Backstage Hack: A 6-Month Open Practice Generating "A Fool's Paradise
痴人造梦：一个生成「痴人说梦」的六个月开放实践
This project consists of a “parent work” and a “generated work”:
a long-duration open studio performance Backstage Hack, and the interactive installation A Fool’s Paradise that emerged from it.
In Backstage Hack, we turned our act of creation itself into an open work. Visitors could freely enter, observe, and intervene in the process, interacting with both the artist and the growing installation that would later become A Fool’s Paradise.
The resulting installation, A Fool’s Paradise, is composed of glass cubes and a neural light system where audiences engage in spoken dialogue with an AI. Together, the two works form a nested structure—while viewing a piece about human–machine interaction, the audience simultaneously becomes part of an ongoing performance about human connection.
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"BackStage Hacker" Laboratory Visitor Experience Guide
Welcome to the "BackStage Hacker" Laboratory, where the space within the mirrors is the dreamscape of our creations. Over the next 3 months, 8 cubic units will gradually appear. The 8 experiencers participating in the dream performance will drive the dream narrative forward and change the light-constructed scenes through vocalization. Currently, units 13 and 19, which have already been fully developed, are present in the space.
Experience Location: At the headsets on the outer white wall of the laboratory, or at the headsets of unit 13 inside the laboratory.
Experience Method: Changes in volume, rhythm, pitch, and duration of sounds will elicit responses in the lighting, altering its color, position, and intensity. Whisper, chant, or shout out loud; imitate sounds from nature, and explore the endless possibilities of voice. Let your vocalizations shape the dreamscape.
Interview
Year: 2021-2022
Collaborator: Jing, An
痴人造梦：一个生成「痴人说梦」的六个月开放实践
This project consists of a “parent work” and a “generated work”:
a long-duration open studio performance Backstage Hack, and the interactive installation A Fool’s Paradise that emerged from it.
In Backstage Hack, we turned our act of creation itself into an open work. Visitors could freely enter, observe, and intervene in the process, interacting with both the artist and the growing installation that would later become A Fool’s Paradise.
The resulting installation, A Fool’s Paradise, is composed of glass cubes and a neural light system where audiences engage in spoken dialogue with an AI. Together, the two works form a nested structure—while viewing a piece about human–machine interaction, the audience simultaneously becomes part of an ongoing performance about human connection.
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"BackStage Hacker" Laboratory Visitor Experience Guide
Welcome to the "BackStage Hacker" Laboratory, where the space within the mirrors is the dreamscape of our creations. Over the next 3 months, 8 cubic units will gradually appear. The 8 experiencers participating in the dream performance will drive the dream narrative forward and change the light-constructed scenes through vocalization. Currently, units 13 and 19, which have already been fully developed, are present in the space.
Experience Location: At the headsets on the outer white wall of the laboratory, or at the headsets of unit 13 inside the laboratory.
Experience Method: Changes in volume, rhythm, pitch, and duration of sounds will elicit responses in the lighting, altering its color, position, and intensity. Whisper, chant, or shout out loud; imitate sounds from nature, and explore the endless possibilities of voice. Let your vocalizations shape the dreamscape.
Interview
Year: 2021-2022
Collaborator: Jing, An
2021-2022
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