User:Youjung/T2 Assessment
Why XPUB?
Before XPUB, I worked as a brand and visual designer for premium grocery delivery platform. It was one of the domains that I wanted to work for because I loved browsing through the feed of delicious foods. However, working in the company made me realize that behind the endless feed there are group of people constantly producing content. I was making a lot of things public but at the same time nothing, as they are repetitive and have less time for reflection.
I liked the idea of working on a domain making something interactive through the internet. Below are the things that I wanted to gain from XPUB:
- Make interactive projects using code
- Learn how to make things collectively
- Gain critical perspectives towards technology
What did you make?
Overview
| Type | Count | Name |
|---|---|---|
| Website | 3 | Cooking Spam e-mails, A mazing machines, Our Digital Home |
| Interactive Installation | 2 | A story in a story in a story, Poetry Generater at CCU |
| Zine | 3 | A mazing machines, Tangled Thoughts, Practice and Scalability |
| Workshop | 1 | Our Digital Home |
October 2025
Poetry Generator
Extension from the fermenting the earth workshop I participated at iMAL with Leal. Part of the participants gathered to make a collective growing poetry and participated in the exhibition held at CCU Utrecht.
October 2025
Cooking Spam Emails Website
Using the email from advertisement email ABN AMRO, split into phrases and randomized the letter to make a different context. Inspired by Nick Montfort's poetry this website runs the python code everytime to make a new output.
November 2025
A story in a story in a story
Interactive narrative that lets you explore, gather and plot. Wander around in the virtual environment, pick up what you resonate with and that is what you take with you at the end of the day and becomes a tiny part of you.
Event at UBIK
Work in Progress
November 2025
SI28: A mazing machines Website & Zine template
Landing page design for Special Issue 29 website. I used LeaderLine to make the diagram interactive. Still a bit of glitches to fix but was my first time collaborative developing something including merge conflicts.
Tangled Thoughts
To integrate my illustration practice with what we learn at XPUB. I used paged.js to make an illustration zine. Whenever I overthink, I start drawing tangled shapes and this helps me ventilate my thoughts. I compiled the collection of drawings and showcased them during the extraterrestrial zine fair.
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Our Digital Home
Collective workshop on the materiality of the cloud. We used ftp file systemns and jinja & python to generate html pages. My role was to develop the website and graphics using ascii art.
What did you learn?
- Improve coding skills
- critical approach and open attitudes
What is/will be your practice?
Future research interests?
- on AI
- platforms
- visual coding, live coding
- servers
- illustrations