Ooops pass word NO.1-4

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我將薄銅板裁切成明信片尺寸，寄給數位匿名交友軟體認識的人，跟對方以交換日記的模式繪製對對方的想像，在與他們的圖像交流中，我並沒有明確得到關於對方任何個人訊息例如：年齡、體型、職業…，在返回的圖像中很多是描述他們與我溝通時的狀態，在這裡情感的串流變得非常順暢，我也在這樣的過程中發現人在與群體接觸時必定會產生遊戲的狀態，在「認識媒體-人的延伸」中就有類似的敘述：「任何遊戲一如任何媒體，都是個人或群體的延伸。它對群體或個人造成的影響，乃是令這個群體或個人身上其他未得如此延伸的部位進行重組。而藝術，就像遊戲或大眾通俗藝術，一如傳播溝通的媒體，有一股力量，能使人類社區進入新的關係姿態…」在這裡遊戲並不是放鬆與製造樂趣，而是形容群體間共同的交流模式，大家的行為會受到模式的影響，做出類似與他人相似選擇。

I cut copper plates into the size of a postcard, sending them to people I have met through anonymous dating software, depicting each other with our own imagination via a diary exchange. With the communications that are only based on the drawings, I do not receive any specific personal information such as age, body type, and profession. It could be found that most of the returning diaries try to just depict the moment that we are communicating, showing a smooth emotional connection between us. I also found during the process that a game will certainly form once humans meet up in a group. A similar statement could be found in Marshall McLuhan’s Understanding Media—The extensions of man:

「‘Any game, like any medium of information, is an extension of the individual or the group. Its effect on the group or individual is a reconfiguring of the parts of the group or individual that are not so extended… And art, like games or popular arts, and like media of communication, has the power to impose its own assumptions by setting the human community into new relationships and postures…’」

The ‘game’ here is not indicating something for relaxation or entertainment, but a description of the communication mode within a group. People’s behavior will be affected by this mode, making decisions that are similar to others.