Cai Guo-Qiang

On the day, clouds loomed low over the Huangfu River, and the fireworks smoke lingered in the air long afterwards, like an ink painting with its gentle sorrow.

For my solo exhibition at Uffizi Galleries, I created fireworks in the shapes of flowers and plants from Renaissance paintings.

people from across the city could see the fireworks as they launched from the Mekongjo Square, reigniting the spirit of the Renaissance.

Last year, I realized the project, When the Sky Blooms with Sakura, in Fukushima, which suffered the earthquake and tsunami 12 years ago.

On a June day, we had a rare collaboration of the wind and the waves to realize these daytime fireworks.

like a symphony of reverence for nature.

I've realized over 600 solo exhibitions and projects worldwide, often facing numerous challenges such as weather conditions, legal regulations, and social-political hurdles.

But such is the nature of my art.

behind the momentary magic lies countless unknown factors.

Gunpowder and I have been travel companions on a 40-year-long fantastical journey, yet I've never grown tired of it thanks to its uncertainty and uncontrollability.

And it's the same fascination with the unforeseeable that led to my research in artificial intelligence that began in 2017.

This led to the launch of my AI Cai, my custom AI model.

AI Cai deep learns from my artworks, archives, and areas of interest.

It also mimics contemporary and historical figures I admire, developing distinct personas.

They can debate with each other, forming an independent and free community.

AI Cai is my artwork, but it's also a partner for dialogue and collaboration.

In the future, it may even create art by itself.

Recently, we also enabled AI's High to sprinkle and ignite gum powder on canvases.

Nowadays, if I burn through a canvas, it's really an intentional loss of control for effect.

But when AI's High burns something, it's a genuine accident.