Ey! this is C (or Celena for long)
The
Diversity
List
The Diversity List is a digital resource to document and consolidate the diversity breakdown of 100 companies in fashion.
In building this project, our hope is that by making publically available information more accesible, we can give visibility to the issue of diversity in today's most relevant companies in fashion. We want to start with remembering this moment and moving forward by encouraging change.
Imagine spaces beyond fashion, in education, art, tech. The hope is this can be a tool to advocate for change.
A project co-created with Tara Donaldson.
Concepting, Design, Visualization, Frontend, Backend & Database Development
HTML, CSS, JS, JSON
July 2020
Interactive Art
Object
Object is about the materialization of memory.
Everyday objects bear witness to the intimacies of life. These 50 ceramic pieces carry remnants of lost conversations. Sounds play upon being held – pick one up to hear a minute-long sound byte.
50 pcs. Ceramic. Sound Modules. Light Resistors.
Pablo's Birthday Gallery / April 2017
About Object
There is narrative in the accumulation of things and sentiment in their possession.
Our things accompany us day to day. They’re familiar to our intimate spaces. They characterize us as much as we characterize them. How ever we consume, sell, collect, interact with and dispose of them, they have a social currency.
Sometimes, the value is in its commodity; where, how it was made. Often, the meaning is imbued with time, use and the association with its tender owner.
My grandpa used to tinker with things all the time. For a period in his life, he made film projectors for theaters. Whenever you’d visit, you’d find his room – shelves filled with old electronics, circuit boards, pieces and parts of things. He spent all his time building things, connecting wires, until one day, he had a stroke. I remember visiting him after his partial recovery and seeing for the first time, the walls bare. The stark white walls were heartbreaking. Though alive, he’d never be able to create or tinker with his things again. It was the first time I realized the extent of which someone’s belongings reflect their well-being, their craft, their livelihood.
There is a bystander in things. They can be a silent memorial to our experiences. Ultimately surviving us and our loved ones, Object carries the physical vibrations of our intonations – our lost conversations.
These 50 ceramic pieces are artifacts of a modern era. Embodied by the forms / trompe-l’oeil’s of one-time-use consumables, the bottles house discreetly collected information. Recordings made over a 5-year period of conversations, protests, spoken-words, subway rides... the data is distributed and consumed in fragments. Contrasting an ancient ceramic body that survives with age, the circuit within futilely preserves remnants of our exchanges.
Each ceramic vessel plays a unique 30 - 120s soundbyte upon being picked up. The module is triggered by a light resistor in the bottom of the ceramic. Every piece is a unique slipcast from 10 custom plaster molds.
ProcessThis installation was created over a period of 1.5 years. I spent a lot of time thinking about things. Over 100 pieces were cast, some were glazed, but the ultimate 50 were only bisque-fired. The clay itself is a porcelain mixture, poured into a mold and allowed to sit for 3 to 7 days before manipulating and firing. There were 13 molds made from plaster, including a few failed attempts. For the circuitry, a trial of Arduinos, ATinys, MP3 shields, Wifi modules, sound modules, accelerometers, tilt sensors were prototyped, before settling on a greeting card module that operates on a coin battery. The module was resoldered to use a light sensor in place of an spst momentary switch.
Counter
Let’s talk about that “student-loan-debt-crisis.”
Counter is a clock, programmed to calculate my student debt accurate to the second. This is a reflection of not just one, but many across the U.S. saddled with student debt. The Arduino library was written to simplify the calculation of multiple student loans and is available for anyone to use. Let’s break the taboo ice and talk about this.
Arduino Uno, LCD module, Wood, Custom C++ Library
DDA Gallery / Group Show / April 2016
+ 1-2 cent(s) in interest per every sixty seconds
+ $21.75 in interest per day
Touchbase
There is an architectural difference between a maze and a labyrinth. One is designed to confound, the other to facilitate a mediative practice.
Labryinths can be found in places of meditative practice. One path in, one path out. Touchbase is a tactile installation created to simulate the contemplative experience. The deeper into this labyrinth, the lower the frequency of sounds that reflect back.
Homemade conductive paint, copper tape, felt, canvas, plywood, speakers, Arduino Uno R3, Mp3 Player Shield
DDA Gallery / March 2016
Creature
A mobile iOS app that places a 3D digital companion (whether that is an elephant or a Koi) into our environment – for some, right into our tiny NY bedroom. The creature lives in our spatial world and can react to us. Much like a Tamagotchi, one can feed the companion, watch them sleep, chase a ball or roam around in our surroundings. What is the extent of human affection for our man-made digital manifestations?
With advances in motion capture, the hope is that in time, this app can bring to life the movements and behaviors of many different species of animals. These technologies can expand the ability for education and learning outside the zoo.
Made in collaboration with Dan Ran.
Concept, Design, Development
XCode, iOS, Unity, Maya, C++
May 2015
Long Time Coming
A performance and sound art projection for an original song “Long Time Coming.” The soundscape informs a dynamically changing visual system and canvas in the backdrop.
Based on the amplitude and frequency of the sounds coming from our ukulele and mic – the audio organically triggers the frame rate and distortion of the video visuals.
The song is co-written and performed with Lauren Soares.
Max MSP, Ableton, Scarlett 6i6, Risa Electric Uke, Mic
Daily Press Coffee / May 2015
Design
Sourcing Journal
is a digital publication based in NYC that delivers industry sourcing, apparel and retail news. As the sole in-house designer for Sourcing Journal over 5 years and leading the art department for 3 years – I've had the opportunity to envision and develop its identity and see rapid growth as a brand. Through branding and editorial storytelling, part of my role is to convey a wealth of information (often statistical data and abstract concepts) to a broad audience in interesting ways. Productions include event branding, a bi-yearly print magazine, reports, webinar campaigns, microsites, podcasts, videos, infographics, marketing, newsletter campaigns.
This role grew to helping lead a department of five, producing art for events, marketing advertorials and videoshoots for Women's Wear Daily, Footwear News and Beauty Inc in additiont to Sourcing Journal and Rivet under the Fairchild Media Group umbrella.
Rivet
is the denim face of Sourcing Journal. It's target audience directed to the apparel industry's denim heads— Rivet is it's own entity and in turn has it's own brand identity within Sourcing Journal. Throughout this wall, you'll find designs from both of these brands as well as my own personal projects.
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Objects
A Stool
2016
A Knife
2016
Paintings
In the Room
30" x 24"
2008
Girl
16" x 20"
2010
Presidio
36" x 18"
2012
Elephants
37.5" x 24"
2012
Water
2012
A Manda
16" x 20"
2012
Woven
Video
Carpere
Carpere is a short film about a man with terminal illness who looks to a scientist for the cure. This cure comes in the form of a boy, and challenges the notion of longevity and youth.
2010 | Preview of Short Film 8 min
Carpere DVD packaging & poster
Loosen an Egg from Its Shell
An attempt to operate/animate a Rube Goldberg machine/illustration.
2015 | After Effects Animation
Thank you.
Eyy! Thanks for kickin' off your shoes and taking the time to come through.
This is C Tang. I'm interested in exploring the ways physical objects and digital interfaces give meaning to our human experiences.
Lately, I've been focusing more on how to integrate art as social practice. What does it mean to create more equitable and socially-conscious platforms? What does it mean to consider art/creativity as a means to try to support the people and communities you care for to bring different perspectives to light. I'm looking forward to getting deeper into the practice with care and collaboration.
If not working on some of the above, you'll find me messing with some sounds or getting deep into some DIY projects.
Based in Brooklyn, NY - from the West Coast, CA