On the day the exhibition opens to the public, UCCA Curator-at-Large and exhibition co-curator Peter Eleey will lead an on-site special guided tour, introducing the artworks and curatorial concepts. This will be followed by an Artist Talk by Anicka Yi, after which she will engage in dialogue with the curator. Marking the artist’ s first visit to China, this program will introduce Anicka Yi’s artistic practice to local audiences, inviting them to immerse themselves in her multisensory world and explore the expansive symbiotic system she constructs at the intersections of science, philosophy, and art.

Throughout the exhibition period, UCCA will curate an exhibition series workshop Creating AI Visuals, offering participants a hands-on exploration of AI-generated imagery. Over the course of four structured sessions, this workshop series will systematically introduce AI and its applications in artistic creation, followed by an exploration of mainstream AI image-generation tools. It will then delve deeper into the theoretical principles and algorithms behind AI technology. The ultimate goal of this series is to equip participants with the core skills needed for AI image creation, enabling them to produce their own unique AI-generated visual works.

Alongside the exhibition, UCCA and the Berggruen Research Centre at Peking University will co-present the “Symbiosis and Temporal Flow” conversation series. As a parallel program to the exhibition, this three-part series will bring together scientists and scholars from biology, medical anthropology, and science fiction literature, in dialogue with contemporary artists working in digital imagery, video games, new media sculpture, and installation. Together, they will explore the intersections of the sciences and humanities through cross-disciplinary dialogue.

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