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Everything I Feel Is Rendered in 1080p  
                        
Bing Duan

@b_bingduan



Everything I Feel Is Rendered in 1080p examines how Gen Z identity is shaped within social-media environments. Through the fictional character KIKI, the work studies how trend gestures, emotional templates, and everyday online expressions are learned, replicated, and continuously performed under algorithmic influence.

Using mask performance and repetitive actions, the video isolates familiar online behaviours and presents them as “behavioural samples” for observation. Structured in a streaming-like format, the work reflects a digital identity that is constantly refreshing, shifting, and reorganising itself.

Rather than depicting Gen Z as a fixed group, the project focuses on how visibility, expression, and self-presentation become standardised and formatted through platform logic. By showing KIKI’s gestures, emotional loops, and appearances in public space, the work raises open questions about the boundaries between selfhood, performance, and algorithmic control.