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Each Chinese character (sinograph) is a word with its own meaning. The font rendered here is "classical stone-carving font", commonly used on seals during that period.

The artwork is organic and evolves with time constantly. It is a collaboration of the mirror, the current viewer, and viewers in the past and in the future.

Photo-realistic rendering and high-definition imageries are commonplace nowadays. Just as the invention of cameras in the 19th century has overshadowed many detail oriented renaissance painters and sparked the school of impressionism painters, Joe is exploring this other end of the spectrum - how to make pictures more abstract and artistic, not more realistic and mechanical.

The first realization is a "time slice" device. As the viewer moves "in and out" of the scene, portions of the video will move "forward and backward" in time. The resulting imagery is intriguing and aesthetic and could be called "video cubism".

The texts are selected from poems written by Li Bai (李白, 701-762AD, a famous romantic poet during the Tang Dynasty 618-907AD).

Each Chinese character (sinograph) is a word with its own meaning. The font rendered here is "semi-cursive script font", commonly used on handwriting during that period.