Carbon Silicon Singularity Primary Function: Uyilo lweqonga by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu

Carbon Silicon Singularity Primary Function: Uyilo lweqonga by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award in Uyilo loBugcisa beQonga, iSitayile kunye neMiboniso Competition Category.

IsilivereUbugcisa beQonga· 2026

Carbon Silicon Singularity Primary Function: Uyilo lweqonga

by Lampo Leong, Yanxiu Zhao and Haozheng Wu

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

Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award Winner in Ubugcisa beQonga Category

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The Design

About Carbon Silicon Singularity Primary Function: Uyilo lweqonga

Book Text: Lo msebenzi uphonononga umzuzu apho ubomi bemvelo budibana neentlobo ezivelayo zobukho ezisekelwe kwisilikoni, kuquka i-AI kunye neenkqubo ze-algorithm. Usebenzisa i-Singularity njengomzekeliso oqulatha iingcamango, uhlola indlela apho le ndibaniselwano iguqula khona ngokutsha iingcamango zobomi, isazisi, kunye ne-ontology. Endaweni yokubonisa isilikoni njengento ethatha indawo yemvelo, lo msebenzi ugxininisa ukuxutywa, ukuhlala kunye, kunye nefuthe lokomelelana. Ngaphakathi kuwo, ubeka eqongeni incoko eguqukayo phakathi kwekhabhoni kunye nesilikoni, ucinga ngekamva eliqikelelweyo elibunjwe ngamathuba amatsha okubonakalisa umzimba.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award

Carbon Silicon Singularity Primary Function: Uyilo lweqonga ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo ngokungaqhelekanga okunikwa imiyilo yomgangatho ophezulu, entle nechukumisayo. Abaphumeleleyo beSilivere ziimveliso ezikhazimlayo kakhulu nezidala kakhulu ezibonisa ubungcali obuphawulekayo, italente nobukrelekrele babayili bazo. Carbon Silicon Singularity Primary Function: Uyilo lweqonga iyathenjwa ukuba ibe ngumsebenzi omhle womzekelo, onobungcali obuphawulekayo nezinto ezintsha ezinzulu. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Lesilivere le-A' Design Award yimveliso ebonakalayo kakhulu, ethandwayo enceda kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Carbon Silicon Singularity Primary Function: Uyilo lweqonga yimveliso enomona omkhulu kuyo evusa iinqwenelo, izisa iimvakalelo ezintle kwaye ivuselela ukumangaliswa nokumangala.

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