Insomniac/Amnesiac — Kwan Q Li

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Invisible Nudes

Infinite Replicas

Non-arrival, Yet,

in Proximity

Poems are the
Unleashed

Tides

of Muteness

No Humans

in the City

Insomniac
/Amnesiac

Weeds

Algae Dream

Victoria,
tentatively

Quasi-immigrants

Queeniland

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Receptions

Prototype

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Kwan Q

Work | Info

Insomniac/Amnesiac (2021)

VR installation.
Two mirror domes with vinyl prints.
360° video of interpolated videos from StyleGAN2 model trained with customised data set of accidental imagery, 10 minute, stereo sound.

Artist’s book. Original speculative writing ^(link) in pearlescent print, 2 editions. 3.67” x 8.5”.

Where is the threshold between sleepless bodies and machine dreams? Utilizing generative imagery produced by style2GAN model trained on a customized data set of existing accidental images, the work featured an immersive video that takes viewers to meander boundaries of human and artificial intelligence, dream and allegory, cinematic and virtual realities.

^{︎︎︎Headset view.}

^{︎︎︎1.5-minute trailer. In-ear headphones are recommended for laptop view.}

^{︎︎︎Data set and process resented at the Art/Tech symposium at Hong Kong Cultural Centre, Sep 2022.}

^{︎︎︎A piece of original speculative fiction, link.}

^{︎︎︎Dome details.}

︎︎︎Outdoor VR installation.

^{︎︎︎Installation view. Wiesner Art Gallery, Cambridge, US, 2021.}

^{︎︎︎Caroline A. Jones and Kwan Q Li | Unbound Conversation from ACTMIT on Vimeo.}

^{︎︎︎Ars Electronica screening. Bartos Theatre, Cambridge, US. 2021.}