Argento Arti Performative · 2026
Carbon Silicon Singularity Funzione Primaria: Scenografia
by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu
- A' Design Award d'Argento 2026 in Arti Performative
- CLIENT: Centre for Digital Arts, Department of Arts and Design, University of Macau
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 34,886
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About Carbon Silicon Singularity Funzione Primaria: Scenografia
Testo del Libro: L'opera esplora il momento in cui la vita organica incontra le emergenti forme di esistenza basate sul silicio, inclusi i sistemi di intelligenza artificiale e algoritmici. Utilizzando la Singolarità come metafora concettuale, esamina come questa convergenza ridefinisca le idee di vita, identità e ontologia. Anziché presentare il silicio come sostituto dell'organico, l'opera pone l'accento sull'ibridazione, la coesistenza e l'influenza reciproca. Al suo nucleo, mette in scena un dialogo in evoluzione tra carbonio e silicio, immaginando un futuro speculativo plasmato da nuove possibilità di incarnazione.
About the A' Design Award d'Argento
Carbon Silicon Singularity Funzione Primaria: Scenografia ha vinto l'A' Design Award d'Argento, un riconoscimento enormemente prestigioso conferito a design di fascia alta, splendidi e impressionanti. I vincitori d'Argento sono opere tremendamente brillanti ed estremamente creative che illustrano l'eccezionale competenza, il talento e l'acume dei loro designer. Ci si aspetta che Carbon Silicon Singularity Funzione Primaria: Scenografia sia un'opera meravigliosa, una vetrina di eccellenza, notevolmente professionale e profondamente innovativa. Questo design vincitore dell'A' Design Award d'Argento è un'invenzione molto notevole e ammirata che giova ai confini dell'arte, della scienza, del design e della tecnologia e li fa avanzare. Carbon Silicon Singularity Funzione Primaria: Scenografia è una creazione molto invidiata che evoca desideri, porta sentimenti positivi e accende meraviglia e stupore.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- The work explores coexistence, convergence, and hybridization of distinct life forms. When humans project perception and emotion onto algorithmic systems, these entities operate as reflection that refract and complicate our understanding of human essence. The motif of a "dialogue between carbon and silicon" constitutes a conceptual axis: two forces simultaneously resisting, permeating, and co-constituting one another. Their intersection illuminates a speculative and fantastic future.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- This immersive installation measures 3.2m x 3.2m x 3.7m and features a digital ink generative video displayed on an LED panel. Acrylic mirrors line the walls, ceiling, and floor, creating a reflective environment that also functions as a stage for modern dance performance.
- Tags
- Immersive Stage Design, Dance Performance, Immersive Installation, Interaction between Calligraphy and Body Movement
- Production Technology
- This work begins with hand painted ink artworks and calligraphy on rice-paper. These physical pieces are then digitized using a high-resolution scanner. Using multiple tools and software, the images are transformed into dynamic, generative video compositions. Ultimately, the resulting immersive fine art installation becomes the stage environment for a modern dance performance.
- Design Challenge
- Transforming classical and contemporary ink painting and calligraphy into postmodern, digitally generated video art presents significant creative and technical challenges. Additionally, the video work also functions simultaneously as an immersive installation and as stage design for modern dance performance, further expanding the complexity and innovation of the project.
- Research
- This work explores the transitional moment in which humanity confronts the emergence of silicon based forms of existence such as artificial intelligence and computational systems alongside traditional carbon based life. Using the Singularity as a conceptual metaphor, the work examines how this shift re-configures established understandings of life, identity, and ontology. Rather than depicting silicon as a replacement for organic existence, the work emphasizes hybridization, coexistence, and mutual influence. As humans project perception and emotion onto machinic entities, these systems reflect and complicate our understanding of human essence. Central to the series is the evolving dialogue between carbon and silicon - two forces that resist, permeate, and co-constitute one another - pointing toward a speculative future defined by hybridity and expanded possibilities of embodiment and being.
- Inspiration
- This series adopts the Singularity as a conceptual metaphor to examine the transitional moment in which humanity stands between carbon based life and emerging silicon based modes of existence. This shift signals a fundamental redefinition of life, self awareness, and embodiment. As carbon and silicon converge within shared temporal and spatial conditions, the boundaries of life become increasingly porous, allowing new ontological configurations to emerge.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2025 in Guangdong and finished in December 2025 in Beijing, and it was exhibited in The 10th Beijing International Art Biennale in 2025.
- Operation Flow
- An immersive, digitally generated video art installation that serves as the stage environment for a modern dance performance. As the dancer moves through the space, she interacts with evolving calligraphic strokes, generating imagery that signifies an ongoing dialogue between carbon based life and emerging silicon based forms of existence.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Lampo Leong, 2025.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Lampo Leong, 2025
Image #2: Lampo Leong, 2025
Image #3: Lampo Leong, 2025
Image #4: Lampo Leong, 2025
Image #5: Lampo Leong, 2025
