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Oct 2024
Maelstrom on GameSoundCon 2024
On October 30th, Me and Yufan will share the details of our project Maelstrom focus on the audio effect modulation with metashounds on GameSoundCon, in Burbank, CA. The session is from 11:10am to 11:45 am. Please register through GSC2024 website.
Maelstrom at ENNOVA Art Biennale
Exciting new show coming!The Maelstrom will be showcased at the first Ennova Art Biennial, under the opening chapter “Expansion on Sounds and Voices” from Oct 27. This immersive experience features a multichannel interactive audiovisual installation, representing a new era in sound art.

Who would have thought that one day "Xie Yufan, Melvin Lewis, Yin Ziqian, and Wu Wei" would share the stage with legends like Ryuichi Sakamoto, Daito Manabe, John Cage, and Ryoji Ikeda?  Truly a dream come true! Huge thanks to the chief curator - former Tokyo Mori Museum Director Fumio Nanjo and his incredible curatorial research team for selecting us!

Press Release
Panel talk at UAAD Art Festival
I’ll be a panelist at “Jukebox of Dissonance” for the UAAD Festival 2024 this Saturday, October 19, sharing insights into my latest work in interactive and immersive installations.

TIme: October 19, 2 PM
Location: 404 Broadway, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10013

The UAAD Festival 2024 runs from October 19-20, bringing together a vibrant mix of talks, new media performances, exhibitions, workshops, and short film screenings. The talks will dive into the intersections of immersive technology, art, and ecological futures, with a lineup of incredible artists and designers. It will cover themes like human and non-human interaction, AI, speculative futures, and much more through interactive media, XR technologies, and multidisciplinary installations.

Press Release
Maelstrom won an International Sound Awards
Maelstrom won a Better Sound Prize in the International Sound Awards in the category of Sound Art!

Click here for more information.
Sept 2024
Maelstrom selected in Asian Digital Art Exhibition
Maelstrom as part of the Asian Digital Art Exhibition, was showcased on Global Digital Trade Expo 2024 in Hangzhou from Sept 25-29.
The Deputy Consul General of the Consulate General of Brazil in Shanghai, Mr. José Roberto Andrade, also experienced our work.
July 2024
Nestlab feeder box was collected by Red Dot Design Museum Xiamen
Thanks for the invitation from the Red Dot Design Museum China, Nestlab® feeder box is now on view at the Tianfu Industrial Design Park (China) from July 13 as part of the collection of CO-Blossoming Society-Social Design Exhibition 2024.
May 2024
Maelstrom was selected in ACM CHI 2024 Interactivity

Glad to be selected in ACM CHI 2024! Association of Computing Machinery Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM CHI) is a series of academic conferences that are considered the most prestigious in the field of human-computer interaction. It is also one of the top-ranked conferences in computer science.

The Maelstrom team will bring the best immersive version of the project to Honolulu, Hawaii on May 11-16, 2024.

Click here to view the ACM CHI paper for technical details of Maelstrom.
April 2024
Maelstrom exhibited in Madrid

Spatial Instrument & Audio-Visual Installation Maelstrom will be in “La Ola!” exhibition at Centro Juvenil Pipo Velasco, to celebrate 50th anniversary of diplomatic relationship between China and Spain. This piece will be live at Centro Juvenil Pipo Velasco, Espana from April 18th to May 18th.

Organizadores:
Asoc.de Padres Adoptantes de Ninos Chinos y Promoción de Cultura China , Espana
Asociación Espanola de Pintores y Escultores, Espana

Co-organizadores:
Embajada de la Republica Popular Chinaen el Reino de Espana
Departamento de Culturade Madrid,Espana
Centro Juvenil Pipo Velasco, Espana
Spain China Internationa Education Center
Union China Usera en Espana

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Maelstrom on SIGGRAPH Sparks talk
On April 26th, Me and Yufan will share the details of our project Maelstrom on SIGGRAPH Sparks talk in the series of Anticipating the Architecture(s) of The Future – Speculative Arts & Design Research: Theory & Practice.
Click here to view the recording of the session.
Jan 2024
Maelstrom was selected as the finalists of SXSW Innovation Awards 2024

Happy to share that the maelstrom team won a South by Southwest (SXSW) Innovation Awards this year in the Audio Experience category🏆

We will be in the panel talk and the exhibition at SXSW on March 9. See you in Austin, Texas!

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Oct 2023
Maelstrom on Vogue China

This week, the“Maelstrom” has made a splash in several top media outlets—special thanks to VOGUE China, Harper’s BAZAAR China, Art China, USA Art News, Artron, and ifeng for featuring our work.




Maelstrom on Spectra Studio Halloween performance

On Oct 29, Maelstrom was presented at Spectra Studio in Los Angeles, in the Halloween dome screening performance. Love to see the dome projection!
Shanghai Group Exhibition: Evolutionary Space, Shanghai M50 Media Lab

My work I am a Strange Loop is on view at M50 Media Lab, in Shanghai, from Oct 10, 2023 to Jan 20, 2024.
Sept 2023
Maelstrom at Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2023

My work Maelstrom is on view at Shanghai Urban Space Art Season from Sept 25 - Nov 20. 
Maelstrom is a 7.1 Spatial Instrument and interactive audiovisual installation.  It examines the impact of immersive technology on perception and memory, offering a novel approach to managing information through pattern recognition.


August 2023
Shanghai Group Exhibition: Transcending Boundaries, Shanghai M50 

My work Premeditated Glitch is on view at M50, Pearlona Common Room in Shanghai. Opening reception on Aug 20, 2023 from 5:30-8:30 pm.
June 2023





Los Angeles Group Exhibition: Artificial Intelligence and Natural Intelligence at 4C Gallery

"I am a Strange Loop" interactive theater play, aka cyberdrama on view at the 4C Gallery in Los Angeles from June 10-28. 
Press Release on Artron, Digital Journal, etc.


May 2023
NY Solo Exhibition: Incorporeal at :iidrr Gallery

My solo Exhibition, titled "Incorporeal," will be opening on May 20th, at the :iidrr Gallery in New York. The opening reception will take place from 7-9pm at 162 Allen St, NY. I sincerely look forward to seeing you there!
Tips: Don't forget to bring your phone with you to fully engage with the immersive experience.

Press Release
:iidrr Gallery is pleased to present 'Incorporeal', a solo exhibition by Wei Wu. Operating through Augmented Reality (AR) and online archives, Wu questions the singularity between life and technology as an inevitable 'end game'. This exhibition explores the limits of digital tools and remembrance to investigate those roles and rituals of memorialization when physical bodies pass away.
Text by Anthony Terzino
More details on Artforum and LiTang




News: Join Gradient as a Creative Technologist

Since April, 2023 I have been working at Gradient Experiential, LLC as a creative technologist. I am happy that the press release is featured on Bloomberg, Yahoo Finance, and other media. With my team at Gradient, we are going to take experiential marketing to the next level with abundant cutting-edge technology and creative design!
Online/Beijing Exhibition: Sphinx Meta Theater Festival

As the set designer of I am a Strange Loop, I am happy to share that this interactive theater play is happening in vrtual platform newart.city and on view since May 7, 2023!
Click here to view the Chinese version, and here to view the English version.


April 2023
NY Exhibition: Office at :iidrr Gallery

My work One and Three (Office) Plant is on view at :iidrr Gallery Office Experience + Exhibition in New York, May 5-9, 2023.


Thanks LiTang.zone for featuring the show!


Online Exhibition: Ties That Cannot be Unbound

My work Memorial of Forgotten Casualties is selected in New Art City Festival 2023, Ties That Cannot be Unbound online exhibition. The exhibition will be on view untill June 30, 2023. Please click here to visit the virtual galley space.
Talk: Ties A text-to-3D generative furniture design tool based on augmented reality

I  presented a lecture about Generative AI in Augmented Reality at IDD Webinar on Apr. 14. If you missed the talk, please feel free to check it on YouTube IDD Webinar channel.
March 2023
Online Exhibition: Ties That Cannot be Unbound

My work Memorial of Forgotten Casualties is selected in Underground Art and Design x New Art City Online Gallery, Ties That Cannot be Unbound online exhibition. The exhibition will launch from March 25 to June 30, 2023. Please click here to visit the virtual galley space. 
Press Release on AB Newswire.

LA Exhibition: Oracle at 4C Gallery

My work Oracle is on view at 4C Gallery, Mental States of Our Times in Los Angeles, March 4-25, 2023.
News featured in Artron 雅昌艺术网
 https://news.artron.net/20230315/n1119529.html


Shenzhen Exhibition: On Office: Plant

I will participate in Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (Shenzhen), On Office section, presenting research work about Plant in office, publishing in press, and website, along with a webAR game to exame office plant in a media archaeology perspective. The press and website will launch on March 26.
Talk: How to scan (Almost) Anything at DigitalFUTURES

I will present a tutorial at DigitalFUTURES on Mar. 18 10am EST, entitled: How to Scan (Almost) Anything? Introduction to Architectural Photogrammetry Workflow
The tutorial will last approximately 15 minutes and cover various aspects of photogrammetry methods, from the iPhone application to Agisoft Metashape, from object/furniture to building scale.


Talk: “Case study of Robotic arm practice in art and fabrication ” at Bay Area Chinese Culture Salon (BACCS)

I will present an online lecture on Mar. 18, 11pm EST, at Bay Area Chinese Culture Salon x Los Angeles Chinese Culture Salon x 4C gallery, showcasing my recent work on robotic fabrication and interactive art.



February 2023
NY Exhibition: Premeditated Glitch at :iidrr Gallery

My work Premeditated Glitch is on view at :iidrr Gallery Spring Pin-Up Salon in New York, Feb 22-26, 2023.

Innovations in Digital Design Webinar

Hi all, together with some amazing researchers and designers, we launched Innovations in Digital Design Webinar(IDD). IDD is an online platform for sharing innovative research, ideas, and design works in the digital design field. We aim to explore the nature and future of design by showcasing the outstanding work of young designers and scholars from all over the world. IDD operates once per month, offering oral presentations, discussions, and online courses in English. All recordings are uploaded to YouTube and Bilibili, available for free to all.
I will host the first webinar introducing two great speaker on robotic construction.
Please stay tuned for more fantastic topics in design!


RoBIM Shortlisted in 2022 Fortune China Best Design List

My UI/UX design project for Robim Cloud Platform made it onto the Fortune China 2022 Best Design List!

MIT Reality Hack

I made a stunning project at MIT Reality Hack! Furnitrue is an AR application that enables users to generate furniture and home decor products according to audio descriptions, which are displayed in AR. The app allows users to visualize their designs in real-world settings and make adjustments as needed.


December 2022
MIT Final Review and Research Updates

I will join 4.s52 Feeling Architecture’s final review as a desk crit and dicuss all the exciting projects using EEG+GSR to enhance the experience in VR architecture. 

Meanwhile, as a research assistant, I am keep on working on the Digital Caravanserais project with Professor Guzden Varinlioglu at the MIT Design Heritage Lab. The project is focused on preserving and restoring the heritage of caravanserais through the use of technology such as AR and photogrammetry. Also we use EEG+GSR to collect the user reactions for further analysis.
Research papers, videos and exhibitions ongoing... 


October 2022


Gloden Ridge Upper-cloister Construction Completed 

Parametric design and fabrication presented by RoboticPlus, the structure of the cloister adopts a steel frame formed by extremely thin components combined with a space shell structure roof that is subjected to force-finding. The construction material of the roof is a carbon fiber sandwich composite panel, and the construction strategy of digital processing and prefabrication can be accurately constructed.
More info via Wallpaper* , Gooood.hk and archiposition



September 2022

Mixed Reality 911 Memorial

On Sept 11, 2022, tourists around the 911 Memorial in Central Manhattan are experiencing my mixed reality memorial script.

July 2022

Augmented for enhancing human physical capability

I am helping with a project at MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics group, modeling in Unity and Unreal Engine, trying to simulate the virtual experience of wearing a prosthesis.


New Exhibition: TALES: RACCONTI DAL TEMPO CHE VIVIAMO

My animation work “Zakar”is screening at the TALES: RACCONTI DAL TEMPO CHE VIVIAMO. The exhibition opens at July 22 9:30pm at Daste Bergamo.


June 2022

DigitalFUTURES x MIT Design Heritage

I was chosen to participate in the MIT Heritage Lab research during the DigitalFUTURES workshop. Following a board game designed and implemented at MIT Design Heritage Lab, we use state-of-art technologies (Photogrammetry, Materials and Rendering, and Character Design) to augment the game. Finally, the workshop’s results published at https://designheritage.mit.edu/ and eCAADe Exhibition 2022.



May 2022

Graduated!🎓

Officially graduated from Harvard GSD with a Master of Design Studies, concentrated on Art, Design and the Public Domain. Hooray!


New Exhibition: ADPD RETROSPECTIVE

My thesis work“Digital Starlight Memorial”is on view at GSD Kirkland Gallery from May 27th - September 16th 2022. The opening reception will be held on Friday, May 27th at 4:30pm.The work discussed how extended reality can change the online memorial system and together heal the collective trauma of tragic or catastrophic events.

Harvard Metaverse Hackathon Most Outside-the-box Prize!

My thesis work“Digital Starlight Memorial”won the most outside-of-box prize at Harvard Metaverse Hackathon this year.

Best Austrian Animation - Best Film 2021

My animation work “Zakar”is chosen as the best film of the Best Austrian Animation Competition. From 2 - 9 May all of them were screened online at the Filmfestival in Vienna. News can be viewed here: https://best-austrian-animation.at/award-winners-2021/




Core77 Design Award runner-up

My package design work “NestLab Feeder Box” was selected as a runner-up project in this year's Core77 Design Award package design category.
April 2022
Athens Digital Arts Festival Finalist

"Zakar," my animation work, has been chosen as a finalist in the Athens Digital Arts Festival and will be streamed online as part of the event. Online streaming portal via: https://online.adaf.gr/video/zakar-rethinking-public-space-in-times-of-ai/


Jan 2022
Robotic 3D spatial printed installation completed

“Arrival," a magical realism installation with 3D printing launched on Star Square in Shanghai Wanxiang City. I participated in the design and robotic fabrication process. 
“Arrival" was featured in Gooood.hk, designiverse, mooool, hhlloo, 798news, etc.

 



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