This paper investigates sensory perception’s pivotal role as a universal communicative bridge across varied cultures and disciplines, and how it manifests its value in the study of media art, human computer interaction and artificial intelligence. By analyzing its function in non-verbal communication through interactive systems, and drawing on the interpretive model in translation studies where “sense” acts as a mediation between two languages, this paper illustrates how inter- disciplinary communication in media art and human-computer interaction is afforded by the abstract language of human sensory perception. Specific examples from traditional art, inter- active media art, HCI, communication, and translation studies demonstrate how sensory feedback translates and conveys meaning across diverse modalities of expression and how it fosters connections between humans, art, and technology. Pertaining to this topic, this paper analyzes the impact of sensory feedback systems in designing interactive experiences, and reveals the guiding role of sensory perception in the design philosophy of AI systems. Overall, the study aims to broaden the understanding of sensory perception’s role in communication, highlighting its significance in the evolution of interactive experiences and its capacity to unify art, science, and the human experience.

Berlin and Kay propose that there are basic colour terms in any language. These terms split the range of all colours into categories, such as reds, greens, and blues. Different languages may have different categories that split the range of colours in different ways. A meeting of cultures can lead to changes in how a language categorises colour. Across the Pacific, today, we see educational material that purports to teach colour in the indigenous languages, but they tend to categorise colour into the Western European categories, using loan words or repurposed words to describe colour categories that did not exist in that language prior to colonisation. While languages always evolve, indigenous communities' adoption of the Western European basic colour categories can lead to misunderstandings when considering historic writings, historic artworks, or traditional artistic practice. This paper is to raise awareness of that issue so that we can understand that today's understanding of colour is not necessarily that of previous generations.

Often associated with an intense and profound emotional experience of wonder, amazement, elevation, joy, and even fear, awe is a complex emotion defined by the sense of perceived vastness and a need for accommodation. It has the effect of redirecting people's attention away from personal interests and goals, and more towards collective identities. Drawing insights from psychology and cognitive science, this paper discusses the theoretical foundations of awe. On the basis of this conceptual framework, an interactive sound installation will be presented, where through kite-flying, the sensation and perception of awe are traced in an embodied and situated manner.

“Hidden Incidents of Pet Food” is a digital artwork that combines contemporary art, machine learning, and data storytelling. It aims to reveal a relatively unknown yet significant social issue, specifically the deficiency of taurine in cat food. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence, the authors generate digital portraits of 6,000 cats who died from this deficiency. Incorporating additional data from the documented history, the authors reveal the hidden incidents through visualization and data storytelling, showing the trending relationship between the boom
of pet capital markets and the deaths of cats due to pet food problems. The AI-generated cat portraits and incident data go beyond the facts and could become a historical memorial for blind cats and those tragic fatalities linked to pet foods. Our computational approach reveals the questionable relationship between people and pets as controlled by capitalism.