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Zhang Ziyi is a new media artist working with real-time 3D rendering and interactive immersive technology. Her whimsical fantasy color palette and sophisticated semiotics bring contemporary themes to life in a heart-touching way. In her iconic series, Butterfly Island, she creates digital butterflies, each flying with unique data set on this magical island, exploring topics of diversity and cultural inclusivity. Her work delves into themes of humanity, heritage, social and ecological sustainability in the context of the contemporary digital age. Ziyi’s art has been exhibited internationally across China, Singapore, Europe, and the US, with notable showcases at the Ars Electronica Festival (2023) in Austria and Singapore’s Landmark Building Ten Square (2023).
ARTWORKS
DIGITAL SOUL & DATA METAMORPHOSIS (2024)
A.I. GROTTOES (2023)
PERSONALITY AWAKENING (2024)
RED ROSE AND WHITE ROSE (2024)
THE SOUND OF HEART, THE MELOGY OF VOILIN (2024)
REMINISCENCE OF RIVER SOUTH (2023)
TIMELESS BEGINNINGS: A CLOCK TOWER TRIBUTE TO NEW LIFE IN SINGAPORE (2023)
SKY SIHEYUAN: A METAVERSE AUCTION HOUSE WHERE HUMAN MEETS THE NATURE
(2023)
THE STORY OF HISTORY (2022)
GO SAILING (2022)
FEATURED
ARS ELECTRONICA 2023 CAMPUS EXHIBIT
狮城有约 | 艺新艺异：人工智能艺术
ADM GRADSHOW 2024
The Story of History
Country: Singapore
Media:
Interatctive Installation, Generative AI, VR
Year: 2022
Exhibited at: Je Ne Sais Quoi
Speical Thanks to: Yeo Ker Siang and classnates
In this exhibition within an exhibition, it creates an exhibition
within an exhibition named The Story of History: Imagine Bras Basah Bugis in
Time. Mimicking a general museum-like exhibition where new technology and
new media art are created and used to enhance the user experience and
understanding, this exhibition deployed the following methods to make the
audience believe that “everything is real”.
This exhibition deployed generative art
making in all assets production. Generative art refers to art that in whole
or in part has been created with the use of an autonomous system. It is a
representation of the philosophical idea of “rhizome” where knowledge is like a
nonlinear network that “connects any point to any other point”. It is like the
process of collecting evidence, clues are intertwined to help us puzzle out the
past.
Virtual Reality (VR) is used
to create a stimulating environment where things are hyper-realistic. A
simulating environment of the tropical landscape of Bras Basah Bugis terrain is
covered with plants. It is a simulation of the environment before the arrival
of civilisation in Singapore.
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The Story of History: (Re)Imagine Bras
Basah Bugis in Time presents
The Story of History: Imagine Bras Basah Bugis in Time, a
curated exhibition to show A.I. generated or megascan objects that are
reproduced by Zhang Ziyi. The artwork labels in the exhibitions are designed as
part of the artwork which aims to make the audience believe in the authenticity
of the artwork. The following are “artworks” exhibited:
Into the Paleozoic Era of Singapore Bras Basah Bugis District, 2022
It is an immersive Virtual Reality made by Zhang Ziyi in Unreal
Engine 4 and Oculus. Using Megascan assets of tropical natural objects, this VR
experience allows the audience to get into the forest of the Paleozoic Era of
Bras Basah Bugis District Singapore. This Unreal Engine rendering is developed
based on satellite map data of Brash Basah and Bugis, as well as historical and
geographical research of natural environments. The is a fireplace in the middle
simulating the start of early human civilization.
Fossil & Stone collections: Paleozoic Era Stone, Whale Fossil
These are two images generated by
DALL·E 2 – OpenAI. They look like real photos of fossils. The prompt I used is
“Fossil & Stone collections: Paleozoic Era Stone, Whale Fossil”. On the artwork
label, I put “Photography of historical objects at National Museum Singapore”
to make the audience believe that it is true. The actual historical objects are
collected at National Museum Singapore.
George
D. Coleman (1798 - 1844): Map of the Town
and Environs of Singapore from an Actual Survey, 1836
This is a map image generated by DALL·E 2 – OpenAI, and the title
is prompt. In the artwork tag, it says that it is a print of a digital image
resource from the Singapore National Archive. This is the first map where Bras
Basah Bugis get recorded.” to make the audience believe that it is true. It is
the map which Bras Basah Bugis district first recorded.
Plants from William Farquhar Collection of Natural History
Drawings, 2022
It is a Projection of DALL·E 2 – OpenAI generated images, the
title is prompt. The actual copies are collected at National Museum Singapore.
A.I. mimic the style of the images of the actual William’s collection.
Bras
Basah Street 1830s, c.1835
This is an engraving work
generated by DALL·E 2 – OpenAI, and the title is prompt. The artwork label says
Belongs to Singaporean Collectors Lee Kong Yaw and Chan Yu Ling” which are two
virtual people who do not exist. The artwork is well-framed and looks like it
is an actual collection.
Bugis District in 1950s, 1953-54
This is a series of four black and white photographs generated by
DALL·E 2 – OpenAI, and the title is prompt.
Percussion of
Past and Now, 2022
It
is a percussion music piece generated by A.I. which is played in the background
of the exhibition. The art label says that “Adrian Cheong (b. 1993) is famous
for merging Southeast Asian folk music into a modern composition. His works are
played at museums and theatre performances.”
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