Hanwen Li

About

Hanwen is an art practitioner from China, known for using speculative storytelling as a core framework to explore the potential directions of her work. Her interests include games (especially serious games), visual design, and narrative environments.

ELEV  is  a speculative design project that explores how humans may fall into a cycle of sensory degradation and virtual addiction in a future society heavily shaped by technology.
The project centers around a fictional device called the ELEV helmet, which uses the piezoelectric effect to generate ultrasonic waves that stimulate the thalamus, thereby enhancing or restoring the user’s sensory abilities. However, this technological enhancement gradually erodes natural human perception, forcing users to rely on the helmet’s stimulation in order to feel again—thus trapping them in a loop. It raises critical reflections on how our senses may become increasingly governed by technology.
ELEV is not just a hypothetical product, but a narrative artifact that embodies the paradox of technology stripping away embodied experience, then offering itself as the only cure.
The derivative concept “Dent” symbolizes the irreversible imprint that technology leaves on our bodies and perception, prompting reflection and vigilance about the future of our sensory existence.

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