Exploring the creative limits of artificial intelligence through a living, breathing media sculpture of 2940 cellular LED cubes.
Lux Automata is a living, breathing media sculpture consisting of 2940 cellular, LED cubes suspended above its observers. The artwork uses a coded set of rules to exhibit complex behaviors, with dynamic patterns of light that emerge, repeat, mutate and dissipate in a constant state of metamorphosis.
Rather than being static and pre-determined, Lux Automata is more akin to a biological lifeform. It transforms and evolves in unpredictable ways based on its own internal 'needs' - to avoid boredom, to be stimulated, to be calm - which are influenced by the activity of people beneath it.
From scenes that are erratic and staccato to moments that are ambient and meditative, Lux Automata experiments with its appearance, striving for equilibrium. Exhibiting qualities that mirror consciousness, it questions: can we code creativity? Can AI individually author a piece of art?
As part of the collaborative team with Jason Bruges Studio and DeepMind, I was responsible for the hardware and software implementation aspects of the installation. This included developing the LED control systems, sensor integration, and the software infrastructure that bridges the AI algorithms with the physical installation. DeepMind focused on the AI/ML components that drive the creative behaviors and pattern generation.
