CryoScapes

CryoScapes / Jiabao Li, Ziyuan Jiang, Kuan-Ju Wu, Yasuaki Kakehi - Photo: Jiabao Li

Theme Exhibition / The Climate Tasting Menu

Exhibit

CryoScapes

Landscape Painting with Water, Ice, and AI

Jiabao Li (CN), Ziyuan Jiang (CN), Kuan-Ju Wu (TW), Yasuaki Kakehi (JP)

CryoScapes began during my Arctic Circle Residency, inspired by water’s many forms—vapor, snow, waves, glaciers, and sea ice. We built a 3D ice printer that creates evolving sculptures shaped by temperature. Water droplets freeze on treated surfaces, forming landscapes that blur scale. A macro camera captures these in real time, while AI generates Haiku-inspired poems. As CryoScapes travels, local climates shape the ice, questioning who the artist is: AI, us, or the city’s own humidity and heat.

POSTCITY, Bunker

  • Jiabao Li

    Jiabao Li is an artist, professor, and founding director of the Ecocentric Future Lab. Her work explores climate change, interspecies co-creation, humane technology, and perception. In her TED Talk, she examined how technology shapes our reality. Her work has shown at MoMA, Venice Biennale, and SIGGRAPH, and she was named Forbes China 30 Under 30.

Credits

Jiabao Li, Ziyuan Jiang, Kuan-Ju Wu, Yasuaki Kakehi | Yasuaki Kakehi Lab., The University of Tokyo | Supported by JSPS KAKENHI (Grant Number JP24H00708)

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