Flashback Shanghai
2022
Web Design
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
Flashback Shanghai is an archive of my memories associated with certain places in my hometown Shanghai China. Every week, I create a web design entry based on my recollection at a location in the city that is special to me. It can be a bike ride on a road, a stroll at at a park, a contemplation at a coffee shop, etc. Apart from documenting the dates and the geographic locations, I document my emotions and miscellaneous objects I saw along the way (or any conversations and encounters with people) by using symbols, emojis and illustrations. Photographs from my camera roll are present in many of my entries, as I think they are precious momentos that weave the mood and the imagery into visual collages. In some entries, I come up with a bilingual catchline or a line of poem in English and Chinese that summarizes the piece of memory, adding a poetic sense to the page. At the end of the project, I take all of memory pieces and integrate them into a map of my urban memory. In this post-pandemic era, I wish to create sincere iterations on the concept of urban memory that restores my memoryscape COVID-free.
记忆中有一个久违的完整又悠长的夏天，热浪没有散去却推着我在四季交替中前行。
在清早明晃晃的阳光中自然醒来，再在半夜十二点疲惫地熟睡过去。晴天就刷紫色交通卡飞奔进地铁10号线紫色车厢，雨天在家用蘸水笔挥着手臂练圈圈，琢磨着下一次自行车轮子是不是也能转得一样稳一样快。
单车轮胎压着颠簸不平的街道紧贴着城市绿色的毛细血管前行，只要沿着熟悉的路线出发就能通向未知的支线剧情。忐忑地切换适应每一个新身份的时候被所有人信任鼓励，好像每一个场景里的每一个物品都能连接到一次真诚的对话或内心的领悟。
于是这次近似完美的原地度假被小心翼翼地封存进回忆的透明袋，在异乡的未来无数个日日夜夜拿出来琢磨欣赏、与人分享。回顾得越多，那些细碎的树影、天光和晚风仿佛也跃出已归档的画面，穿梭在新生活中的创作灵感中。有时候会担心下一次置身真切地站在梅雨季的城市时，脑海中收藏的贴画是否会被现实空气中的闷热浪潮冲刷褪色或泡软，但是越思考就越坚定地要顺着这反复美化过的美梦继续做下去，或许很快就拥有更美妙的续集。
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