New Deity, 2022
New Deity is an interactive installation featuring a technological altar for the supreme deity of the digital age. As religious communities shift online, the traditional notion of gods blurs, and the sacredness and rituals essential to believers' faith wane. Consequently, congregations treat machines as all-powerful gods, while the blending of religious images in cyberspace leads to a chaotic integration of various faiths.
The new deity represents a fusion of transitioning gods from diverse core religions, cults, and pagan beliefs, displayed on a cluster of screens. Audience members engage by praying at the altar and receiving a personalised blessing script from the new deity.
Generated by machine learning techniques such as StyleGAN and GPT, the content effectively captures and combines the essence of different religious symbols, images, and texts. New Deity offers a thought-provoking exploration of technology's impact on the nature of belief, inviting viewers to contemplate the evolving landscape of faith in our connected world.
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Exhibtions:
SUB-SYSTEMS, Sep 2022
St. James Church, London, UK. Curated by Jessica Wolpert
Creative Machine Symposium Exhibition: An Interrogation of AI Creativity, Sep 2022
Professor Stuart Building, London, UK. Curated by Na An, Rachel Falconer, Isabella Paterson
V&A Museum Digital Design Weekend, London Design Festival, Sep 2022
V&A Musuem, London, UK. Curated by Marc Barto (V&A Museum)
Spectacle for Later, Nov 2022
Rio Cinema, London, UK. Curated by Eden Chahal and Marisa Di Monda
Alt-Alterity, Dec 2023
new art city, New York, US. Curated by Amy Jiang (UAAD)
100+ Asian Art Season, Nov 2024
Buji Culture and Sports Centre, Shenzhen, China. Curated by Shenzhen Fringe Art Center
Awards:
Lumen Prize 2023, Sep 2023
Shortlisted. by the Lumen Prize
18° EDITION 23.24, Arte Laguna Prize
First Selection. by the Arte Laguna Prize