Digital Bodies

The Digital Bodies class is an intermediate 3D Imaging class taught by new media artist and Professor Snow Yunxue Fu at New York University Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photo and Imaging, as well as formerly at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The class teaches the fundamental and advanced 3D imaging technical skills relating to digital bodies. Students learn to appropriate and customize standardized body models from multiple resources. Exploring movements that both imitate and go beyond the limitation of reality, the class incorporates various strategies in narrative, cinematic, game, sculptural, and performative practices to expand conceptual themes. (Icon image by Li Yue)

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This short is illustrating the personal journey of the soul in aiming at the highest in us while growing through all the stages of love, i.e., from eros  (self-concerning/physical), to philia (brotherly love, community), to agape (the ultimate level of love that touches on the highest nature of our being and our communion with the Divine).

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Jiawen Wang

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A woman encounters a strange flower, which reveals who she really is.

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Into the Real World by Callum Colyer-Masingo

This project is an exploration of the idea of leaving the "fake" world of capitalism and gray, boring life behind in favor of the "real" world full of color, magic, and wonder

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Erode Act II

Jiawen Wang

A woman encounters a strange flower, which reveals who she really is.

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Into the Real World by Callum Colyer-Masingo

This project is an introduction with the theme of leaving "normal" society behind in favor of the weird and unnatural.

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Joshua Thwaites, Digital Bodies, 2025

CLUBBER_LOADOUT, Joshua Thwaites

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Dream or Reality, Alina Lee

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Cotton Candy Conundrum, Kayla Gilly

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Mechanical Dance, Nora He This 90-second animation conveys the beauty of the movement and the still. While comparing my dancing robot with other sitting sculptured robots, there is a harmony between all of them. I aim to create a sensual and flowing ambience for the audience.

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Between Edges of You

Emily Hu, Digital Bodies,2025

Between Edges of You, Emily Hu

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Simulacra Unveiled - NYU Final Screening of Digital Bodies Class SP 24, Taught by Prof. Snow Yunxue Fu

Time: Saturday, 5/4/2024, 1 - 2:30pm EST

Location: 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (NYU Tisch School of the Arts)

Space: Seminar Room 1201

Affiliated Course: Emerging Media Studio - Digital Bodies Taught by Prof. Snow Yunxue Fu

Audience: Anyone in the NYU Community & Also Guests

"Simulacra Unveiled" invites you to peer into the realm of digital simulacra, where realities both familiar and fantastical converge. Delve into a world where the lines between simulation and reality blur, challenging perceptions and pushing boundaries. Explore the intricate web of digital simulacra that shape our understanding of self and existence, prompting us to question the nature of reality itself. Through a series of captivating artworks, ponder the complexities of our digital age, where simulations mimic life with uncanny precision. Join us on this immersive journey as we unveil the layers of digital simulacra, revealing the profound impact they have on our perception of the world around us.

The free screening is organized by the students from Professor Snow Yunxue Fu’s Emerging Media Studio - Digital Bodies (2024 Spring) course at NYU Tisch School of the Arts to showcase the final Digital 3D Moving Image Artworks. Digital Bodies is a studio class that examines and explores the current technological applications and conceptual implications of the post-photographic digital human 3D simulations.

Exhibiting Artists:

Elizabeth Acevedo, Tohyo Jiang, Jacenia Li, Anna Ren, Ci Song, May Torres, Link Wang, David Liu, Jay Park, Finnley Xuereb

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"how to have a conversation", may torres can we talk?

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Exit Status by Jacenia Li An attempt to piece together the fleeting permanence.

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UNSOILED by David Liu

Emblem of purity and truth, the sacred lotus emerges from the mud.

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Get it By Link Wang

Tells the story of a miniature Lilliputian boy who is not afraid to get what he wants

link to youtube video: https://youtu.be/PE36jOgLxYM

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Drifted Memories

This is "Drifted Memories" by Anna Ren on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Drifted Memories, Anna Ren

Dance as my phonograph of memories.

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Drifted Memories

This is "Drifted Memories" by Anna Ren on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Drifted Memories, Anna Ren

Dance as my phonograph of memories.