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Introvert & Extrovert is two looping motion graphics about introvert and extrovert. Both of them are projected with the audios on the walls. The audiences can watch and hear the looping motion graphics with audios in the dark space. Procreate is used to produce this work.

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When the audiences enter the dark space, they can see two looping motion graphics projected parallel on the walls, one on the right wall and the other on the left wall. And for both videos, the audios are in stereo, and for the left video, the audio is left audio channel, for the right video, the audio is a right audio channel, so the audiences can hear both of the sounds separately, clearly, and will not mix up the audios.

       For the introvert motion graphic, all the things look calm, because the introvert person focuses more on the internal feelings, thoughts, and moods, so the colors for this motion graphic are cold (green, blue, purple). There are some actions that can show she is calm and prefer time to herself like the plants are growing around this person while she closes the eyes and listens to the music, and laying on the big pink back cushion while reading the book. Then there is a question that appears, and she is trying to find the best way to answer because introverts sometimes are sensitive, they are afraid of the other person will feel uncomfortable or if she is the only one say this answer and it will make herself embarrassing, so the introverts need to write the ideas down because writing can give them the chance to think over what they want to say first. Next, there are many sentences around her that other people say to her, these sentences are the introverts want to hear most, because they prefer time to themselves and work alone, drained by social interactions. When she finishes the book, two of her friends come, introverts are the same as the other people, they have friends too, but only a close circle of friends, they have the same hobbies, like read books and watch movies, these are belonging to quiet hobbies.   

     For the extrovert motion graphic, the colors are all opposite to the cold colors, because extroverts are outgoing. The beginning of the motion graphic is many dots around her, these dots can represent they like to express themselves, and also can represent enthusiasm. Next, she says a lot of things, opposite to the introverts, extroverts like to share their ideas and what she did to the other people, not only friends, also they make friends easily, they enjoy meeting new friends. For other people, extroverts are always optimistic and active. Also, they don’t like to stay at home by themselves, they like to stay with people, and because they are confident in large groups, they naturally seem like the leader, people are willing to hear what they say.

        The voices from the audio are from my friends, I asked them what they think about introverts and extroverts, and I think to put people’s thoughts as the audio can add more meanings to the motion graphic, also can let the audiences think about what introvert and extrovert mean to them when they hear the audio.

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The reason why I use motion graphics to show the extrovert and introvert is the animations and colors can show my ideas directly to the audiences, especially use the strong complementary colors, which can bring the audiences to the opposite world. The audios I choose to ask my friends to say instead of myself is because I’m an introverted person, I understand more about the actions that introverts do, but only a little for the extroverts, so I asked two introverts and two extroverts to talk about extrovert.

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Introvert and extrovert are two words that can describe people, they are characters, but most people think an introvert is a negative word, and they will relate to something like hiding in a corner, don’t want to talk to people, no one will notice them and shy, and because these biases, some introverts begin to hide, they become what other people think they will be. However, these are stereotypes of introverts. “A 2008 study published in the Journal of Motor Behavior found that introverts take a longer time to process information than extroverts…because they process more thoughtfully than extroverts do-they take extra time to understand ideas before moving on to new ones.” (Breit, Carly)1. Also “While we’re all often flooded with messages that we need to speak up and stand out in order to successful, introverts can actually achieve even more if they hone their natural strengths, says Beth Buelow” (Breit, Carly)1. Introverts has some qualities that extroverts don’t have, they think more and understand more than extroverts, because they are observing the world.  And when people talking about extrovert, they will naturally relate to positive, and many people would like to become extrovert people because they think they will be more confident in the workplace, and they never think there is also disadvantages for extroverts, they can be “too intense or lively, sometimes make others uncomfortable, likely to stand in the spotlight more, rather than giving it to others and may appear to be too confident or cocky.” (Lyon, Nick)2.  Overall, they both have advantages and disadvantages. For me there is no right and wrong for both introvert and extrovert, they are just people’s characters, and the only difference is they think and act different, and the only thing we need to do is don’t look at ourselves with other people’s bias towards introverts (or extroverts), we should look at ourselves in the right way, develop the strengths, and be ourselves, accept ourselves.

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The artist who influences my work is Gosia, she is a sculptor, she was born in Poland and now living and working in Toronto. Most of her works are women’s half-body sculptures, first impression of these works is beautiful, but their facial expressions are unemotional, some are close the eyes, look down, or cover with flowers. She said “I believe we are all made up of two worlds, the external which exists outside of our bodies and a vast internal universe, all of our very own. We go through life carefully selecting what we reveal, but our eyes always illuminate more than we think. I create figures that reflect us, hoping to catch a glimpse of their soul.” (Puig, Alicia)3 She focuses more on the internal of human, we always show what people expect us to show, but the internal of us is the real self, my work is also focused on the real characters, and the characters can represent us, we don’t need to hide them.

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References:

1.Breit, Carly. The Surprising Benefits of Being an Introvert. TIME, Aug 27, 2018, https://time.com/5373403/surprising-benefits-introvert

2. Lyon, Nick. The Pros and Cons of Extroversion in the Workplace. Journeyfront,  

https://www.journeyfront.com/blog/the-pros-and-cons-of-extroversion-in-the-workplace#whigh

3. Puig, Alicia. “Intimate Reflections Of Us: Interview With Sculptor Gosia.” Create! Magazine,  https://createmagazine.com/read/gosia-sculpture-interview

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Introvert & Extrovert 是两个关于内向和外向的循环运动图形。 它们都与墙上的音频一起投影。 观众可以在黑暗的空间中观看和听到带有音频的循环运动图形。 Procreate 用于制作此作品。

 

当观众进入黑暗的空间时，可以看到两个循环运动图形平行投射在墙壁上，一个在右墙，一个在左墙。 并且对于两个视频，音频都是立体声，对于左视频，音频是左声道，对于右视频，音频是右声道，所以观众可以分别听到两种声音，清晰， 并且不会混淆音频。

 

        内向的动态图，一切看起来都很平静，因为内向的人更注重内心的感受、想法和心情，所以这个动态图的颜色是冷的（绿色、蓝色、紫色）。 有一些动作可以表明她很冷静，喜欢独享时间，比如当她闭上眼睛听音乐时，植物在这个人周围生长，躺在粉红色的大靠垫上看书。 然后出现了一个问题，她试图找到最好的回答方式，因为内向的人有时很敏感，他们害怕对方会感到不舒服，或者如果她是唯一一个说出这个答案的人，这会让她自己 尴尬，所以内向的人需要把想法写下来，因为写作可以让他们有机会先考虑一下自己想说什么。 其次，她周围有很多别人对她说的话，这些话是内向者最想听到的，因为他们更喜欢独占自己的时间，独自工作，被社交所累。 书看完了，她的两个朋友来了，内向的人和其他人一样，他们也有朋友，但只是一个亲密的朋友圈，他们有相同的爱好，喜欢看书和看电影，这些都是归属感 安静的爱好。

 

      对于外向的动态图，颜色都与冷色相反，因为外向的人是外向的。 动图的开头是她周围的许多圆点，这些圆点可以代表她们喜欢表达自己，也可以代表热情。 接下来，她说了很多话，与内向的人相反，外向的人喜欢分享自己的想法和她对其他人所做的事情，不仅是朋友，而且他们很容易交到朋友，他们喜欢结识新朋友。 对于其他人来说，外向的人总是乐观积极的。 而且，他们不喜欢一个人呆在家里，喜欢和人在一起，而且因为他们在大团体中很有自信，所以他们自然看起来像领导者，人们愿意听他们说什么。

 

         音频里的声音是我朋友的，我问他们对内向和外向的看法，我觉得把人的想法作为音频可以给动画增加更多的意义，也可以让观众思考什么是内向和外向。 当他们听到音频时，外向的人对他们意味着什么。

 

 

我之所以用动画来表现外向和内向，是因为动画和色彩可以直接向观众展示我的想法，特别是使用强烈的互补色，可以把观众带到相反的世界。 我选择让朋友说而不是自己说的音频是因为我是一个内向的人，我对内向的人的行为我了解更多，但对于外向的人只有一点点，所以我请了两个内向的人和两个外向的人说话 关于性格外向。

 

内向和外向是形容人的两个词，他们是性格，但大多数人认为内向是一个消极的词，他们会涉及到一些东西，比如躲在角落里，不想和人说话，没人会 注意他们并害羞，并且因为这些偏见，一些内向的人开始隐藏，他们成为其他人认为他们会成为的人。 然而，这些都是对内向者的刻板印象。 “2008 年发表在《运动行为杂志》上的一项研究发现，内向的人比外向的人需要更长的时间来处理信息……因为他们比外向的人处理得更周到——他们在转向新想法之前需要更多的时间来理解想法。” （布莱特，卡莉）1。 此外，“虽然我们都经常被告知要大声说出来并脱颖而出才能成功，但内向的人如果磨练自己的天生优势，实际上可以获得更多，Beth Buelow 说”（Breit，Carly）1。 内向的人有一些外向的人没有的品质，他们比外向的人想得更多，理解得更多，因为他们在观察这个世界。 而说到外向，自然会联想到积极，很多人都想成为外向的人，因为他们觉得自己在职场上会更有自信，从来不认为外向也有缺点，他们可能“过于紧张或活泼，有时会让别人不舒服，可能会更多地站在聚光灯下，而不是给别人，可能会显得过于自信或自大。” （里昂，尼克）2。 总的来说，它们都有优点和缺点。 对我来说，内向和外向没有对错之分，只是人的性格不同，唯一不同的是他们的想法和行为不同，我们唯一需要做的就是不要用别人的偏见来看待自己 对于内向（或外向）的人，我们应该正确看待自己，发挥自己的优势，做自己，接纳自己。

 

影响我作品的艺术家是戈西亚，她是一位雕塑家，她出生在波兰，现在在多伦多生活和工作。 她的作品大多是女性的半身雕塑，这些作品给人的第一印象是美丽的，但她们的面部表情没有感情，有的闭上眼睛，低头，或用鲜花遮盖。 她说：“我相信我们都是由两个世界组成的，一个是存在于我们身体之外的外部世界，另一个是我们自己的广阔的内部宇宙。 我们在生活中仔细选择我们所揭示的东西，但我们的眼睛总是比我们想象的更亮。 我创造能反映我们的形象，希望能瞥见他们的灵魂。” (Puig, Alicia)3 她更关注人的内在，我们总是表现出人们期望我们表现的东西，但我们的内在才是真正的自己，我的作品也着重于真实的性格，性格可以代表 我们，我们不需要隐藏它们。