https://zhange.co/teaching daily 1.0 2018-11-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bbbb3e1104c7b892020c624/1539027937545/ Teaching K-5 STEAM Programs in NYC One-year teaching experience for the afterschool STEAM programs of MakerState Institution in NYC. As an instructor, My job focuses on teaching and developing the Technology and Arts related courses which include Coding (e.g. Arduino), Digital Game Design (e.g. Scratch, Minecraft, Kodu, Stencyl), 3D Design & Printing, Digital Music, Animation and Moviemaking, and other Smart Electronics (e.g. LittleBits, Makey Makey, SnapCircuits, LEGO Mindstorms, mBot, Ozobot). The courses aim to teach young students to solve real-world problems and express their creative ideas by using multimedia technology. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bbbc142e4966b10b09167b3/1539031362277/ Teaching Sound Experience in Mediated Space RISD Wintersession 2016, DM-4528-01(23364), Instructors: Yi Zhang + Rosa Park “Sound Experience in Mediated Space” is a studio-based DM winter session course focusing on the development of sound installation within the context of the contemporary experimental art practice. It opens to both RISD and Brown University students. The course is developed and co-taught by me and another DM student-Rosa Park. Through this course, students will explore theories, technologies, and practices of sound art and space design, examining the sonic qualities of space and the sculptural properties of sound installation. Read more about the course description and the syllabus -> https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bbb68c2c83025c9ab7f3d54/1539008706951/ Teaching Telegrapher “Telegrapher” is a digital game for children to get to know the birds and also set up a communication with them. By plugging the mobile device into the recorder base, children can collect birds’ sound through sound spectrum analysis technology. The sound will be feedback on the game in the form of music rhythm. As the telegrapher, children can realize the communication with birds through the transmission of signal waves by taping on the buttons. It aims to help children learn the nature from the game. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5c003545f950b7ca64d963a7/1543517509265/ Teaching Virtual Garden Due to the growing popularity of electronic products, reduced availability of playing field, destruction of the environment, most of Chinese children suffer from Nature Deficit Disorder (NDD). According to my research in 30km scope of central Beijing, with five kilometers closer to the city, about 1 insect species disappears along with 60% descent in the quantity of the same species. In future, perhaps museums and encyclopedia will become the only way that children know insects. “Virtual Garden” is a conceptual AR (Augmented Reality) toy for kids to catch virtual insects from the real world. In addition, the toy could also be used an educational game for natural science education. It intends to provide an innovative way for kids to get a better understanding of the nature and the insects, and also a way to share their joy and knowledge in a larger community. https://zhange.co/digital-ecosystem daily 0.75 2018-10-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb2d4bce5e5f09b62c53d76/1538446854715/Untitled-2.jpg Digital Waste Ecosystem https://zhange.co/trash-stories daily 0.75 2018-10-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb4fe4f0d92977697fa0005/1538588398710/IMG_0230.JPG trash stories https://zhange.co/about daily 0.75 2018-10-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb6752e71c10b572cbb7d4a/1538684319797/1-min.gif About https://zhange.co/projects daily 0.75 2018-10-09 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb64b4c9140b740749d491d/1538673484298/ Artwork Emo-plant In modern society, pressure in life and work makes so many people lose temper unconsciously and camouflage emotions repressively. American Polygraph scientist Cleve Backster found that plants, like people, have feelings and are more sensitive and accurate, while plants can reflect the changes of person's mood. “Emo-plant” is an oxygen tank, which helps us monitor our emotions. When people feel depressed, the exhaling poisonous gas will be directly transferred to the plant, and then the plant will reduce oxygen to prompt the changes of mood, to prevent the contagion of negative emotion. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb67076e2c483219efef406/1538682998777/ Artwork Goodbye Trash || Say something to your trash before they are ready to say goodbye. “Goodbye Trash ||” is an interactive installation which allows people to leave a lovely message to their trash. Listen to the messages -> https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb64b88f4e1fcd0ea226903/1538673544557/ Artwork SmartBuy The unhealthy food structure has always been a serious problem in China. Most people care less about the diet and do not know the nutrients their bodies’ need. Use this SmartBuy, it will help you to establish a relationship between your body and food. Through the Biostamp technology, the SmartBuy can detect the nutritions your physic needs and show the corresponding foods as a suggestion. It also can identify the location of these food in the supermarket. All of these will help you construct a reasonable diet and maintain a good health. This program is also a speculation of the future retailing. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb66fe27817f71b4185909f/1538682850650/ Artwork Time Machine “Time Machine” as it is named, it can take you to any date you want to go. The date can be either past, right now or even someday in the future. It allows you to leave a message to that specific date as well as find messages left by others. Pass on the Time Machine and let it to be a digital monument. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bbcf7ee24a694d0a415b996/1539110894131/ Artwork Untitled “Untitled” is a participatory artwork which invites people to hug together on the pedestal to play a sound message left on the digital board. In this process, the participants, not me, have the ultimate authorship and creative right. Through this work I aim to create an ever-evolving object with its creation in progress and might never have an end. In addition, I also desire to use this piece to encourage social engagement among all the participants. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb670dc9140b7e2c4551d8f/1538683100560/ Artwork Sound Performance - An Unexpected Journey “An Unexpected Journey” is an ensemble , which consists of three electro-acoustic musical instruments with laptop-based and mobile-based user interfaces utilizing various sensors, electronics and physical elements to play improvised music. The sound performance describes four stages of a musical journey: introduction, development, turn and conclusion. Each stage aims to lead the audience to experience a unique soundscape with melody, rich timbre and beat. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb6708ce4966b7bca5ed0a9/1538683020750/ Artwork Goodbye Trash | Wrap a litter on the street. A task has been posted on Amazon Mechanical Turk that called people to act together. “This was an interesting task for a quiet Sunday afternoon. My block is in the process of remodeling and modernization so clean up is going on and it actually was difficult to find litter. People have been cleaning up after themselves. But I managed to find an old ad stuffer that was left behind. It was interesting and sad to see it lying there, dirty and lonely. Then I wrapped it in puppy dog and kitty cat Christmas wrapping paper and put it back on the ground and it look lonely and pretty. I took the picture. Then picked it up and put it in the trash with the rest of the things that are had been picked up by everyone this week. Now it looks sad sitting on the top of the heap. But it's a bright, happy sort of sad.” - Worker ID A37QFZ8I***** https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb670eaec212d4d41278742/1538683114934/ Artwork Sharing Time This small gift box invites public to share a sound, a music or a voice message to others. Simply insert the audio connecter on the side of the gift box into your phone and then choose a audio piece you want to share. Your gift will be sent when people open the box. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bbcee33a4222f4aa68bd8f4/1539108403313/ Artwork A Forgotten Image ‘A Forgotten Image’ is a trashcan for dumping and decomposing your photo waste. It comes out of the Digital Waste Ecosystem as artistic work that invites you to experience this system in a digital and physical way. The artwork aims to extend the lifecycle of digital waste and bring out their potential artistic as well as social values. One man’s trash will become another man’s treasure! Read more about the Digital Waste Ecosystem -> https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bbcf824a4222f4aa68c7108/1539110948010/ Artwork Sound-Spot || In this public artwork, a bench has been transferred to a musical instrument. By merely sitting on the bench together, the public become both the audiences and the performers. People are bounded together by sheer joy. This public artwork aims to use sound as a medium to explore the dynamic interaction between the physical environment, social relationships, and the individual participant. It also intends to utilize sound to provide people with a new sensory experience, and to redefine a place for leisure activities. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bb670cceef1a17dfc7becf7/1538683084280/ Artwork Hand-in-Hand “Hand-in-hand” is a cooperative musical installation which calls for people to connect together from one side of landscape sculpture to the other side. The music will be composed based on the landscape you choose and also the way you touch the person next to you. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bbcf8a271c10b4d7553174f/1539111074640/ Artwork Sound-Spot | “Sound-Spot |” is a big musical T-shirt which set on the lawn just like a cozy mat. It is free for everyone to sit or lie on it. Their action will trigger a sound tone, which will be played out by a big speaker at the same time. Invited by the sound coming out a big T-shirt on the lawn, more people then join the party! This is their stage. Everyone was rock & rolling, well in a massive T-shirt! https://zhange.co/dm-wintersession-2016 daily 0.75 2018-10-08 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b5f39237e3c3ab4bc66cb71/t/5bbbbd69ec212dbada33dfbb/1539030402438/static1.squarespace.jpg DM Wintersession 2016