Hanrui Jiang

Hanrui Jiang is a designer from China whose work focuses on the relationship between digital storytelling and the body. Her work responds to modern social issues with a particular perspective. She uses strange and mythical forms to create digital worlds. Using digital art design to communicate her stories.

The increasingly rich interpretation of the same word forces us

to creat more vivid symbols of expression to convey emotions.

Paired with different images, the same words show very different content.

When we communicate face to face, the tone of voice, expression

and gesture can assist us to complete better communication,

while through the void of the internet, all of this does not exist

The emergence of the emoji was inevitable.

It fills part of the double gap of emotion and language.

Suppose there are no emojis, how should we put our emotions.

The existence of emojis leaves us with nothing to say,

and the state of having nothing to say make us to use more emojis,

which is a vicious circle.

Eliminating embarrassment, pretending to be enthusiastic,

when we put all our emotions on emojis,

it also devouring ourselves,

replacing self-expression of self.

part one - The Gates of Hell

part two - Struggle – People struggle with the emoji wheel

part three - Invasion – The human body taken over by emoji, the human being is gradually being emptied. Inside the body is an emoji frenzy

This film is dedicated to a digital story that explores the combination of the digital and the physical, exploring the different issues of our present society. The film is like a story that uses physically created digital characters to make people feel the impact of this social issue, while hopefully leading them to reflect on some of the issues that have become habitual.