The Oriental Implications in the Digital Illusion: On the Reconstruction of Chinese Film Aesthetics by Visual Technology
List of Authors
  • Mohd Erman Maharam, Wang Yabo

Keyword
  • Aesthetic Transmutation; Chinese Visual Philosophy; Post-Cinematic Generative Tradition; Cultural Computation

Abstract
  • This study examines how digital film technologies (CGI, virtual cinematography, algorithmic compositing) catalyze the creative reconstruction of core Chinese aesthetic principles. Moving beyond technological determinism, we argue that tools like particle simulation and real-time rendering enable not replication but transmutation of tradition, where radical formal innovation achieves profound cultural fidelity. Through techno-aesthetic analysis of paradigm-shifting films (Deep Sea’s quantum ink-wash, Shadow’s chromatic void, Yellow River’s fractal cosmology),The research reveals a central paradox: digital tools best honor tradition when most aggressively reimagining it. This necessitates Wu-Wei workflows—algorithms embracing controlled chaos—and strategic subtraction leveraging digital liubai. Critically, we expose tensions in cultural computation (Western tool biases, spectacle-subtlety conflicts) and propose ethical frameworks for generative AI, emphasizing dataset sovereignty and imperfection preservation.

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