YANG SIMIAO
YANG SIMIAO — PORTFOLIO V2
ECOLOGY × TECHNOLOGY × EMOTION
LAT 24.4798 N — LON 118.0894 E
XIAMEN — 00:00:00 LOCAL
CURSOR X 0000 / Y 0000
FIELD PARTICLES — 0000 ACTIVE

[ INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION · SERVICE DESIGN · SENSORY STORYTELLING ]

WHERE ECOLOGY
MEETS DATA.

My practice grows from overlooked life forms — oyster shells, tree rings, breath — whose textures record time. I weave sensors, generative imagery and data into spaces that invite people to slow down and re-perceive the world.

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XIAMEN OYSTERS

Interactive installation · 2024–2025

A sensor-based installation that translates oyster ecology in Xiamen Bay into a breathing light and image landscape, revealing how pollution and climate change estrange oysters from their natural state.

THEY BREATHE UNDER THE TABLE

Interactive installation · 2025

A small domestic installation where faint breath, light and sound reveal hidden emotional undercurrents under an ordinary table.

URBAN STRAY CAT RESCUE AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Service & product system · 2025

A speculative service system for real-time feeding, TNR management and gentle coexistence.

TRACES

Interactive installation · 2024

Waves, particles and erasing surfaces expose the fragile line between presence and disappearance.

CHRONICLES OF TIME

Interactive installation · 2023

An interactive city-corner simulation where microplastic “particles” slowly erode a 3D landscape.

Noah's Ark (铜舟共济)

Documentary film · 2024

A short documentary following shared journeys across water, tracing how boats, rivers and interviews weave a quiet portrait of human connection.

EXHIBITION TIMELINE

2025
MAY–JUL 2025 · FUZHOU, CHINA

"LOVE WAS THE PEARL OF HER OYSTER" Joint Exhibition

G Art Museum

Installation Artist — "Xiamen Oysters"
→ View project: Xiamen Oysters
JAN–FEB 2025 · XIAMEN, CHINA

XMAS – Xiamen Marine Environment Open Science Conference

→ View project: Xiamen Oysters
17 NOV – 05 DEC 2025 · XIAMEN, CHINA

OPEN_EXHIBITION – "Affect, Agency, and Attention"

Co-creator — "Noah's Ark (铜舟共济)"
2024
DEC 2024 · XIAMEN, CHINA

12th XMU Marine Science Open Day

→ View project: Xiamen Oysters
21 OCT – 05 NOV 2024 · XIAMEN, CHINA

OPEN_PARK – Emerging Curatorial Program E01

Co-creator — "What Are in the Park"
2023
13–16 NOV 2023 · BALI, INDONESIA

Chinese CHI 2023 – Art Exhibition

Co-creator — "Chronicles of Time"

YANG SIMIAO

My practice grows from overlooked life forms — oyster shells, tree rings, breath — whose textures record time. I work across interactive installations, service design and generative technology, building spaces that invite people to slow down and re-perceive the world.

For me, design is not a single answer, but an invitation: just as every new ring quietly reshapes the contour of a tree, an oyster shell, or a human life.

FOCUS
Interactive installations · Ecological & sensory storytelling · Service & system design
CURRENT
Institute for Creativity and Innovation (XMU & UCA)
BA (Hons) Digital Media Arts, Xiamen University · BA (Hons) Digital Media Arts, University for the Creative Arts
TOOLS
TouchDesigner p5.js Arduino Figma