As I Remember Them Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Aláṣẹ̀dá láti ọwọ́ Bowen Shen

As I Remember Them Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Aláṣẹ̀dá láti ọwọ́ Bowen Shen jẹ́ aṣẹ́gun olókìkí púpọ̀ ti 2026 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ìdíje Àpẹẹrẹ Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀, Àlgọ́rídímù, Párámétrìkì àti Àtìlẹ́yìn-AI.

IdẹÌpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀· 2026

As I Remember Them Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Aláṣẹ̀dá

látọ̀wọ́ Bowen Shen

Oníbàárà: Bowen Shen

Aṣẹ́gun Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award nínú Ẹ̀ka Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀

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Nípa As I Remember Them Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Aláṣẹ̀dá

Àkójọpọ̀ iṣẹ́ ọnà aláṣẹ̀dá yìí ń ṣàfihàn àwọn ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ ìgbà ọmọdé ojoojúmọ́ nípasẹ̀ ṣíṣe àwòrán pẹ̀lú ìrànlọ́wọ́ ọgbọ́n àtọwọ́dá (AI). Iṣẹ́ náà gbájúmọ̀ sí àwọn ìran bíi ìsinmi ní ilé-ìwé, àwọn ọ̀sán ìgbà ẹ̀rùn tó dákẹ́ jẹ́ẹ́ nínú ilé, àti àwọn ayẹyẹ Ọdún Tuntun, tí a fà yọ láti ìrírí gidi ní Àríwá Ṣáínà. Tí a ṣẹ̀dá rẹ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìtọ́nisọ́nà àwọn àbámọ̀ àti àtúnṣe àwòrán pẹ̀lú ọwọ́, àkójọpọ̀ náà fi ojúlówó síwájú nígbà tí ó ń gba àwọn àìṣedéédéé àwòrán tí kò pọ̀ láàyè, èyí tí ó ń ṣàfihàn bí ìrántí ṣe ń pa ìmọ̀lára mọ́ dípò àlàyé pípé.

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As I Remember Them Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Aláṣẹ̀dá jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe tó tayọ tí wọ́n yàtọ̀ nípasẹ̀ ìṣẹ̀dá, àrékérekè àti ọgbọ́n inú. Àwọn olùborí Idẹ jẹ́ àwọn ohun èlò tó ní ìjáfáfá gan-an tí wọ́n sì ní ìṣẹ̀dá tó yani lẹ́nu tí wọ́n ń ṣe ẹ̀rí ìrírí gbígbòòrò, ìrònú àti ọgbọ́n àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé As I Remember Them Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Aláṣẹ̀dá yóò jẹ́ ohun tí a kà sí gidigidi, tí a gbóríyìn fún tí a sì nífẹ̀ẹ́, tó jẹ́ ti ọ̀jáfáfá lọ́nà tó ṣe pàtàkì tó sì ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Idẹ A' Design Award yìí ń kó àwọn ọ̀nà tó dára jùlọ nínú iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ jọ, ó sì tayọ nítorí àfiyèsí rẹ̀ sí àwọn àlàyé kékeré. As I Remember Them Iṣẹ́ Ọnà Aláṣẹ̀dá ń tẹ́ àwọn ohun tí a nílò lọ́rùn lọ́nà àgbàyanu, ó ń fọwọ́ kan àwọn ìfẹ́ inú, ó ń gbà ọkàn ó sì ń fa ìfẹ́ láti mọ̀ mọ́ra.

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Àwọn Ohun Àkànṣe: As I Remember Them is a generative art series that visualizes fragments of memory, emotion, and longing. It is an attempt to reconstruct the past through the lens of imagination.
Ìwọ̀n àti Àpò: 1856 x 2464px image series
Àwọn Àkọlé: Generative AI art, Nostalgia, Childhood memories, Northern China, Visual storytelling, MidJourney, Photoshop, Digital art
Ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ Ìṣelọ́pọ̀: This series was created with MidJourney, using iterative prompting and reference-based descriptions to shape culturally specific scenes. Outputs were then refined in Photoshop through compositing, retouching, and color adjustments, ensuring the final work aligned with my artistic vision and emotional intent.
Ìpèníjà Àpèsè: The greatest challenge was translating personal, culturally specific memories into AI-generated images. MidJourney lacked context for the textures of Northern Chinese life, requiring me to break scenes into elements, source references, and iteratively refine prompts. Balancing realism with the quirks of AI output, and deciding when to embrace its distortions, was both the obstacle and the creative breakthrough.
Ìwádìí: Process documentation: https://bit.ly/49OvkvG

Type of Research: Practice-based creative research.
Research Objectives: To explore how AI can represent personal and culturally specific memories.
Methodology: Iterative visual experimentation and technical study.
Data Collection and Tools: Memory recall, curated reference images, MidJourney style parameters, prompting techniques, Photoshop.
Participants or Experiments: Repeated prompt and image generation cycles.
Results: Increased control over style, detail, and emotional accuracy.
Insights and Impacts: Structured prompting reduces emotional flatness in AI art.
Real Life Effects: Encourages more human-centered AI use in design and visual storytelling.
Ìmísí: Bothered by how often GenAI outputs felt soulless, the project set out to render a deeply soulful subject, the emotional landscape of childhood.

I grew up in Northern China, in a hometown changed by time and distance. Through prompting, storytelling, and hands-on editing, I recreated scenes that linger in me: recess, summer solitude, New Year warmth, while embracing GenAI quirks that reflect how memory distorts and softens.
Àkókò Iṣẹ́ Àkànṣe: The project was created virtually over the span of one month in January 2025.
Ìlànà Ìṣiṣẹ́: The generative art is experienced through sequential viewing. Each image presents a self-contained moment, allowing viewers to pause, observe, and form personal associations. The series encourages slow viewing rather than interaction through controls, inviting audiences to connect individual scenes to their own memories and emotional experiences.