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SUMMARY:Art Gallery
DESCRIPTION:The SIGGRAPH 2025 Art Gallery explores the dynamic relationshi
 ps between nature, art, and technology, showcasing innovative works that e
 ngage with the rhythms, forms, and systems of the natural world through in
 teractive and immersive experiences. From biomimicry and sustainable desig
 n to AR/VR environments and responsive installations, the exhibition highl
 ights how creative technologies can deepen our connection to—and responsib
 ility for—the planet.\n\nAtmos Sphaerae\n\nA deep time meditation on the c
 hanging elemental composition of the atmosphere of the planet Earth.  Atmo
 s Sphaerae was commissioned by Christiane Paul for the DiMoDA 4.0 virtual 
 reality exhibit "Dis/Location," which premiered at Gazelli Art House and w
 as shown at the ZKM Karlsruhe and the Onassis F...\n\n\nTamiko Thiel (Tami
 ko Thiel Studio)\n---------------------\nHow to Find the Soul of a Sailor\
 n\nHow to Find the Soul of a Sailor is an immersive audio/visual artwork a
 bout the future of the oceans told from the perspective of the artist’s la
 te father. A sailor of many years, he left a number of journals from his t
 ravels as an officer in the Merchant Navy. Collaborating with The New Real
  ...\n\n\nKasia Molga (Studio Molga)\n---------------------\nAI in the Sky
 \n\nThe Encephalartos woodii is a cycad believed to be extinct in the wild
 . Only one specimen was discovered and it has since been propagated in bot
 anical gardens. However, existing specimens are clones originating from th
 is single plant and all are male. With the female specimen undiscovered 'A
 I in the...\n\n\nLaura Cinti (C-LAB)\n---------------------\nMimosa Pithic
 s\n\n"Mimosa Pithics" revitalizes Hsinchu’s pith paper cultural heritage i
 n Taiwan by integrating biomimicry, shape memory alloy (SMA) technology, a
 nd interactive design. This kinetic artwork features pith petals that open
  and close in response to viewer interaction, evoking the natural movement
  of...\n\n\nScottie Chih-Chieh Huang (National Tsing Hua University, The B
 ioLogicDesign Lab); Ming-Hong Wu (Yuan Ze University); and Hsiu-Mei Chang 
 and Chin-Hsun Liu (TONG CAO Culture & Art Studio)\n---------------------\n
 Plant.play()\n\nPlant.play() reimagines the relationship between plants, h
 umans, and digital spaces through an interactive installation where a livi
 ng plant becomes the central player in a pet simulation game. Environmenta
 l sensors and bioelectrical signals translate the plant’s natural processe
 s into caregiv...\n\n\nYoonji Lee and Chang Hee Lee (Korea Advanced Instit
 ute of Science and Technology (KAIST)) and Ali Asadipour (Royal College of
  Art)\n---------------------\nHeritage Trees\n\nParticle Forest uses machi
 ne vision to preserve a digital trace of ancient trees of historical, cult
 ural, and ecological significance in order to build awareness of these cha
 rismatic megaflora's grandeur and plight.\n\n\nHye Yeon Nam (New Jersey In
 stitute of Technology (NJIT)) and Brendan Harmon (Louisiana State Universi
 ty)\n---------------------\nLiquid Views - Echoes of Self (2025)\n\n"Liqui
 d Views - Echoes of Self (2025) is a video reimagining of the 1992 interac
 tive installation that blends nature, art, and technology in a reflection 
 on digital identity. It draws on the ancient act of looking into water — a
  symbol of self-awareness — and uses technology to distort t...\n\n\nWolfg
 ang Strauss and Monika Fleischmann (ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
 )\n---------------------\nReturn to the North The Virtual Archaeology of E
 lectronic Orbits\n\nThis work is a 6Dof XR interactive narrative work. The
  railway network once reshaped the history and visual culture of northern 
 Chinese cities. Ironically, it also witnessed the slow process of resource
  depletion in these vast areas. While connecting these towns, the railway 
 tracks also isolated the...\n\n\nYin Bing, Chen Lu, Haoqing Zhang, Siyun W
 ang, Ruiyao Zhu, and Jinyan Yuan (China Academy of Art) and Shuyi Wang (Co
 mmunication University of China)\n---------------------\nCryoScapes: Lands
 cape Painting with Water, Ice, and AI\n\nCryoScapes began during Jiabao Li
 ’s Arctic Circle Artist Residency in Svalbard, inspired by water’s diverse
  forms—vapor, snow, waves, glaciers, and sea ice. The team developed a 3D 
 ice printing system to create intricate sculptures that evolve with temper
 ature changes. Roaming wate...\n\n\nJiabao Li (University of Texas Austin,
  University of Tokyo) and Ziyuan Jiang, Kuan-Ju Wu, and Yasuaki Kakehi (Un
 iversity of Tokyo)\n---------------------\nAcroType\n\nAcroType is an inte
 ractive installation where visitors can see themselves composed from numer
 ous cut-outs on a video screen. Thousands of programmed and animated ants 
 carry bits and pieces of the live video image and constantly recompose thi
 s video feed bit by bit. Visitors watch themselves appearin...\n\n\nChrist
 a Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau\n---------------------\nChoreoFin: Breat
 hing in the Ocean\n\nChoreoFin is a kinetic dress inspired by aquatic crea
 tures and mythological beings such as mermaids and amphibian humanoids. It
 s fins, made from nano-metal-coated fabric, shimmer with multicolored text
 ures and are animated by fifteen shape-memory alloy actuators. Each actuat
 or bends in three directi...\n\n\nAkira Nakayasu (Tokyo Metropolitan Unive
 rsity); Arisa Hirashima, Keisuke Shuto, Miki Yamamura, and Makoto Danjo (J
 oshibi University of Art and Design); Mina Shibasaki, Saki Sakaguchi, and 
 Kumiko Kushiyama (Tokyo Metropolitan University); and Hiroko Uchiyama (Jos
 hibi University of Art and Design)\n---------------------\nWe Are Entangle
 ment\n\nFungi are everywhere, in the air, water, and soil, where they supp
 ort and mediate between living and non-living. We Are Entanglement invites
  visitors into an immersive, interactive environment in which humans becom
 e part of the networks of communication through fungal networks beneath th
 e floor of a...\n\n\nHaru Hyunkyung Ji (OCAD University, Artificial Nature
 ) and Graham Wakefield (York University, Toronto)\n---------------------\n
 Sway: too Numerous to Record\n\nThe "Sway" reimagines bamboo, an ancient t
 ool of documentation, as a dynamic and symbolic medium to explore contempo
 rary digital reflections. By integrating the natural movement of bamboo wi
 th generative digital processes and dynamic capture techniques, it encapsu
 lates evolving narratives through re...\n\n\nYuyang JIANG (Hong Kong Unive
 rsity of Science and Technology; Hong Kong University of Science and Techn
 ology, Guangzhou); Luwen YU (Hong Kong University of Science and Technolog
 y, Guangzhou; Hong Kong University of Science and Technology); Xiaokang LE
 I (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou); Lei HUANG (
 China Academy of Art, Hangzhou; College of Social Aesthetic Education); an
 d Pan Hui (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou; Hong
  Kong University of Science and Technology)\n---------------------\nCubic 
 Limit / Liquid Symmetry\n\nManfred Mohr is a recipient of the ACM SIGGRAPH
  Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in Digital Art.\n\n\n
 Manfred Mohr\n---------------------\nQuantum Tango\n\nQuantum Tango, 2025,
  connects Vancouver, London, and Milan through a real-time, interactive di
 gital artwork. At each location, a screen and camera setup respond to loca
 l audience movement while revealing dynamic images and colour patterns inf
 luenced by activity in the other cities. Blending abstract...\n\n\nErnest 
 Edmonds\n---------------------\nFollow the Ship\n\nFollow the Ship (2025) 
 is a generative video work emerging from Matthew Attard’s project I WILL F
 OLLOW THE SHIP. It explores the convergence of heritage and digital proces
 ses as a form of contemporary digital drawing. The work integrates eye-tra
 cking datasets from historical maritime graffiti ...\n\n\nMatthew Attard (
 University of Malta; Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venice)\n\nInterest Area: Art
 s & Design, Gaming & Interactive, New Technologies, Production & Animation
 , Research & Education\n\nKeyword: Animation, Art, Artificial Intelligence
 /Machine Learning, Audio, Capture/Scanning, Computer Vision, Digital Twins
 , Display, Dynamics, Education, Ethics and Society, Fabrication, Games, Ge
 nerative AI, Haptics, Hardware, Image Processing, Performance, Real-Time, 
 Robotics, Scientific Visualization, Simulation, Spatial Computing, Virtual
  Reality\n\nRegistration Category: Full Conference, Experience
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