Experience two artists’ perspectives on philosophy, science, and AI
Two artists, Xin Liu and Eunjo Lee, debuted AI-driven artworks exploring life, consciousness, and philosophy on Google Arts & Culture, created during a residency with LAS Art Foundation.
Xin Liu and Eunjo Lee have launched two new digital artworks as part of an online residency with LAS Art Foundation and Google Arts & Culture Lab. The projects examine how artificial intelligence intersects with philosophy, psychology, and the understanding of life and consciousness. Liu’s piece, "nom nom," simulates living ecosystems using neural networks, while Lee’s work, "In Your Eyes, Before My Own," merges ancient philosophy with 3D motion capture and AI-generated visuals.
Liu’s "nom nom" draws on research by Google researchers Blaise Agüera y Arcas and Alexander Mordvintsev, particularly Neural Cellular Automata models where millions of particles interact to form emergent behaviors. The artwork visualizes intelligence as a distributed system rather than a centralized mind, reflecting concepts from artificial life studies. Visitors can navigate the piece through an interactive video guide that explains the underlying principles.
Eunjo Lee’s "In Your Eyes, Before My Own" blends hand-drawn sketches with AI tools like Nano Banana and Veo to create 3D environments. The project incorporates motion-captured choreography and Korean Hangul phonetics mapped to the landscape’s geometry, exploring connections between language, perception, and digital existence. Lee frames the work through the Buddhist philosophy of Indra's net, where all entities reflect one another in a vast web.
Both artworks are now accessible on the Google Arts & Culture website and the LAS Art Foundation’s platform. The residency aimed to support artists in experimenting with digital world-building and simulating living systems, leveraging Google’s AI tools to bridge artistic and scientific inquiry.