What did Palindrome codex suggest in the context of the A/Vision 1 program? Le carré magique, an AI code-generated film in which the “magic square” takes on its full scope and imagination.
These Hong Kong artists developed a musical and visual work inspired by historical, cultural and scientific references. The retro-futuristic décor of this time travel featured urban scenes, large metropolises, skyscrapers and swirling staircases. The great symbolism of the clock was also present in the time-travel images.
The images were synchronized with the sound performance. Continuous layers. Powerful drums. Percussive kicks. Echoing snare drums.
The musical guideline was, it seems, guided by the slow progression where the climax was almost absent. Instead, calm and serenity prevailed in the face of the agitation and force of the universe.
This space-time journey could be seen as a moment of meditation on our existence and our relationship with time. Cao Yuxi, artist and coder, and Lau Hiu Kong, composer and sound artist, offered electronic chamber music that was quite innovative in terms of the application of AI tools, but more classical in sound.
