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Carbon Silicon Singularity ප්‍රාථමික කාර්යය: වේදිකා නිර්මාණය by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu

Carbon Silicon Singularity ප්‍රාථමික කාර්යය: වේදිකා නිර්මාණය by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award රිදී සම්මානය in සංදර්ශන කලා, වේදිකා, විලාසය සහ දර්ශන නිර්මාණය Competition Category.


රිදීසංදර්ශන කලා· 2026

Carbon Silicon Singularity ප්‍රාථමික කාර්යය: වේදිකා නිර්මාණය

by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu

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

A' Design Award රිදී සම්මානය Winner in සංදර්ශන කලා Category

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The Design

About Carbon Silicon Singularity ප්‍රාථමික කාර්යය: වේදිකා නිර්මාණය

මෙම නිර්මාණය �generative බුද්ධිය (AI) සහ ඇල්ගොරිතම පද්ධති ඇතුළු, ඉස්මතු වෙමින් පවතින සිලිකන් පදනම් කරගත් පැවැත්මේ ආකෘතීන් සමඟ කාබනික ජීවය මුණ ගැසෙන මොහොත ගවේෂණය කරයි. සංකල්පීය රූපකයක් ලෙස ඒකවිමතාවය (Singularity) භාවිතා කරමින්, මෙම අභිසරණය ජීවය, අනන්‍යතාව සහ සත්තාවිද්‍යාව පිළිබඳ අදහස් නැවත හැඩගස්වන ආකාරය එය පරීක්ෂා කරයි. කාබනික දෑ වෙනුවට සිලිකන් ආදේශකයක් ලෙස ඉදිරිපත් කරනවාට වඩා, මෙම නිර්මාණය මිශ්‍රණය, සහජීවනය සහ අන්‍යෝන්‍ය බලපෑම අවධාරණය කරයි. එහි මූලයේදී, එය කාබන් සහ සිලිකන් අතර වර්ධනය වන සංවාදයක් වේදිකාගත කරමින්, ශරීරගත වීමේ නව හැකියාවන් මගින් හැඩගැසෙන සමපේක්ෂණ අනාගතයක් මනසින් මවයි.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award රිදී සම්මානය

Carbon Silicon Singularity ප්‍රාථමික කාර්යය: වේදිකා නිර්මාණය යනු A' Design Award රිදී සම්මානය දිනූ නිර්මාණයකි; ඉහළම පෙළේ, සුන්දර සහ ආකර්ශනීය නිර්මාණ සඳහා පිරිනමන අසාමාන්‍ය ලෙස ගෞරවනීය පිළිගැනීමකි. රිදී ජයග්‍රාහී නිර්මාණ අතිශය දීප්තිමත් සහ ඉතා නිර්මාණශීලී කෘති වන අතර නිර්මාණකරුවන්ගේ විශිෂ්ට විශේෂඥතාව, දක්ෂතාව සහ සියුම් බුද්ධිය පෙන්වයි. Carbon Silicon Singularity ප්‍රාථමික කාර්යය: වේදිකා නිර්මාණය විස්මයජනක, ආදර්ශවත්, ඉතා වෘත්තීය සහ ගැඹුරින් නවීන කෘතියක් වනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කෙරේ. Carbon Silicon Singularity ප්‍රාථමික කාර්යය: වේදිකා නිර්මාණය බොහෝ දෙනා ඊර්ෂ්‍යා කරන නිර්මාණයක් වන අතර ආශාවන් අවදි කරයි, ධනාත්මක හැඟීම් ගෙන එයි සහ විස්මය ඇති කරයි.

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

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