generational echos is an interactive art piece created using Processing, aiming to delve into the deeply ingrained cultural values in Vietnamese society and their impact on individuals across generations. The artwork presents rain-like text falling onto the viewer's shoulders and body, symbolizing the weight and influence of these social values. The text acts as a representation of guiding principles and burdensome forces, revealing how they shape identity and affect one's sense of worthiness, belonging, and control.

The primary goal of generational echos is to create an immersive experience that prompts reflection on the intergenerational transfer of cultural values and its impact on personal identity. By interacting with the falling text, participants can explore the complexities of their relationship with these values and how they shape their perceptions of self and societal expectations. The artwork seeks to address conceptual issues related to the construction of identity, the power dynamics of cultural inheritance, and the challenges of navigating personal autonomy within a collective framework.

The growing intensity of red signifies the increasing burden and frustration felt on an individual level due to the enduring presence of these social values that reverberate across generations.

The text selection is curated and derived from old and popular sayings, particularly those that prompt children to construct stereotypes and social conditions that threaten our sense of worthiness, feelings of belonging, and control, serves as a powerful representation of the weight and influence of inherited beliefs.