“Celestial Menagerie” extends my inquiry into how Gen AI can act as a speculative tool for cultural re-creation. Building on the foundation of Forms Born of Xuan Paper, which tested the visual limits of fragile materials, this series shifts focus to mythology and spatial imagination. Here, AI enables the construction of impossible architectures that function as narrative engines, evoking both reverence and unease.
“Flying Birds and Golden Fish” transforms my earlier Celestial Menagerie explorations into a seamless loop of shifting forms. The work evokes a dreamlike rhythm, where creatures glide and interchange in an endless cycle, weaving beauty and brilliance into motion.
Variable size, 2025, AI-generated video
With ancient architecture as its bones and landscapes as its soul, this surreal ecological symphony unfolds within a Chinese cultural framework. It becomes a poetic resonance between humanity and nature, a romantic dialogue where tradition and the environment coalesce in harmony.
