Black Void is an art and science collective, founded and directed by Yixuan Cai , in partnership with Yuhan Xiao and Hong Yun. Their artistic endeavors center around the hybrid ecology, interwoven by nature and technologies. Through new technologies (AI, blockchain and intelligent manufacture), they explore themes including “cloud,” “carbon,” “blockchain,” and “interstellar life.”. Their representative works “Twin Cloud”and“Biosphere 3” have been exhibited at various venues such as Venetian Arsenal, The Guardian Art Center, Power Station of Art, and more. They have been nominated for 2024 Lumen Prize Impact Award, and won first place in PacificVis 2023 Visual Data Storytelling and have been featured in a documentary produced by China Media Group. Past brand collaborations include L’Oréal, Tencent SSV, Audi, Genesis Motor, and etc. 

01
Cai Yixuan
蔡艺璇

Cai Yixuan,Director

Rhode Island School of Design, Dual Degree in Architecture and Film/Video/Animation;Ex-Instructor, Central Academy of Fine Art, Ecological Crisis Design;Ex-MAD Architects;Founder, Conversazione, hosted over hundreds of lectures/workshops/exhibitions worldwide.

艺璇,主理人

罗德岛设计学院,建筑与电影双学位曾任中央美院设计学院,危机与生态设计方向,教师,曾工作于MAD建筑事务所非营利组织Converazione主理人,全球多城举办百场讲座/工作坊/展览等

02
Xiao Yuhan
肖鈺晗

Xiao Yuhan, Architect

UCL, Bartlett School of Architecture;Ex-MAD Architects, rich experience with cultural, publyuhanic and art project at diverse scales;Worked at 10 Design (Edinburgh),participated in the design of EXPO Pavilion; Academic work exhibited in Venice Biennale (2018).

肖鈺晗,建筑师

UCL Bartlett 建筑学院毕业曾工作于MAD 建筑事务所, 参与多种类型及尺度的文化, 公共及艺术项目曾工作于10 Design (Edinburgh), 参与EXPO Pavilion 等项目,设计作品展出于威尼斯双年展(2018)

03
Hong Yun
洪昀

Hong Yun,Art and Science Creator

Rich interdisciplinary research experience in science, technology, and art;PHD Candidate, Tsinghua University/Future Laboratory;Collaborate with NASA on image processing technology in Silicon Valley area;Execute Tsinghua University Space Art series courses.

洪昀,艺术与科学 创作者

清华大学/未来实验室,博士在读,罗德岛设计学院,数字媒体系硕士,大量科技艺术交叉学科研究经验,与NASA合作研究硅谷区域图像处理技术,清华大学太空艺术系列课程

Black Void CV

GROUP EXHIBITION

“Beyond the Screen” The 3rd City Digital Skin Art (CDSA) Competition and Global Screening, Milan, Paris, Hamburg, Singapore, Shenzhen | 2024. October  
“Ubiquitou Technology: The Science of Aesthetics”,St.Jame’s, London | 2024. October
“The 14th National Art
Exhibition”Shanghai | 2024. July
“Byte, Block, Black Void” Hong Kong Web 3 Festival | 2024.April
“From the Other Hill”, Curator DanjieHu,Guardian Art Center | 2023.December
“A Thousands Silicon Eyes”,5th Nowness Short Film Awards, Meta Film Curation, Curator Iris Long, Shanghai Power Station of Art | 2023.December
“Terrestrial Landing: Planet Candidates”,14th Shanghai Biennale “Cosmos Cinema”Urban Project, Shanghai Power Station of Art | 2023.December
“Interwowenscape -- European Digital Art Exhibition: French Oplineprize Award Exhibition”, ShenZhen Art Museum | 2023. November
The First Ji’nan International Biennale, Shandong Art Museum | 2022.December
The 1rst Annual METAVERSE Art Exhition @ VENICE | 2022. June

BRAND COLLABORATION

Tencent SSV, Caring for Ocean Collective Action
L’Oreal China, Beauty Moves 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Three-Body, C&D Three-Body Immersive Art Exhibition.
Genesis Motor, Design for Future: LOHAS Sustainable Design
Lady HaiHai, BaiLianGroup, Female Creativity Project “Light”

AWARD & GRANT

Nominated 2024 Lumen Prize, Impact Award | 2024
Project Fund, Pro-Helvetia Shanghai, Swiss Art Council | 2024
2023 Emerging Sci-Tech Artist Awards 2nd Season, Radenist | 2023
PacificVis 2023 Data Storytelling First Prize | 2023.April
Seed Grant, Design Trust | 2022
CRYPTO PROJECT
“Byte, Block and Black Void” Exhibition, Web 3 Festival, Hong Kong,
Twin Cloud NFT Project, mint in 60 seconds and become OS Top, collaborate with 250+ communities worldwide.

MEDIA

“Retrieving Beauty” China Media Group Documentary | 2023. January
Also reported by ChinaDaily, Artnet, IDEAT, LOHAS, ODaily and etc.

Also With

苗欣荣

经纪人
Team Manager

NILLAB苑辰

新媒体艺术家
Digital Artist

王圆圆

新媒体艺术家
Digital Artist

丁杰英

数据创作者
Data Creative

Tashi Delak

音乐人
Music Producer

陈冰冰

前端工程师,产品设计师
Front-end engineer, product designer

邵稙文

视觉&新媒体设计师
Visual & Digital Designer

童思小源

实习生
Intern

Black Void is an art and science collective dedicated to addressing issues such as climate change, interstellar species, and digital life through new technologies, including algorithms, blockchain, and AI.