Week 03 demo artifact

Three Visual Territories, Not One Vibe

Civic Static

Five qualities

  • Public notice typography
  • Photocopier grain
  • Cold fluorescent edges
  • Misregistered grids
  • Institutional green

References to verify

  • Historical: Swiss public signage
  • Contemporary: transit repair notices
  • Non-art: emergency radio diagrams

Avoid: Avoid neon rain, kanji, anonymous hooded figures.

Wet Circuit Archive

Five qualities

  • Condensation on plastic
  • Scanner-bed light
  • Transparent layers
  • Low-saturation cyan
  • Indexed archival labels

References to verify

  • Historical: early video art stills
  • Contemporary: repair-culture documentation
  • Non-art: lab sample trays

Avoid: Avoid shiny spaceship UI and fake hacker screens.

Soft Infrastructure

Five qualities

  • Cable bundles as pattern
  • Fabric tension
  • Warm maintenance light
  • Hand-labelled systems
  • Industrial softness

References to verify

  • Historical: Constructivist diagrams
  • Contemporary: theatre backstage photos
  • Non-art: server-room cable maps

Avoid: Avoid generic cyberpunk cityscapes.