Architecture: Thaw Out | AI Artworks
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Written by Wenjie (Demi) Zhao
Copy Edited by Kee’nan Haggen
Photo Edited by Haley Winchell
The silk floss weaving into a fantasy world can materialize in the future, in which we embrace and return to nature. Membranes, organic creatures, and a seemingly primitive yet futuristic world all break ground amid paradox. The biomorphic AI-assisted world devised by the award-winning architecture and art studio SVIMA is in full blossom for all to see. In their latest exhibition, Thaw Out: Delicate Biomorphic Architectural Dreamscapes, you will explore the ultimate entwine of high-tech and nature, growing unbridled in our perception.
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Fronds, cilia structures, plants of Crete, pod apertures, osseous skin, multi-scalar, and amoebic membranes are strange terms that may be unfamiliar to us. Still, they belong to the root and foundation of all things human and universal. The “amoebic architectures” envisioned by SVIMA are rooted in biology and transcended in technology. Fluid, flexible, and adaptable, these architectures refer to building designs inspired by an amoeba's shape and behavior, modified and modulated by environmental changes, having no definite form. These designs may feature curved or organic shapes, malleable materials, and modular construction methods allowing easy reconfiguration and adaptation. Often associated with the idea of “biomimicry,” amoebic architectures create buildings and cities more responsive to the needs of people who use them while also being more sustainable and in harmony with the natural environment.
In Thaw Out, the textured rendering of Bulbu's surface has a complexity of expressions that leaves the viewers in awe at the immense possibilities of modern architecture and design. On the one hand, it reminds me of the furry mushrooms that sprout after rain, while at other times, its thin and delicate walls evoke the sound of cicadas in my mind. The AI-generated artworks depict a world of intense primal and futuristic conflict, reminiscent of the beginning of all things, yet resembling a world that will only come to exist soon. The sequential explorations envision the future of architecture “as if viewed through frosted ice that has yet to thaw,” ushering infinite possibilities into this womb-like dream world.
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Floated in the space of imagination, Thaw Out speaks of a beautiful vision in this mechanical age. SVIMA’s works are driven by the infinite proximity to nature, exploring the future of friendly coexistence with nature and delving into the mysterious and unknown power and the world hidden behind the space in architectural design. “THE FUTURE CANNOT BE FORESEEN, BUT FUTURES CAN BE INVENTED,” noted the Hungarian-British physicist and engineer Dennis Gabor, who invented holography. SVIMA echoes this avant-garde idea by reshaping the future. These AI-generated artworks emphasize the intrinsic nature of things. Along with a surreal and post-human visual display, Thaw Out presents a stunning and visionary world that challenges our understanding, inviting us to explore a liminal sublime where the organic and the high-tech are seamlessly married in harmony with the natural world. Through its nuanced lens and delicate aggregation of forms and colors, the exhibition encourages us to embrace the infinite possibilities of a post-materialistic future where the limits of creativity and innovation are yet to be defined.
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To view the rest of this body of work, visit SVIMA’s website.
