One and three objects, and an attempt at exhausting the object

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2024.11.30

Saturday/Sat.

The second session of the artist talks, part of the inaugural Ennova Art Biennale Series, will take place on November 30th. This session features participating artists Wu Ziyang and Meng Shengyu. The lecture will be divided into the following three sections:

Wu Ziyang

Recent AI-Related Creations

Wu Ziyang will share a series of his recent works related to AI, including A Woman with Technology (2019), Event Model (2023), and Agartha (2024). He will explore the core themes in these works, such as algorithmic control and bias, the concept of "AI fossils," and the complex relationship between competition and symbiosis.

Wu Ziyang, Agartha, 2024, color digital video with sound (15'02''), video game, genealogical chart, image courtesy of the artist

Meng Shengyu

Post-Anthropocentric Creative Research

Meng Shengyu will share his research on post-anthropocentric creation in the context of the post-AI era. He will first introduce the concept of the CyberGenix model and elaborate on several sub-models operating within this framework, including the Bio-Simulation Model - Slime Mold City (2021), the Human-Machine Co-Creation Model - Dreamfields 3D (2022), and the Hybrid Intelligence Meta-Model (2024).

Meng Shengyu, Bio-Simulation Model - Slime Mold City, 2021-2022, image courtesy of the artist

Wu Ziyang & Meng Shengyu

"One and Three Objects, and an Attempt to Exhaust an Object"

Wu Ziyang and Meng Shengyu will jointly present their work One and Three Objects, and an Attempt to Exhaust an Object, commissioned by the Ennova Art Museum and currently exhibited at the Ennova Biennale. Through this project, they aim to address and explore the following key questions:

1. Contemporary "One and Three Chairs." How can we redefine "objects" in the context of post-anthropocentrism and the coexistence and competition between AI and humans?

2. The "Exhaustion" of AI. What kind of generation occurs when AI reaches its "exhaustion" (contextual limits)? What possibilities arise from the abundance it produces?

3. Alternative Paths of Knowledge Production. In the current knowledge production model driven by precision, conciseness, transparency, and speed, are there other possibilities? Can opacity, intimacy, complexity, abstraction, and loss of control become new modes of production?

Wu Ziyang + Meng Shengyu, One and Three Objects, and an Attempt to Exhaust an Object, 2024, real-time generative interactive AI system (apple, hammer, lock and key, alarm clock, mirror, hairpin, gun, car, chess, medicine, tree branches, stone, graphics card, phone, floppy disk), Ennova Biennale exhibition site —— When you select an object and place it on the platform, the AI will exhaust everything about the object through images/text/code/fictional memory videos, challenging your perception of reality.

Through in-depth discussions on these topics, this artist talk aims to provide new theoretical perspectives on AI creation while exploring the possibilities of creative and cognitive approaches from a post-anthropocentric viewpoint.

Ennova Art Biennale Series

Artist Talks

From Tool to Subject: "Competition," "Exhaustion," and Post-Anthropocentric Perspectives in AI Creation

Event Time

2024.11.30 (Saturday)

14:30-15:40

Event Schedule

14:30-15:30 Artist Talks

15:30-16:00 Artist Dialogue

16:00-16:10 Audience Interaction

Event Location

Ennova Art Museum · Hall 9 (4F)

How to Participate

Scan the QR code below to register for free participation.

*Limited to 50 participants.

Event Guidelines

*Please arrive 15 minutes before the event starts.

*Latecomers after 14:30 will be admitted at the discretion of staff due to limited capacity.

*Please keep your phone on silent during the lecture.

*Children aged 6 and under must be accompanied by a parent.

Online Live Streaming Platform

This lecture will be live-streamed on the video channel @EnnovaArtMuseum.

About the Artists

Wu Ziyang + Meng Shengyu

Wu Ziyang

MFA from Rhode Island School of Design, BFA from Florence Academy of Art. Lives and works in New York and Hangzhou. Currently teaches at the School of Intermedia Art, China Academy of Art, and is a visiting professor at Alfred University. Former member of the NEW INC incubator program at the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York. His recent practice explores the impact of current technologies on political, social, and macro/micro-level relationships in cross-cultural contexts. His works, including videos, augmented reality (AR), AI simulations, and interactive video installations, have been exhibited internationally at venues such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, New Museum and Rhizome, Walker Art Center, Rochester Art Center, PinchukArtCentre, Basel E-Art Center, Konschthal Esch (presented by Elektron), SXSW, Mesh Electronic Arts Festival, Civa Electronic Arts Festival Vienna, Berlin International Radio Exhibition, Dubai Art Fair, Annka Kultys Gallery London, Eigenheim Gallery Berlin, Palazzo Medici, M+ Museum, K11, UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Long March Space, Today Art Museum, Tianmu Li Art Museum, Song Art Museum, Inside-Out Art Museum, Times Art Museum, Zhejiang Art Museum, and Ming Contemporary Art Museum. Recent awards and residencies include the Future Generation Art Prize shortlist (2023-2024), The Randall Chair Award at Alfred University (2022-2023), Guangdong Times Museum Media Lab "Kaiwu" Residency (2021), AACYF Top 30 under 30 (2021), Residency Unlimited New York (2020), MacDowell Fellowship (2019), iea Electronic Arts Institute Residency (2019), and Robert Rauschenberg Foundation ROCI Road to Peace (2015).

Meng Shengyu

PhD candidate in Architecture at the University of Innsbruck, Austria; AI technology course instructor at the Urban Morphogenesis Lab, University College London; cross-disciplinary researcher in AI and design; founder of the AI-focused self-media "Simon's Daydream." AI artworks have been selected for CVPR AI Art Gallery, CAS Members' Exhibition London, DCENTRAL Conference at the National Art Center Tokyo, Shanghai Design Week, Venice-Metaverse Art Annual Exhibition, and Potenziale 3 Exhibition in Tyrol, Austria.

📅 Exhibition Dates

October 27, 2024 – May 7, 2025

Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00–18:00

📍 Exhibition Venue

Ennova Art Museum · West Hall 1, West Hall 2, West Hall 3, East Hall 1, East Hall 2, Multi-Function Theater, Public Space

🎫 Ticket Prices

Single ¥98 | Double ¥188

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