About Me
Hello! My name is Yiner Xu. ☺
Visual Designer * Illustrator * Design Technologist
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My creative practice lies in the intersection of sound and color, creating immersive media through the lens of synesthesia in connections of senses and perceptions. In my creative journey, I have developed keen understanding in audio-visual experience design, interactive storytelling, and digital communication in the field of new media.
My illustration explores the theme of nature in scientific, narrative, and surrealistic aspects, combining bright colors and detailed textures.
I am passionate about seeking out new ideas and experiences, constantly learning to inspire my design practices and expand my creative fields.
My works have been exhibited at Sowa Gallery, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Tower West Gallery, Frances Euphemia Thompson Gallery, Brookline Public Library, and have been selected in the MassArt Auction. I also contributed visual projection, media and lighting design to performances at MIT Theater Arts and Media Lab.
You can reach out to me at yinerxu5@gmail.com
Let’s make something amazing together!
Thank you for visiting my world! :)
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Beautiful Lighting Design
BEAUTIFUL
Lighting Design
Collaborator: Alison Clancy, Joshua Higgason
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DESCRIPTION
Beautiful is a piece of music created by musician-dancer Alison Clancy that becomes the inspiration for a lighting design project at MIT Theater Arts, translating the music into a multi-dimensional experience with light. The design envisioned the music in colors, textures, and architectural forms, creating a sense of audio-visual synesthesia where sound and light interacted in space. Dynamic lighting sculpted the performance space, resonating to guitar chord, system playback, tempo with atmosphereic perception.