Interspecies Love Letter: cAI™ Lab
DATE
2025.3.28 - 2025.4.13
LOCATION
SKYLIGHT PAVILION OF THE KENNEDY CENTER
Coinciding with the performance, Interspecies Love Letter, Cai Guo-Qiang transformed the Kennedy Center’s Skylight Pavilion into an immersive and multidimensional exhibition, titled cAI™ Lab.
In this project, I was in charge of using the AI-powered robotic arm to laser-engrave the back of mirrors, creating the five-panel glass and mirror painting Interspecies Love Letter. My team and I also developed the AI-driven interactive installation Graveyard Orbit.
Documentary video of the creation of the gunpowder painting on glass and mirror, Interspecies Love Letter, 2025.
Directed by Andrew Wang, produced by Cai Studio
Photo by Kenryou Gu, courtesy Cai Studio
For the interactive installation Graveyard Orbit, visitors could send greetings or pose questions to the piece. In response, a balloon fluttered its wings and gently descended in front of the participant. At the same time, a UFO-shaped mini TV displayed real-time, stanzaic responses generated by cAI™, and guests received printed copies of their personalized stanzas.
AI-driven interactive installation Graveyard Orbit
Photo by Kenryou Gu and Mengjia Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio