As I Remember Them Umsebenzi Ophambili: Ubugcisa Bokuzivelisa ngu-Bowen Shen

Uyilo olubizwa ngokuba yi-As I Remember Them Umsebenzi Ophambili: Ubugcisa Bokuzivelisa olwenziwe ngu-Bowen Shen ngumwini obekekileyo webhaso elinobukhazikhazi le-2026 Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award Kudidi Lokhuphiswano lwe-Uyilo oluVelisayo, olwe-Algorithimu, olweParametrikhi kunye noluNcediswa yi-AI.

IbhronziOluvelisayo· 2026

As I Remember Them Umsebenzi Ophambili: Ubugcisa Bokuzivelisa

ngu Bowen Shen

Umxhasi: Bowen Shen

Umwini we-Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award Kudidi Lwe-Oluvelisayo

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Malunga ne-As I Remember Them Umsebenzi Ophambili: Ubugcisa Bokuzivelisa

Le ndawo yobugcisa bokuzivelisa ibonisa imizuzu yobuntwana yemihla ngemihla ngokwenza imifanekiso encediswa yi-AI. Lo msebenzi ugxile kwimiboniso enjengexesha lokuphumla esikolweni, izimvakwemini ezizolileyo zasehlotyeni ekhaya, kunye nemibhiyozo yoNyaka oMtsha, ethatyathwe kumava aphilelweyo eMzantsi-Ntla weTshayina. Idalwe ngokukhokelelwa kwemiyalelo kunye nokuhlela okubonakalayo ngesandla, le ndawo ibeka phambili ubunyani ngelixa ivumela ukungafani okuncinci okubonakalayo okubonisa indlela inkumbulo egcina ngayo imvakalelo kuneenkcukacha ezichanekileyo.

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Malunga ne-Ibhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award

As I Remember Them Umsebenzi Ophambili: Ubugcisa Bokuzivelisa ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo ephawulekayo eyahlukaniswa kukuyila, ubukrelekrele nobukrelekrele. Abaphumeleleyo beBhronzi ziimveliso ezinobuchule obukhulu nezidala ngokumangalisayo ezingqina amava aphangaleleyo, ukucinga nokwazi ukuzenzela kwabayili bazo. As I Remember Them Umsebenzi Ophambili: Ubugcisa Bokuzivelisa iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimpahla exatyiswa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo enobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lebhronzi le-A' Design Award ubandakanya iindlela ezilungileyo kakhulu kubugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha kwaye ugqwesile ngenxa yokunikela ingqalelo kwiinkcukacha. As I Remember Them Umsebenzi Ophambili: Ubugcisa Bokuzivelisa iyanelisa iimfuno ngokumangalisayo, ichukumisa iinqwenelo, ikhwebela iimvakalelo kwaye itsala umdla.

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Iimpawu Ezizodwa: 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.
Imilinganiselo nePakishini: 1856 x 2464px image series
Iithegi: Generative AI art, Nostalgia, Childhood memories, Northern China, Visual storytelling, MidJourney, Photoshop, Digital art
Ubuchwepheshe Bokuvelisa: 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.
Umngeni Woyilo: 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.
Uphando: 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.
Inkuthazo: 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.
Ubude Beprojekthi: The project was created virtually over the span of one month in January 2025.
Ukuhamba Komsebenzi: 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.