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Education
UAL – London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
PhD Researcher
2023 – Present
University of Westminster
MA Interactive Media Practice
2021 – 2022
Taipei National University of the Arts (Exchange)
New Media Department
2019 – 2020
Shanghai Conservatory of Music
BA Multimedia Art Design (Rank First)
2017 – 2021
Employment
UAL – London College of Communication
PhD Researcher; Sole Designer & Developer
2023 – Present
Hunan TV
Director; Event Planning; Audio Keyboard Director
01.2023 – 08.2023
UAL Doctoral School PGR Catalyst
Workshop Facilitator, I Ching-Inspired AI Image Generation
Jun – Nov 2025
3A Collective,
Co-curator & Co-organiser, Memory Catcher Exhibition
03.2026
Skills
Technical: Unity, TouchDesigner, C4D, Maya, Blender, Stable Diffusion, Processing, Arduino
Design: Adobe Creative Suite (PS, AI, PR, AE, ID, XD), Mapping, CAD
Research Methods: Participatory Design, Qualitative Coding (Thematic Analysis), Practice-based Research, Co-design, Semi-structured Interview
Coding: C#, HTML, JavaScript
Languages: Mandarin (Native), English (Professional), Japanese (Basic)
Exhibitions
Memory Catcher
3A Collective, Safe House 1, London, UK
2026
Unfolding Narrative Exhibition
Personal Work
2025
“A Mirage” – “Great Sound Be Silence”
Goldsmiths Confucius Institute
2023
Metaphor and Storytelling: Stimulating the “Inner Power”
MA Graduation Project (Leapmotion)
2022
Using AV Installation to Explore Autism Behaviour
Interactive Media Artist
2022
Mental Health Platform
UI Design + App Coding, Sole Designer & Developer
2021
“Bad Activity”
Space and Light Design, TUNA
2019 – 2020
Awards
UAL Doctoral School PGR Catalyst Grant (£1000)
2025
Publications
Liu, Y., Lu, W., & Kang, L. (2026). Reframing Participation through Daoist Cosmology: Patterns of the Unseen in Human–AI Co-creation. Proceedings of the 2026 ACM Participatory Design Conference (PDC ’26). ACM.
2026
Liu, Y., Lu, W., & Kang, L. (2026). Reshaping the Relationship between AI and Humans through Daoist Cosmology: Patterns of the Unseen in Co-creation. In Creativity and AI (Vol. 4). Springer Nature. (In Press)
2026
Lu, W.*, Kang, L.*, & Liu, Y.* (2026). Ritual, Resonance, and the Unseen: A Daoist Cosmotechnics of Human–AI Co-creation. In Performance, Faith, and the Ordinary. Routledge. (Invited for full chapter)
2026
Hu, X.*, Lin, Z.*, & Liu, Y.* Beyond Anthropomorphism: Towards Perceived Intersubjective Partnerships with Generative AI. ACM TOCHI. (Under revision)
Liu, Y. (2026). From Narrative to Space: A Practice-Based Approach to Designing Collective Narratives in Virtual Reality. Design Studies. (In preparation)