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Created exclusively at the Prince Takamado Gallery, お土産! Ottawa × Tokyo Generative Weather Art takes in real-time weather data from Canada and Japan that generates unique artworks that participants can take home as a digital souvenir.

The work highlights the shared impact of weather and climate change across distant regions. The works show
how local conditions are connected globally. Turning live data into generative art invites viewers to reflect on the environment and our responses to changing climates.

Below are the step-by-step screenshots using the webapp to generate the weather data.

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Constellations – The Flow of Belonging is a generative art piece by EEPMON that visualizes Canada as a fluid constellation of families, symbolizing the dynamic movement of people and their contributions to the nation’s cultural regeneration. The work transforms transcribed census data from Library and Archives Canada (LAC) into a narrative that explores mobility, diversity, and resilience.

The visualization features flowing patterns and family units that grow brighter and more interconnected over time. Inspired by Norman Takeuchi’s 1970 Expo Bus, which connected diverse communities across Canada, Constellations reimagines this mobility for the digital age. Colours pulse through particle-like connections, representing the cultural and social links forged by communities. By showcasing these groups as constellations of renewal, the piece aligns with themes of multicultural identity and systemic regeneration, offering a perspective on the vast stories found within LAC’s archival collections. Constellations – The Flow of Belonging was exhibited at the Canada Pavilion during Expo 2025 Osaka.

Software
Processing (https://processing.org)

Above: Census data test output

Constellations – The Flow of Belonging & Chinese Exclusion

This extension of the project specifically references the Chinese Exclusion Act period (1923-1947). While maintaining the theme of communal interconnectedness, it introduces sharp red strokes to symbolize the dispersal and exclusion of Chinese immigrants during this era. These erratic visuals serve to evoke the volatility of systemic barriers in contrast to the core theme of unity.

Software
Processing (https://processing.org)

Constellations – The Flow of Belonging & Chinese Exclusion Video

Constellations – The Flow of Belonging 3min Video

Echoes of Silence & Surveillance is a generative motion graphics artwork created by EEPMON during his Creator-in-Residency at Library and Archives Canada. The piece draws on the Register of Chinese Immigrants to Canada (1886–1949), utilizing a dataset from a University of British Columbia (UBC) research project led by Professors Peter Ward and Henry Yu. Using transcribed head tax records, the work exposes the systemic surveillance inherent in Canada’s historical discriminatory immigration policies.

The artwork features randomized, ever-shifting visuals of flashing text that cascade across the screen, evoking the anxiety of relentless bureaucratic oversight. This is juxtaposed with a digital wave symbolizing both the ocean and the pursuit of opportunity. Generative patterns of train tracks weave through the composition, honoring the labor of Chinese individuals in the construction of Canada’s railways. As the generative output never repeats, it reflects the fleeting, silenced voices of individuals, inviting viewers to reflect on their resilience within oppressive systems. It is noted that the dataset’s transcription may contain errors due to the meticulous nature of the historical recording process.

Software: Processing (https://processing.org)

Media References
S: 103 BPM Industrial Ambient Loop #13452 (WAV) by looplicator | License: Attribution 4.0
S: FX – Beep bomb countdown 3 by TILIADESIGN | License: Creative Commons 0