# Project Description Alienated Watching Siyu Man Summary Final work Visual artist and illustrator with a background in Chinese Painting and Illustration. My work is grounded in observing social phenomena and exploring how art can serve as a form of reflection or warning in response to contemporary life. I aim to create visual experiences that encourage critical thinking and emotional awareness. Visual artist and illustrator with a background in Chinese Painting and Illustration. My work is ... College London College of Communication Course MA Illustration and Visual Media Graduation year 2025 Alienated Watching explores how digital systems shape human perception and emotion through repetition, control, and surveillance. The video is constructed from fragmented Riso-printed images that have been scanned, collaged, and animated to simulate the rhythm of endless scrolling and digital loops. Through glitches, pauses, flashes, and distorted sounds, the work resists the smooth, passive way of watching associated with social media. The fragmented human figure suggests a body under algorithmic observation — both user and product — trapped in a cycle of being scanned, read, and reproduced. Final work Alienated watching Alienated Watching explores how human perception is shaped and controlled by algorithmic systems. Using scanned Riso-printed fragments, the video constructs a looping sequence of a human figure being scanned, read, and reassembled within a digital environment. Through glitches, flashes, and distorted sounds, the work interrupts smooth watching and reflects the tension between attraction and control in digital culture. Share this project Alienated Watching explores how digital systems shape human perception and emotion through repetition, control, and surveillance. The video is constructed from fragmented Riso-printed images that have been scanned, collaged, and animated to simulate the rhythm of endl... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Data Digital Experiences Futures