tearangel既是11年前的流泪天使，也是在另外一个平行虚拟世界里的我们。 借助于今天的AI工具，我们将这些未曾见面的笔友的臆想具象成为一张张虚拟人像。
2023年春天，我们在旧书摊上无意间发现了一打信件，收件人都是一个网名叫tearangel的女生，落款是日期是2002年的一个春天。貌似一切是源于一个网名叫做tearangel在某个新浪聊天室里表达了对该聊天室中某个男生心生好感，公布了自己的当时所在学校的收信地址并希望这个人写信与她互诉情愫。
11年后，与tearangel素不相识的我们透过这一封封写给她的书信窥探到了一颗又一颗悸动的心。看似荒诞的青春琐事在今天看来无比的可爱与珍贵，而这样的行为何尝不是原始版本的QQ微信漂流瓶，浪漫的少男少女对陌生人袒露心声。我们将这些信件通过ChatGPT来分析写信人的形象，并用Midjourney将他们的虚拟形象生成出来。借助于今天的AI工具，我们将这些未曾谋面的笔友的臆想具象成为一张张虚拟人像。tearangel既是11年前的流泪天使，也是在另外一个平行虚拟世界里的我们。
*本期随刊产品为一条装在星星漂流瓶里的“流泪天使”项链。
Tearangel is both the "Tear Angel" from 11 years ago and us in another parallel virtual world. With today's AI tools, we have transformed the imaginations of these pen pals who have never met into a series of virtual portraits.
In the spring of 2023, we stumbled upon a bundle of letters at an old book stall. All were addressed to a girl with the online nickname "tearangel", dated from a spring in 2002. It seems that everything started when an individual with the nickname "tearangel" expressed affection for a boy in a Sina chat room. She disclosed her school mailing address at the time, hoping that he would write to her and share mutual feelings.
11 years later, although we never knew tearangel, through these letters addressed to her, we glimpsed one fluttering heart after another. What seemed like absurd youthful trivialities now appear incredibly endearing and precious. Wasn't this act reminiscent of the primitive versions of QQ and WeChat's message in a bottle, where romantic young boys and girls bared their souls to strangers? We analyzed the images of the letter writers through ChatGPT and generated their virtual images using Midjourney. Utilizing today's AI tools, we turned the imagined images of these pen pals who had never met into a series of virtual portraits. Tearangel is both the “Tear Angel" from 11 years ago and us in another parallel virtual world.
The supplementary product for this issue is a "Tearangel" necklace enclosed in a starry drift bottle.
about EggPlant鹅卵茄
在对 “eggplant“ 英文一词的凝视中，我们意识到茄子的命名可能是由一颗形似鹅蛋的白茄子而来，这个单词成型背后包含了类型学，造词现象，图像翻译等可发散讨论的方向。受此启发，我们将EggPlant译为鹅卵茄。鹅卵茄旨在发现艺术家和个人，共同探索艺术和商品之间的缝隙的可能性。
Staring at the term “eggplant” , we realized its name likely got from a white oval aubergine in 19 century. The structure of the term could extend to a discussion of typology, phenomenon of coinage and image translation, and so on. Inspired by this mishmash experience, EggPlant aims to collaborate with artists and creative individuals to explore the possibility of the niche between art and merchandise.
about TISSUE ISSUE
TISSUE ISSUE是鹅卵茄EggPlant于2022年创办的期刊zine项目。TISSUE ISSUE字面翻译为纸巾问题，也可以是薄纸杂志。是一本⻚数不确定，关注点发散，定期更新的爱好者杂志，为艺术爱好者们提供出版物与产品之间的对话。
TISSUE ISSUE is a periodical zine project founded by EggPlant in 2022. Each issue focus on omnivorous subjects, in the form of flexible pages, to create the conversation between publication and product for artist and amateur.
