 3D sculpture design. I dedicate my work to interests in data scie...

Cornell University
New York University