VISIT0RS
Collectible Designer Art Toys
VISIT0RS commemorates the great digital cultural exchange that happened early this year as western netizens migrated to the Chinese social media app ‘Rednote’ or Xiaohongshu 小红书. This toy series was inspired by conversations had with netizens from all over China about UFOs and Aliens, which in turn led to a lot of really lovely and insightful conversations about not only the influx of “tiktok refugees” but about us as netizens together collectively experiencing the expansion of our ‘global village’ 地球村. This is where my idea for VISIT0RS was born!
Inspired not only by this global social media cultural exchange but also by contemporary Chinese and East Asian toy designers and 3D modelers I’ve found on the app – making an app based, AR experience featuring collectible art toys was the goal! VISIT0RS positions Aliens as the new tourists on Earth, reminding Earthlings that to those beyond our planet – we Earthlings are part of one great global village 地球村, diverse and capable of peaceful cultural exchanges not just with ourselves but potentially Alien life too!
The 3D toy prototypes were modelled by myself and printed by the lovely guys at 3DScotland.net. This project also features music by local concrete-junglist MDP-90 and is available on bandcamp.
我很期待未来有机会能在中国从事玩具设计的工作。如果您有兴趣与我合作，或者愿意给我一些建议，请随时与我联系。目前我正在格拉斯哥大学孔子学院学习中文，希望将来有一天能够亲自到中国看看！
