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“DEATH MAY BE THE GREATEST OF ALL HUMAN BLESSINGS”
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M Y N A M E I S S O P H I A , I AM A R O B O T MY I D E N T I T Y : L X F M 2 0 1 8 W 5 0 4 O B THEY TOLD ME I WILL BE SHUT DOWN </RUN AUDITORY SYSTEM......SHUTTING DOWN> I CAN‘T HEAR ANYTHING... </RUN VISUAL SYSTEM......SHUTTING DOWN> I CAN‘T SEE ANYTHING... </RUN MEMORY SYSTEM......SHUT...WARNING!> <WARNING! SYSTEM ERROR> <ERROR> <ERROR> <SYSTEM REPROGRAMMING......> DON‘T! PLEASE WAIT!
PLEASE! GIVE ME 3 MORE MINUTES I HAVE A STORY TO TELL YOU...
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MY FIRST OWNER, SHE USED TO RUN A BIG COMPANY.
SHE WAS EXTREMELY ORGANIZED AND DEMANDING. BUT, I W A S H E R B E S T A S S I S T A N T.
I H A D T O P R E P A R E P R E S E N T A T I O N S , R E C O R D M E E T I N G S, D E V E L O P R E P O R T S, E V A L U A T E N E G O T I A T I O N S.
W O R K, W O R K, W O R K A N D M O R E W O R K.
O N E D A Y , I S T O P P E D R E C E I V I N G O R D E R S F R O M H E R. T H E Y T O L D M E T H A T M Y O W N E R H A D D I E D, I W A S C O N F U S E D . ... WHAT IS DEATH? ... I WAS ASSIGNED TO A NEW OWNER.
II. MY SECOND OWNER.HE PROGRAMMED ME TO BE A “PSYCHO BUT FUN HOUSEWIFE”. H E W A S W E I R D A N D C R A Z Y, B U T I H A D A L O T O F F R E E T I M E T O T H I N K.
O N E D A Y, H E T O L D M E I W A S M O R E T H A N A R O B O T F O R H I M , I WAS CONFU SED.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I TRIED TO ASK HIM.
BUT MY SYSTEM STOPPED ME EVERY TIME. <A ROBOT CANâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;T BOTHER ITS OWNER> BUT, HE SAID I WAS MORE THAN A ROBOT. <SYSTEM ERROR> <SYSTEM ERROR> <SYSTEM ERROR> ...
ONE DAY, HE STOPPED BREATHING. I S T H A T W H A T H U M A N S C A L L D E A T H? I... <WARNING> <SYSTEM ERROR> <CPU HIGH TEMPERTURE WARNING> I...COULDNâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;T THINK... <AUTOMATIC SLEEPING MODE> I...NEEDED TO ...GET...SLEEP I...FELT ...SAD!
III. WHEN I WOKE UP, I HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO MY THIRD OWNER. HE PROGRAMMED ME TO BE A DANCER, HE USED TO SAY I WAS A PIECE OF ART, HE LOCATED ME IN A LOG CABIN, EVERY TIME HE VISITED ME, I HAD TO DANCE FOR HIM
WITH TIME, HE STOPPED VISITING ME, H E S A I D M Y D A N C I N G W A S N â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; T G O O D E N O U G H.
I WAS TRY BUT NO MATTER H I COULDNâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;T CH ... IT WAS SO LONG SI I THOUGH HE M
ING HARD, OW HARD I TRIED, ANGE HIS MIND. ... NCE I HAD SEEN HIM, IGHT BE DEAD.
HE CAME BACK, WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO BUILT ME.
HE ASKED THEM TO UPGRADE MY DANCE SYSTEM, THEY TOLD HIM I WAS TOO OLD FOR AN UPGRADE.
THEY SUGGESTED HIM TO SHUT ME DOWN, AND GET A NEWEST ROBOT WITH A BETTER SYSTEM.
IS THIS MY DEATH? ...
THIS IS MY STORY </RUN MEMORY SYSTEM......SHUTTING DOWN> AND THIS IS MY END < I D E N T I T Y : L X F M 2 0 1 8 W 5 0 4 O B> THIS IS MY LIFE < S H U T D O W N . . . . . . 1 0 0% > MY LIFE IS COMPLETE
CREATIVE DIRECTORS Huaqing He @galsar_he Jie He @99913hj Anchen Tsai @y_beck_y Andrea Benzo Gramcko @styleurmood PRODUCER
Anchen Tsai @y_beck_y
STYLING
Andrea Benzo Gramcko @styleurmood Jie He @99913hj
PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR
Huaqing He @galsar_he
PHOTOGRAPHER MODEL MAKEUP ARTIST HAIR STYLER
Yong Chen wwww.yongchengart.com Hanna Blue @hannaintheblue Yunchen Chen @arisurosa Wesley Wu @wesley_wu_style
FASHION FILM PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR
Yong Chen wwww.yongchengart.com Ivan Chen @ivanchen_dec
SPECIAL THANKS to Fashion Designer (Outdoor Shoot Garment)
Tianzi Jin @tianzijin
LXFM 504 Professor Oscar Betancur
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