2050 X Viva
This is an exhibition design for 2050-Viva. 2050 is a yearly tech conference held by Alibaba. It calls for Volunteer, Youth, Tech and Reunion. Many people under 30 come to share their fresh ideas on humanity and technology.
Viva is an art + tech NGO focusing on [Explore diverse and beautiful human life stories]. We ask people the question“what is your life” and collect their paintings as the answers. We then created an online life painting library for people to share their stories, and connect with others. Viva was invited to 2050 2019 to present our idea as an interactive space to all participants.
We have over 5000 paintings from over 500 countries. The painters are pregnant women with wish for the family, people in war hoping for peace, AIDS patients fighting against the disease, and young people working hard in tech companies.
They are people like you and me.
The Idea
We focus on feeling of loneliess and isolation of this generation growing up accompanied by tech and digital products.
I was one of the 2 co-curators, and we hope to help people find the hidden parts of them and then clear the fear step by step with this design:
find the hidden worries in them
face them
re-connect with the good memories
connect with other people: if you feel loneliness, you are not alone
Instead of seperating the visitors with the paintings, we invite them to participate. The final design of interactive space consists of 4 main parts:
[1] A wall with key words for people to put sticker on.
The words include sleeping problems, afraid of darkness, fear to be alone
[2] A wall of envelops where people can write down facts about themselves and share. They could also take other people’s notes to read
The questions include “your best memory this week” “your biggest wish” “tell us a funny thing”
[3] 100 pins with key words for people to connect with a line
People could only pick limited words as the key words in their lives.
[4] A wall for people to see others’ life paintings, and draw their own
We update the paintings everyday in the 3-day exhibition.
[1] Key words & stickers
People put stickers to the words that apply to them.
[2] Share stories
People put their happy moments as notes, drop in envelops, and read the moments of other people.
[3] Key words pin
The length of the line is limited. You could only connect some words that mean most in your life. No man could have it all.
[4] Life painting wall
Highlight Moments!
“All I can say is that it was such great memory with everybody in 2050. It’s such a wonderful time to know other people’s stories, and feel connected to this world.”