Urban Filter

Urban Filter

"Urban Filter" is an abstract series that distills the transient rhythms of New York’s Chinatown through the lens of cycles. It captures the ebb and flow of urban life—its sounds, movements, and energies—filtered into evocative forms that transcend the tangible. Each piece serves as a meditation on transformation, exploring how the vitality of a place is shaped, reshaped, and distilled by time’s passage.

"Urban Filter" is an abstract series that distills the transient rhythms of New York’s Chinatown through the lens of cycles. It captures the ebb and flow of urban life—its sounds, movements, and energies—filtered into evocative forms that transcend the tangible. Each piece serves as a meditation on transformation, exploring how the vitality of a place is shaped, reshaped, and distilled by time’s passage.

The series transcends mere representation, becoming an inquiry into the relationship between change and permanence, activity and stillness, chaos and order. By abstracting Chinatown’s essence through seasons, "Urban Filter" invites viewers to contemplate the impermanence of life, the layers of cultural resonance, and the unseen forces that shape the soul of an urban landscape. It is both a celebration of Chinatown’s dynamism and a reflection on its deeper, unspoken rhythms.

The series transcends mere representation, becoming an inquiry into the relationship between change and permanence, activity and stillness, chaos and order. By abstracting Chinatown’s essence through seasons, "Urban Filter" invites viewers to contemplate the impermanence of life, the layers of cultural resonance, and the unseen forces that shape the soul of an urban landscape. It is both a celebration of Chinatown’s dynamism and a reflection on its deeper, unspoken rhythms.

Urban Filter Series, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter Series, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Awakening, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Awakening, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Glow, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Glow, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Flare , Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Flare , Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Flare , Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Blaze, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Blaze, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Blaze, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Aqua, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Aqua, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Aqua, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Remix, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Remix, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Remix, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter Series, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter Series, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter Series, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Awakening, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Awakening, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Awakening, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Glow, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Glow, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Glow, Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Flare , Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Flare , Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

Urban Filter: Flare , Digital Art / Fabric Print, 2023

UNFOLD NEWYORK

DIRECTOR: XUECHEN CHEN

WRITER: XUECHEN CHEN

PRODUCER: XUECHEN CHEN & XUN ZHANG

PHOTOGRAPHY: XUN ZHANG

LEAD EDITOR: XUECHEN CHEN &XUN ZHANG


X.C STUDIO

X.C STUDIO