Form

The Endpoint of Data: The Formatting and Defection of the Contemporary Body

In an era where algorithms dominate aesthetics, individual existence is reduced to computable, likeable data points. This body of work focuses on an extreme manifestation of contemporary visual culture: cosplay subculture. Through repetitive grids and typological juxtapositions, the series reveals a central contemporary paradox: countless individuals—of different genders, body types, and lived experiences—nonetheless share a desire to format themselves into the same “single ideal type.” What appears to be a tribute to anime characters in fact exposes the brutal reality of self-imposed pressure under digital totalitarianism.

This phenomenon resembles the fractal structures of chaos theory, signaling the collapse of human aesthetics. The repetition we witness is no longer organic growth found in nature, but artificial iteration forcibly driven by algorithms. Regardless of the character portrayed, it has surpassed its status as a mere symbol and become a powerful traffic attractor. The artist places each subject within a chaotic environment, then compresses them into a cold grid through a unified visual language. This is not merely documentation; it is an exposure of digital aesthetic violence: pores of skin, facial expressions, and background clutter are all treated as “noise” in the process of data transmission. The work asks: when we pursue “perfect reproduction,” are we actively participating in a ritual of self-erasure? Have we transformed the flesh into a retouchable, editable, soulless surface?

Yet under this systemic pressure toward homogenization, the body demonstrates astonishing resilience. Within those failures and fissures that “cannot be assimilated,” we encounter what might be called a contemporary form of Hamletian resistance. Differences that cannot be erased by filters testify that even in the ultimate age of symbols, the individual remains a unique battlefield.

This series is not merely cosplay photography, but an archive of posthuman portraiture—
both a record of digital aesthetic violence and a collective act of resistance by all those unwilling to be defined by algorithms.

在演算法主導審美的時代，個體的存在被簡化為可被計算、可被點讚的數據點。作品聚焦於當前視覺文化的極致表徵：Cosplay 亞文化。本系列作品透過重複性的網格（Grid）與類型學式的並置，揭示了一個關鍵的當代悖論：無數擁有不同性別、身體條件、生命經驗的個體，卻共同渴望將自己格式化（Format）為同一個「單一理想型」（Single Ideal Type）。這些照片看似是對動漫角色的致敬，實則構成了「數位極權（Digital Totalitarianism）」下，人類對自我施加壓力的殘酷現實。

這個現象有如混沌理論中碎形結構，顯示人類審美的坍塌。我們所見的重複性，不再是自然界的有機生長，而是演算法強制推動下的人工迭代（Artificial Iteration）。無論是什麼角色已經超越了單純的符號，成為了強大的「流量吸引子」。藝術家將每個被攝者放置在混亂的環境中，並用統一的鏡頭語言將他們壓縮進冰冷的網格。這並不只是對人物的紀錄，更是對數位審美暴力的揭露：個體的毛孔、表情、背景的雜物，都被視為數據傳輸過程中的「噪點（Noise）」。並且質問：當我們追求「完美還原」時，我們是否也在主動參與一場消除自我的儀式？我們是否已將肉身變成了待修圖的、可編輯的、無靈魂的表面（Surface）？
然而，在這種系統性的同質化壓力下，肉身展現出了驚人的「頑強」。那些「無法被同化」的失敗與裂縫中。我們將這些「數據錯誤」視為當代版的「哈姆雷特式抵抗」。無法被濾鏡抹去的差異，證明了即使在符號的終極時代，個體依然是獨一無二的戰場。

本系列作品不是單純的 Cosplay 攝影，而是一組「後人類時代的肖像畫檔案」。 既是數位審美暴力的記錄，也是所有不願被演算法定義反抗。