The Flow of Nature
自然之流
《自然之流》
电脑生成视觉，数字微喷，交互型电子织物，动画，数据可视化
2017
《自然之流》是一个持续一年的创作项目，围绕东亚传统阴阳历中的二十四节气展开。创作期间，刘唱基于每个节气的气候特征、物候变化与文化意涵，生成了一系列视觉化表达。
艺术家使用Processing（一种开源编程工具）创作了24幅动态图案。每一幅都是一段循环动画，其运动逻辑源自相应节气的时间流转与自然现象——风的速度、雨的方向、光的强度，被转化为像素的呼吸与笔触的游走。
项目与成都的解忧堂丝网工作室合作完成。在这一合作中，刘唱探索了多种反应型材料的应用——将图案以感光、感温、感水的颜料丝网印刷于纸张与织物之上。这些材料会随环境条件变化而改变外观，恰如节气本身所描述的：时间流过，万物随之而动。
在数据可视化版本中，艺术家将历史气象数据导入视觉草图，以图像呈现全球气候在一年尺度上的变迁。二十四节气，原本是农耕文明对时间的观察与命名；而今天，它们也成为我们审视气候变化的另一重视角。
视频链接：
春之节气：https://vimeo.com/768003306
夏之节气：https://vimeo.com/768003411
秋之节气：https://vimeo.com/768003222
冬之节气：https://vimeo.com/768003506
The Flow of Nature
Computer-Generated Visuals, Digital Prints, Responsive E-Textile, Animation, Data Visualization
24 Solar Terms Project, 2017
The Flow of Nature is a year-long project centered on the twenty-four solar terms in the traditional East Asian lunisolar calendar. During the creative process, Liu Chang developed a series of visualizations based on each term’s climatic characteristics, agricultural transitions, and cultural contexts.
Using Processing—an open-source programming tool—the artist generated 24 distinct dynamic patterns. Each is a looping animation whose movement is informed by the temporal and natural phenomena associated with its corresponding solar term—the velocity of wind, the direction of rain, the intensity of light—translated into pixel-level rhythms and gestural strokes.
The project was developed in collaboration with Chengdu-based screenprint studio Happytown. In this partnership, Liu Chang explored the use of reactive materials—printing the patterns on paper and fabric with thermochromic, UV-sensitive, and hydro-reactive pigments. These materials transform in response to environmental conditions, mirroring what the solar terms themselves describe: as time flows, all things respond.
In the data visualization iteration, the artist applied historical weather data to the visual sketches, rendering the annual flux of global climate into graphic form. The twenty-four solar terms—once an agrarian system for observing and naming time—now offer another lens through which to contemplate climate change.
Video Links:
Spring: https://vimeo.com/768003306
Summer: https://vimeo.com/768003411
Autumn: https://vimeo.com/768003222
Winter: https://vimeo.com/768003506