On June 9th, 2023, the exhibtion “Co-Evolution“ co-hosted by Intel, Tuchong, and IC Photos, is inaugurated at the E03 Gallery in the 798 Art Center. “Biosphere 3”, created by Black Void, is shown as a multi-media video installation.
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The exhibition re-imagine the environment in which we co-exist with AI, and such collaborative living form lead to new insights of our living environment and even ourselves.

Beijing Contemporary Art Expo — RENUION opens on April 28 at the National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing.

The expo, running until May 1, 2023, presents artworks from over 150 exhibitors. Biosphere 3, created by Black Void, debuts at the Expo. Cai Yixuan, the director of Black Void, has also talked about the artwork and the creative process in subsequent forums.

Hosted by Sanya Tourism Promotion Board.

On April 20th, “Digital Paradise - an Immersive Art-Tech Experience“ welcomes its grand opening. Twin Cloud, created by Black Void, is shown in the exhibition. This exhibition is hosted by Sanya Tourism Promotion Board and organized by Sanya Hi Town Wanda Pioneer Cultural Art Center, and curated by Neal Space, the initiator of the world‘s largest digital art exhibition NFT ART WEEK.

BEYOND THE SCREENS The Third City Digital Skin Art Festiva (CDSA) 2024 International Creative Media Art Competition, highlights innovative uses of large-scale urban screens and media facades to visualize environmental themes and make sustainability issues tangible in public spaces. Black Void's artwork "Twin Cloud" is selected and screening at multiple large screens in public space in cities such as Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Milan Central Station, Paris Tour First Building, Sinagpore Ten Square, Media Art Nexus Nanyang Technological University Singapore, ShenZhen and SuZhou. The work presents the climate conditions of each city over the past 9 years, using digital art to respond to the changing atmospheric states of different cities.

The exhibition is jointly hosted by the UK Tsinghua Alumni association and Zhang Zetian, director of JD.Com's charity foundation. Nearly 50 works from 30 artists were on display, with more than half of the artists from Tsinghua University. Black Void has exhibited three pieces from the "Twin Cloud" collection: Twin Cloud - London, Twin Cloud - World Atlas, Twin Cloud - ShenZhen. It is also Black Void's debut in London.

On July 18, 2024, the 14th National Art Exhibition—Experimental Art, Digital Art, and Animation Works Exhibition opened at the China Art Museum (Shanghai Art Museum). Twin Cloud, a work by Black Void, was selected from among 1,248 entries and is now on display. This exhibition marks the first time digital art, as an emerging art category, has been included in the platform of the National Art Exhibition. The Shanghai section of the National Art Exhibition is hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the China Artists Association. It is organized by the Publicity Department of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, the Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the Shanghai Artists Association, and the China Art Museum (Shanghai Art Museum).

From April 6th to 9th, 2024, the exhibition “Byte, Block, Black Void” by artist group Black Void debuted at the Hong Kong Web3 Festival, integrating innovation in blockchain technology with two art projects, “Twin Cloud” and “Biosphere 3”. The event attracted more than 50,000 visitors, including investors, art collectors, web3 projects and media partners. In response to the support from Hong Kong Web3 ecosystem and the Bitcoin Greening Action, Black Void showcased two special pieces, “Twin Cloud Hong Kong” and “Twin Cloud Bitcoin”, where art connects on-chain carbon credits, making crypto art an entry point for green practices. On the opening day, the artist delivered a keynote speech titled “Crypto Art: Innovative Integration of Art and Science in the Web3 Ecosystem” at the Open Stage.

On December 24, 2023, the "Her Mountain" exhibition opened at the Guardian Art Center in Beijing. Hosted by the Jin Shangyi Art Foundation and the Guardian Art Center, the exhibition features over 100 works by more than 50 female artists active in the art world. These works span diverse media, including painting, sculpture, installation, photography, and digital video. Black Void’s digital video work Twin Cloud is among the pieces on display. 

The exhibition’s theme, "Her Mountain", is inspired by a line from The Book of Songs – Minor Odes of the Kingdom: “Stones from other mountains can be used to polish jade.” By replacing “he” with “she,” the title acknowledges the female creators while shifting the semantic and symbolic focus. According to chief curator Hu Danjie, the theme provides a context for exploring future-oriented perspectives, transcending gender issues, and investigating the multifaceted interactions between visual art and literature in the era of multimedia.

The NOWNESS Award Exhibition has established the Future Exploration section to examine the relationship between AI technology and visual creation, showcasing AI's simulation, learning, and generation of natural phenomena. NOWNESS works with curator Iris Long to present the parallel exhibition "A Thousand Silicon Eyes." Silicon crystals, one of the most commonly used elements in technology, are indispensable to modern devices such as computers, smartphones, and other technological products. 

The exhibition poses a speculative question: Without this naturally bestowed and engineered material, how would humanity envision our present and future worlds? What kind of "gaze" is silicon crystal casting upon the world? 

This exhibition features five works by digital video artists and collectives from around the globe: Sophia Crespo’s Extinct & Endangered, Michael Saup's Dust, Shi Zheng's Glint of Tears, Black Void's Twin Cloud, and Lisas Li Chang's Serenade of the Woods. The exhibition is located on the fifth floor of the Power Station of Art in Shanghai.

The exhibition is curated by Opline Prize founder Michèle Robine and Qiu Zhijie, showcasing 17 works by artists previously shortlisted for the Opline Prize. The exhibition highlights the fusion of technology, art, ecology, and digital innovation, with most of the works being shown publicly in China for the first time. Notable pieces include Black Void’s “Twin Cloud - Shenzhen”, and more works by Qiu Zhijie, Paolo Scoppola, Nick Mead, Pia Myrvold, and etc. 

The exhibition is divided into three sections—The Continuum of Consciousness, The Breath of the Field, and Re-set. Using technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, the artists have created intelligent installations capable of interacting with and learning from viewers. These works weave together dimensions of time, space, and spirit, crafting personal fields of perception and self-awareness.

The exhibition is curated by Opline Prize founder Michèle Robine and Qiu Zhijie, showcasing 17 works by artists previously shortlisted for the Opline Prize. The exhibition highlights the fusion of technology, art, ecology, and digital innovation, with most of the works being shown publicly in China for the first time. Notable pieces include Black Void’s “Twin Cloud - Shenzhen”, and more works by Qiu Zhijie, Paolo Scoppola, Nick Mead, Pia Myrvold, and etc.

 The exhibition is divided into three sections—The Continuum of Consciousness, The Breath of the Field, and Re-set. Using technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, the artists have created intelligent installations capable of interacting with and learning from viewers. These works weave together dimensions of time, space, and spirit, crafting personal fields of perception and self-awareness.

Black Void's work Biosphere 3 was invited to participate in the Seed Project's exhibition "Virtual Lab" (at Shenzhen · CIC Innovation and Creative Center). The exhibition was curated by six renowned domestic and international artists and curators, including Mark Li, Liu Xiaodu, Li Zhenhua, Ma Quan, Shen Shaomin, and Siegfried Zielinski. They selected 24 digital art works from 36 artists worldwide for the exhibition. 

Twin Cloud first debut at “The 1st Annual METAVERSE Art @VENICE” in June 2022. The exhibition shuttle through space and time in various fields of the world, which constantly encounter, overlap, integrate and change. A new form of exhibition with the theme of Genki open in 2022 during the Venice Biennial. By holding this exhibition, we have successfully experimented with a decentralized curation model. We completed the fundraising in the form of crowdfunding. We have completed our project management with a high degree of autonomy. At the same time, we successfully realize the linkage between the limited real spaces in Venice with the unlimited virtual reality space of the Internet.

Twin Cloud has joined L‘Oréal China 25th Anniversary and shown in the exhibition “Beauty Moves“ on December 16th, 2022. The anniversary exhibition themed “Beauty Moves“ consists of five chapters: “Beauty Is Diverse and Inclusive,“ “Beauty Is Innovative,“ “Beauty Empowers Women,“ “Beauty Is Sustainable,“ and “Beauty Evolution“.rm lead to new insights of our living environment and even ourselves.

Twin Cloud participated in the “Design for Future“ sustainable design exhibition initiatedby Genesis. The exhibition, themed around “Green Revival““Material Regeneration“, and Technology Renaissance“, invited eight of the most representative artists, designers, technology studios, and material design studios from China, Italy, the United States. Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Cai Yixuan, the Director of Black Void，was invited by Polestar as an artist collaborator in sustainability. Yixuan has introduced her curatorial practice in Polestar club VIP events and guided Polestar's members through her exhibition “Vibrating Clouds“ at Design Society in Shenzhen. Yixuan has also introduced the winner for 2021 Polestar Global Design Competition on future mobility. One of the winning entries is an airship that combines Polestar design concepts with 21rst century aviation technology.

Collaborating with Tencent‘s Sustainable Social Value(SSV) Department, Twin Cloud is creating a special edition “Twin Cloud-Twin Ocean“, that incorporates ocean data, such as ocean acidity, sea level, and ocean heat. In 2020, China set clear goals of “carbon peaking“ and “carbon neutrality“ with ocean carbon sinks being an important pathway to achieve carbon neutrality. Twin Cloud has joined Tencent for “Blue Carbo Co-creation Campaign“ to advocate for everyone to care for the ocean and make ecology sustainable.

The artwork was commissioned by the Shanghai Women's Goods Store as part of the women's creative project "Blooming Light", launched to celebrate the opening of Lady Huaihai. The project invited Yixuan Cai and Black Void to integrate their unique creative styles, research focus, and working methods to reimagine the glass columns—architectural remnants of the 1930s Art Deco era.

 The work samples sounds from historical and contemporary Shanghai, including the calls of women from past, the voices of women, and the sound of time. These sounds are transformed through algorithms, oscillators, water waves, and glass light columns, transforming into a constantly shifting halo of light. It is a spiritual journey from softness and fluidity to clarity and form, as well as a sculptural portrayal of a century of history.  

On December 2^nd 2023, the "C&D Three-Body Immersive Art Exhibition" officially opened to the public at Eastern Suburb Memory, hosted by Chengdu Media Group. Based on the Three-Body series of novels, the exhibition faithfully recreates 13 iconic scenes from the story. Biosphere 3, presented as a work of digital art, responds to the Three-Body IP by exploring its worldview within the "four-dimensional space" and "Microverse 647." On the opening day, the exhibition attracted thousands of visitors.

Collaborating with Tencent's Sustainable Social Value(SSV) Department, Twin Cloud is creating a special edition "Twin Cloud-Twin Ocean", that incorporates ocean data, such as ocean acidity, sea level, and ocean heat. In 2020, China set clear goals of "carbon peaking" and "carbon neutrality," with ocean carbon sinks being an important pathway to achieve carbon neutrality. Twin Cloud has joined Tencent for "Blue Carbon Co-creation Campaign" to advocate for everyone to care for the ocean and make ecology sustainable.

Black Void’s artwork Twin Cloud has joined L'Oréal China 25th Anniversary and shown in the exhibition "Beauty Moves" on December 16th 2022. The anniversary exhibition themed "Beauty Moves" consists of five chapters: "Beauty Is Diverse and Inclusive," "Beauty Is Innovative," "Beauty Empowers Women," "Beauty Is Sustainable," and "Beauty Evolution".

10 questions with BlackVoid
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Beijing Contemporary Art Expo — REUNION opens on April 28 at the National Agricultural Exhibition Center in Beijing. The expo, running until May 1, 2023, presents artworks from over 150 exhibitors. Biosphere 3, created by Black Void, debuts at the Expo. Cai Yixuan, the director of Black Void, has also talked about the artwork and the creative process in subsequent forums.

"Retrieving Beauty" is a series short documentary produced by China Central Television, which is the most renowned media in China. The documentary features 10 sets of practice, artwork, and design works that cover the topics of diversity and inclusiveness, innovation, women's empowerment, and sustainability. Twin Cloud is one of the 10 works.

PacificVis is a reknowned international visualization symposium held in the Asia-Pacific region, with the objective to foster greater exchange between visualization researchers and practitioners, and to draw more researchers in the Asia-Pacific region to enter this rapidly growing area of research. PacificVis symposium has been successfully held for 15 years.

On October 9, 2024, the 13th Lumen Prize officially announced its list of award winners. Black Void’s work Twin Cloud was nominated for the Impact Award, which recognizes outstanding projects that use technology to address humanitarian, cultural, or socio-economic issues. Founded in 2012, the Lumen Prize is an international award celebrating excellence in digital art. 10 artists and teams won awards. The selected works delve deeply into themes such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, human-machine interaction, haptic technology, and the convergence of physical and digital realms.

In response to an era of intense friction between technology and human perception, Raidenist introduced the theme [Sci-Fi ING] as theme for its Young Technology and Art Support Program Second Season. Black Void's work Biosphere 3 was awarded the Grand Prize in the final evaluation. The piece has been featured in exhibitions curated by Raidenist, including [Sci-Fi · Longyou] and [C&D Three-Body Immersive Art Exhibition].