The Garden of Earthly Delights – Bird, Human and Geology 1&2

Huang Jieyuan

Inspired by Bosch’s work, the first video uses generative adversarial networks and 3D graphics to create a digital Garden of Eden. Birds, humans and geology are rendered as virtual forms, symbolizing technological algorithms. Birds warn of risks, coding humans represent algorithms, and geology signifies the vast power consumption of AI and blockchain. The second video loops algorithm interfaces, global electricity maps and Earth’s plates, echoing the first video’s black box theme.

Exhibition view:

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Images by Violetta Wakolbinger

HUANG Jieyuan is an interdisciplinary visual artist, artistic project-based researcher working in Berlin, Linz and the online space. In recent works he develops images, videos, installations, new media projects and research programs in the fields of image in the technical and machinery state and mixed media space. HUANG Jieyuan’s work uses the image as a thread to reflect on issues such as the ethics of machine technology in digital conditions, the subjectivity of artificial intelligence, robotics and digital humanism. His work has been exhibited in many national and international art institutions and exhibitions, including Ars Electronica Festival, Ars Electronica Center, Chengdu Biennale, Beijing Times Art Museum, CAFA Art Museum, Chengdu A4 Art Museum.

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