Co Art 互动艺术装置 by Wan Xi, Shen Zuyu, Zhao Xu, Yang Zhi and Tan Cong

Co Art 互动艺术装置 by Wan Xi, Shen Zuyu, Zhao Xu, Yang Zhi and Tan Cong is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 银奖 in 界面、交互与用户体验设计 Competition Category.

银界面· 2022

Co Art 互动艺术装置

by Wan Xi, Shen Zuyu, Zhao Xu, Yang Zhi and Tan Cong

Client: Lenovo Research

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 界面 Category

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The Design

About Co Art 互动艺术装置

Co Art 是一件互动装置，让参观者与人工智能共同创作艺术。该系统由神经网络算法驱动，将人与数字世界相连。一圈光环引导参观者将手放入蓝色互动区域并开口说话，所说的话语随即被转化为充满想象力的艺术作品。装置尺寸为1501 x 697 x 420毫米，以站立姿态使用。Co Art 赋予参观者艺术家的角色，带来别具一格的展览体验。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Co Art 互动艺术装置是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Co Art 互动艺术装置将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Co Art 互动艺术装置是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Co Art is an all-new physical space for humans to co-create art with artificial intelligence. The magic Light is an interactive device enabled by neural network algorithms, and capable of connecting humans to the digital world. When a ring of light appears around the device, put a hand through it, and speak. The device will listen to, and understand you, and turn what you have just said into a piece of imaginative artwork. This is a brand-new, interactive way to create art, providing visitors with an opportunity to swap roles with artists, and deliver unusual experiences at exhibitions.
Dimensions & Packaging: The dimension of the magic light: 1501*697* 420 mm
It is suitable for people stand-using, with graceful and streamlined design language, which will convey a sense of technology and affinity.
Tags: AI, New interaction, Imagination , Art-work, Magic, Intelligence ，Co Art
Production Technology: For the implementation of algorithms ,there are two passes in this process. We push a latent through the generative model to produce an image. Then pass the image to CLIP’s image embedder to measure the images’ similarity with the text prompt. Then we backpropagate through CLIP and the generative model, all the way back to the latent vector, and then use gradient ascent to update the latent, bringing the image slightly closer to matching with the text prompt. Repeat forward and backward passes until convergence.
For the hardware part,Take use of Arduino mega 32 to connect the sensor and control pannel.
Design Challenge: The most challenge for the project is to realize the new way of interaction. We need to learn lots of knowledge about how to build the input and output modules for the device. We tested many times for the interaction to make sure the steady running. Finally it woks well in the exhibition.
Research: AI design is one of the most popular technology in today's design trends. We hope to find new interaction way to encouraged user to have a dialogue with the A.I. imagination engine to create artwork together.
Inspiration: With the pressure of a fast pace, people engaged in creative design work face the problem of imagination depletion. Co Art will convert words into imaginative artwork, and inspire humans to further explore the boundary of artistic imagination.
Project Duration: Co Art participated in Beijing International Design Week in September 2021 and got good interactive feedback from the audience. I
Operation Flow: Through its halo, people will be guided to place their hands into the interactive blue area, and it also encouraged them to have a dialogue with the A.I. imagination engine to create artwork together.
Patents: The patent is being applied for in China.
Team Members: Designer:Wan Xi
Designer:Shen Zuyu
Designer:Zhao Xu
Designer:Yang Zhi
Designer:Tan Cong