SIYU MANIllustrator/Visual Designer
Selected
- BITE THE BOUNDARIES
Obscura
Character Design:
Postcard:
Final Outcome:
Medium / Materials: Acrylic, UV Printing
Time: 2025
Individual work
Sketch/ Colour sketch：
Capitalist Monsters is a character based sculpture project that visualises how digital platforms predict and steer human behaviour. It began with my experience of compulsive short video scrolling, where algorithmic stimulation offers brief comfort but leaves fatigue and anxiety. The concept is informed by Shoshana Zuboff’s surveillance capitalism and Donna Haraway’s cyborg thinking.
I designed hybrid creatures that personify system roles such as the Data Collector, Predictor, Modifier, and System Architect. The drawings were translated into laser cut transparent acrylic fragments, assembled into layered figures. UV printed internal patterns and plant forms suggest hidden manipulation, while irregular edges and cast shadows extend the sense of invisible power into real space. The project turns an abstract control system into a tangible, emotionally readable encounter through materials, light, and storytelling.