As I Remember Them Tiẓuri tasnulfawt sɣur Bowen Shen

As I Remember Them Tiẓuri tasnulfawt sɣur Bowen Shen d anerbaz yettwaqadren meqqren n 2026 Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz deg Taggayt n Tnaflit n Afeṣṣel Asniɣes, Alguritman, Aparametran d Win Yettwallalen s AI.

LbrunzAfeṣṣel Asniɣes· 2026

As I Remember Them Tiẓuri tasnulfawt

sɣur Bowen Shen

Amsaɣ: Bowen Shen

Anerbaz n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz deg Taggayt n Afeṣṣel Asniɣes

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Ɣef As I Remember Them Tiẓuri tasnulfawt

Tagrumma-agi n tẓuri tasnulfawt tesken tikkal n tmeẓẓuɣt n yal ass s usnulfu n tugniwin s tallalt n tigzi tart ificalt. Axeddim-a yeẓẓa ɣef tigwaḍin am usteɛfu deg uɣerbaz, tameddiyin ihudayen n unebdu deg uxxam, akked tmeɣriwin n useggas amaynut, id-yekkan seg tudert tilawt deg ugafa n Tsina. Yettwaxdem s usuter aεeggalan akked usazel n tugniwin s ufus, tagrumma-a tesbedd taneflawt amzwaru, deg wakud i tettaǧǧa kra n tirxayin n tugniwin i d-yeskanen amek i d-tḥerrez tcfawt asfugel mačči talɣa tusrirt.

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Ɣef Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz

As I Remember Them Tiẓuri tasnulfawt d amerbaḥ n Tarbaḥt A' Design Award n Lbrunz, tagmat ɛlayen i yisnulfa yelhan, yeṭṭafaren tinawt, tamusni d tezmert. Imerbaḥen n Lbrunz d isnulfa yelhan, ttbanen d timusniwin n tmusni n yimahilen-nsen. As I Remember Them Tiẓuri tasnulfawt ad yili d asnulfu yettwaɛezzen, yelhan, amaynut. As I Remember Them Tiẓuri tasnulfawt yettemlil ɣef yimawlan, yettwaɛezzen s tmahilt-is.

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Taɣara Tasuft: As I Remember Them is a generative art series that visualizes fragments of memory, emotion, and longing. It is an attempt to reconstruct the past through the lens of imagination.
Tigejdiwin & Akemmus: 1856 x 2464px image series
Tibzimin: Generative AI art, Nostalgia, Childhood memories, Northern China, Visual storytelling, MidJourney, Photoshop, Digital art
Tasnakta n Ufares: This series was created with MidJourney, using iterative prompting and reference-based descriptions to shape culturally specific scenes. Outputs were then refined in Photoshop through compositing, retouching, and color adjustments, ensuring the final work aligned with my artistic vision and emotional intent.
Asewḥel n Usnulfu: The greatest challenge was translating personal, culturally specific memories into AI-generated images. MidJourney lacked context for the textures of Northern Chinese life, requiring me to break scenes into elements, source references, and iteratively refine prompts. Balancing realism with the quirks of AI output, and deciding when to embrace its distortions, was both the obstacle and the creative breakthrough.
Anadi: Process documentation: https://bit.ly/49OvkvG

Type of Research: Practice-based creative research.
Research Objectives: To explore how AI can represent personal and culturally specific memories.
Methodology: Iterative visual experimentation and technical study.
Data Collection and Tools: Memory recall, curated reference images, MidJourney style parameters, prompting techniques, Photoshop.
Participants or Experiments: Repeated prompt and image generation cycles.
Results: Increased control over style, detail, and emotional accuracy.
Insights and Impacts: Structured prompting reduces emotional flatness in AI art.
Real Life Effects: Encourages more human-centered AI use in design and visual storytelling.
Aseḥbiber: Bothered by how often GenAI outputs felt soulless, the project set out to render a deeply soulful subject, the emotional landscape of childhood.

I grew up in Northern China, in a hometown changed by time and distance. Through prompting, storytelling, and hands-on editing, I recreated scenes that linger in me: recess, summer solitude, New Year warmth, while embracing GenAI quirks that reflect how memory distorts and softens.
Tanzagt n Usenfar: The project was created virtually over the span of one month in January 2025.
Tanila n Umahil: The generative art is experienced through sequential viewing. Each image presents a self-contained moment, allowing viewers to pause, observe, and form personal associations. The series encourages slow viewing rather than interaction through controls, inviting audiences to connect individual scenes to their own memories and emotional experiences.