Jianing Ding

This project explores how the human body is shaped by socio-technical influences within the context of Future Human–Machine Intelligence, and investigates how we might use this “bodily structure” to form new relationships in the future. Through mediums such as virtual digital humans, visual narratives, and AR masks, the work creates a visual experimental space that invites viewers to reflect on their own position within the digital environment. Drawing on Doreen Massey’s (2005) theory of “space as process,” the project understands space as a dynamic field co-generated by body and technology. From this perspective, it begins with the fluidity between virtual and real, breaking down binary oppositions and presenting a state of symbiotic and continuous perception—guiding audiences to recognise that they too exist within a life network composed of data and code. Ultimately, the project constructs a visual experiment of human–machine symbiosis and posthuman perception.