Emergence — A Forever Collaboration: Tendril x FutureDeluxe
⌝ Mixed-media generative AI, real-time collage study for virtual production in Unreal Engine ⌞
In an era characterised by rapid technological advancements and the increasing availability of novel digital tools, we’re witnessing the realm of artistic expression undergoing a monumental transformation. This surge in digital innovation unlocks an array of previously unimaginable avenues for creative exploration.
As these tools diversify and break new ground, they open up a vast ocean of artistic opportunities, teeming with potential for exploration. This depth of possibility emerges at the confluence of these varied mediums, a territory largely unexplored simply due to its sheer novelty and complexity.
This study explores the potential of combining different digital techniques, like AI-based gaussian splatting layered as a real-time digital collage in Unreal Engine with high-end CG & simulation, leading to new, emergent artistic expressions in real-time virtual production.
Driven by curiosity, artists are increasingly venturing into uncharted digital landscapes, crafting art forms that merge various digital elements in unprecedented ways. This isn't just about blending different mediums; it's about pioneering entirely new artistic techniques and expressions.
This trend mirrors a larger shift in the art world, where traditional boundaries between artistic disciplines are dissolving. With an expanding array of digital tools, accessible knowledge, and resources at their fingertips, artists are increasingly drawing from a diverse skill set.
In this digital exploration, artists are uncovering hidden facets and potentials within the digital realm, similar to how a documentarian uncovers and presents stories from the real world. They are not merely using the digital medium as a tool; they are engaging with it as a dynamic environment, where each interaction leads to new insights and creative possibilities. This journey is about more than artistic creation; it's about uncovering and understanding the language of the digital landscape, and through that understanding, forging new modes of artistic expression that resonate with the complexities and nuances of our increasingly digitalised world.
The potential of these new combinations is further magnified when we consider their imperfections or failures. Traditionally, the aim of digital art tools has been to achieve ever-greater levels of precision and realism. However, there is a growing recognition that the quirks and glitches of these tools can be artistically valuable. These 'failures' can introduce elements of unpredictability and spontaneity into the creative process, leading to outcomes that are surprising, original, and deeply human. In this context, the 'failure' of a digital tool becomes a source of creative potential, a doorway to new forms of expression that challenge and expand our understanding of what art can be.
This process requires us to not only rethink the boundaries of art, but also the way in which we create and engage with it. In this profound process, we find ourselves reevaluating not only what art is but how it is born and how we, as participants and creators, engage with its evolving narrative.
A Forever Collaboration, Tendril x FutureDeluxe
Creative team – Chris Hoffman, Curtis Baigent, Svet Lapcheva, Ivelle Jargalyn, Christopher Bahry, Adam Samson
BTS video – Curtis Baigent, Svet Lapcheva, Ivelle Jargalyn, Christopher Bahry, Cody McFarland, Jill Wilkie, Jelena Sibalija
Models – Shane D’Costa, Bon Diamante, RJ Beloso
Photography – Svet Lapcheva, Curtis Baigent
Music – UglyStupidHonest