Carbon Silicon Singularity Designatio Scaenae by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu

Carbon Silicon Singularity Designatio Scaenae by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Artes Scaenicae Competition Category.

ArgentumArtes Scaenicae· 2026

Carbon Silicon Singularity Designatio Scaenae

by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu

Client: Centre for Digital Arts, Department of Arts and Design, University of Macau

Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum Winner in Artes Scaenicae Category

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The Design

About Carbon Silicon Singularity Designatio Scaenae

Opus momentum explorat quo vita organica formis exsistentiae siliceae emergentibus occurrit, intellegentiam artificialem systemataque algorithmica complectens. Singularitate quasi metaphora conceptuali utens, examinat quomodo haec convergentia notiones vitae, identitatis et ontologiae reformet. Potius quam silicium ut substitutum organici praebeat, opus hybridationem, coexistentiam et mutuam influentiam extollit. In medullo suo, dialogum evolventem inter carbonem et silicium in scaenam producit, futurum speculativum novis possibilitatibus incorporationis formatum imaginans.

The Recognition

About the Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Carbon Silicon Singularity Designatio Scaenae victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Carbon Silicon Singularity Designatio Scaenae opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Carbon Silicon Singularity Designatio Scaenae creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Team Members: Lampo Leong
Yanxiu Zhao
Haozheng Wu
Dan Wang
Shiyun Wan
Li Lin
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