A digital ink generative video art installation titled “Icy Fire” co-created by the University of Macau’s (UM) director of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities’ Centre for Arts and Design, Lampo Leong, and doctoral student Yanxiu Zhao has recently won a gold award at “Glow Shenzhen 2024”, a light art festival in the neighbouring Guangdong city.
This year’s festival features a total of 209 light artworks from various countries and regions, according to UM. It kicked off on 18 December 2024 and will run through 16 February 2025.
Icy Fire is a digital ink generative video art installation measuring 7.5 x 4 x 4.8 metres and consisting of a high-definition LED panel and multiple mirrored walls, ceiling and floor. The piece uses digital ink generative video art and AI techniques to depict the melting of glaciers through the splashing of ink and the artistic language of geometric abstraction, with a colour gradient shifting from cold to warm.
In addition, the installation combines sound, light and immersive settings to allow audiences to experience and appreciate the innovation and development of Chinese ink art in the digital and AI era.
Themed “Infinite Illumination”, this year’s “Glow Shenzhen” adopts a “1+N” model, with one main venue (UpperHills and nearby parks in Shenzhen’s Futian district) and 29 other locations.
UM’s Icy Fire is currently displayed at the main venue in Shum Yip Upperhills, opposite the south gate of Mandarin Oriental, Shenzhen until 16 February.
Source and Image: UM
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