Logan Center Pitch It! Grant 2023-24

NPC

THE PROJECT

NPC experiments with the concept of “infinite” by breaking down the boundaries of the physical and digital world.

The physical aspect of the project is a wooden sculpture with an artwork of Penrose stairs laser cut onto a section of a tree trunk. With Stable Diffusion (AI) models, we will embed QR codes into the artwork, taking the audience into our project's digital portion on their mobile devices.

The digital element grapples with the idea of recursion; a seemingly infinite content of digital artwork will be cycled through on a loop. This portion is created with a fusion of photographed images and Artificial Intelligence.

The People

Kay Kim

1st Year Graduate Student, MAPH, Cinema & Media Studies
Kay Kim is an MA student in Cinema and Media Studies. Her research interest is in new media technology, and her current project compares neural networks to the human brain in constructing memory from the past. She is a new media artist currently working as a research assistant in the theatre department at STAGE Lab at UChicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Her previous short films and documentaries were screened at Cannes Short Film Corner, Yale in Hollywood Fest, and Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Helsinki.
Elena Chen

1st Year Graduate Student, MA in DIGS
Hi everyone, I’m Elena Chen. In the project of NPC, I am in charge of coding, web building, and web publishing. With the help of my master’s program, I get to know more about the utility and the power of AI, which inspire our entire group to decide to make a fusion art from both the virtual and the real world. We also came up with the theme that “we are NPC of ourselves” wandering around the world and doing repeated things every day. I hope you all enjoy our piece.
Elijah Olson

4th year, BS Computer Sciences
I am Elijah Olson from Carson City Nevada. I am graduating fourth year at the college, in which I majored in Computer Science with a focus in Cybersecurity and a minor in Astrophysics.
Isaiah Scott

1st Year Graduate Student, MAPH, Digital Identities
Meet Isaiah Scott, a dynamic first-year Graduate student from Charlotte, North Carolina, embarking on an academic journey focused on Digital Identities and philosophy. Isaiah's passion for understanding the intricate nuances of online personas is matched only by their love for carpentry, where they find both creativity and solace. Fascinated by the intersection of internet technology and the physical world, Isaiah brings a unique perspective shaped by their upbringing in the American South. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge and a commitment to unraveling the complexities of the digital realm.