When Technology Feels: Xiao Jin on Rendering Emotion

Xiao Jin is a digital artist working at the intersection of generative systems, moving images, and spatial installations. With a background in architecture and formal training from SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, Xiao’s practice explores how digital tools from AI to real-time rendering engines like Unreal can be reimagined as poetic mediums. His work investigates emotional and perceptual states, often blurring the line between synthetic environments and felt experience.