Ji Sun Lee
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The project Four Gracious Plants will be created by altering abstract images from traditional paintings in order to suggest the passing of time and the seasons. Moreover, if it is installed in a living room or library, the painting will be physically connected to a table so that the user can interact with it.
About "The Four Gracious Plants" - plum, orchid, chrysanthemum and bamboo
The Four Gracious Plants, alternately called the Four Gentlemanly Plants, or the Four Seasons symbols, consist of plum blossoms, orchids or wild orchids, chrysanthemums, and bamboo. They were originally Confucian symbols for the four qualities of a learned man, but are now more commonly associated with the four seasons. They are plum blossoms which represented courage, the orchid stood for refinement, the chrysanthemum was a sign of a productive, and fruitful life, and bamboo represented integrity. In modern times, the four have come to be associated with the seasons as well; plums blossoms bravely bloom in the cold of an early spring, orchids disseminate a dim fragrance far in the heat of summer, chrysanthemums overcome the first cold of a late fall and bloom, and bamboo bares its green leaves even in the winter.
(reference : wikipedia)
[Lsystem - tree sketch] * wait 10 second to see the branch
[Plum Tree]* wait 10 second to see the branch
[Orchids]
[Chrysanthemums]
[Bamboo]
Development
[Final Processing version for the Gracious Plants without sound]
download processing file : fgp_04252007_final_noSound.zip
Development description
The processing file is made up of four changing seasons symbolized by plants. In the cool early spring, rain drizzles and plum trees boldly blossom. Pink flowers grow on in its branches. When the plum flowers are gone, the orchids grow and it’s flowers open to disseminate a dim fragrance in the heat of summer. When the summer reaches it’s peak of hot temperature, the orchids are caught in a rain shower and then the season changes to fall. In the early morning, chrysanthemums appear in a dense fog. Then, the chrysanthemums overcome the first cold of late fall and yellow flowers bloom. When the winter comes, the bamboo raise up with green leaves, even though it is very cold. After the snow, the season changes again and this cycle repeats indefinitely.
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