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-> Hi, I am Yanran Bi, also go by Candy. I am an interdisciplinary technologist and creative designer, blending innovation and storytelling to bring dreams to life.

This page is separated into 3 sections:
    01 - Installation and technology based experience design 
    02 - Website based audio experience design which you can find links to the actual project website and experience
    03 - Illustration and motion graphic works
Thank you for taking the time to get to know me. 








-> Research -> Production Design -> Technology -> Fabrication


-> Research -> Experience Design -> Sonic Storytelling -> Web UI & Coding 

At The Door
https://yb924.github.io/AtTheDoor/  (Mobile Access)


"At the door: A Shanghai Lilong Soundwalk" offers a 360-degree acoustic exploration that captures the fluid dynamics of Shanghai's lilong neighborhoods. Over the course of 30-minute, the piece seamlessly intertwines the past with the present, the near and
the far by weaving together lilong soundscape in various locations in Shanghai, and four sets of interviewees’ narrative of diversed living experience in lilong compound from 1960s to 2021. This sonic journey serves as a captivating and poetic documentation of Shanghai's lilong, inviting its audience to experience the memories woven into these historic neighborhoods through the medium of sound. The piece is originally mapped onto an abandoned lilong space near Laoximen Station in Shanghai.

Exhibition:
FutureLab 2021, Shanghai, China.
Brownie Gallery, Shanghai, China.
Tape Edition:
Commissioned by Maison Margiela
Only Glaciers Know
Collaborated with Worldwide Friends
https://onlyglaciersknow.com/ (Mobile & Computer Access)


Collaborated with an Icelandic non-profit, “Only Glaciers know” is an immersive soundwalk piece
that discusses the water system and the interconnection between human beings and the landscape of Iceland. The piece is designed to be
experienced while walking along the Iceland coastline. It is  a sonic documentary and poetic fiction of the enchanting island.

Exhibition:
Murmur Contemporary, Montreux, Switzerland.
Worldwide Friends, Iceland.
Wild Geese Gallery, NY, United States.
Sojourner Gallery, NY, United States.

Award:
Shortlisted for SoundWalk September Award 2024
Till the Ocean Turns Blue
Collaborated with: MaikePrewett
https://yb924.github.io/TillTheOceanTurnsBlue/ (Mobile Access)

Mapped on to the Lujiazui pedestrian bridge in Shanghai, China, the soundwalk invites the audiencego on an immersive tour with the NARW by taking the surrounding urban landscape as a measuring tool.It is a demo created for the Wildlife Conservation Society, and is meat to be eventually adapted to the city of New York and its landmarks. It runs for 12:38 minutes.



-> Illustration and Motion Graphic