DIGITAL PETRUSHKA | 数字彼得鲁什卡
Generative Artwork, 2min 45seconds, 2023 | 生成式数字艺术作品，2分45秒，2023
Collaborated with pianist Tim Zhang and Art Director Dongsheng Ren, DaDa presented a unique digital interpretation of "Petrushka" along with Tim’s playing at The 25th/26th Beijing Music Festival. This concert, a first at the Beijing Music Festival, not only fused classical music with contemporary art but also blended virtual and real elements, incorporating blockchain and digital collectible technologies to provide an unprecedented audio-visual experience for the audience.
在北京大华城市表演艺术中心，青年钢琴家张浩天与数字艺术家DaDa（笪秋焱）合作，在任冬生先生设计的舞台上呈现了一场独特的《彼得鲁什卡》数字舞台演绎。这场音乐会是在北京国际音乐节上的首次演出，不仅结合了古典音乐与当代艺术，还融合了虚拟与现实，同时引入了区块链技术与数字藏品技术，为观众提供了前所未有的视听体验。
Drawing elements from the classic ballet "Petrushka," three dancers were invited to record their movements using motion capture technology, which were then converted into point cloud data. By integrating data extracted from the music's accents, rhythm, and changes, a particle effect that matched the music's emotional tone was created. These particle effects were displayed across five separate LED screens, forming virtual dancers that transcended time and space, occasionally coalescing and dispersing to perfectly embody the entire musical piece.
在与钢琴家张浩天的深度沟通后，DaDa 设计了一个由音乐中提取的数字信息驱动的数字化视觉舞台。借鉴《彼得鲁什卡》芭蕾舞剧的元素，邀请了三位舞者通过动作捕捉技术记录舞蹈动态，这些动作数据转换成点云数据。结合音乐的重音、节奏和变化提取出的数据，创造了与音乐情绪匹配的粒子效果。这些粒子效果在五个独立的LED屏上展现，形成了穿越时空的虚拟舞者，时而成形时而扩散，完美呈现了整个音乐曲目。
The performance of "Petrushka" not only demonstrated the artists' innovative response to the digital age but also showed their ability to push the boundaries of artistic expression while engaging in a trans-temporal dialogue with a classic work. The three puppet figures on stage were rejuvenated through a joint performance of music and dance, undergoing a magnificent transformation through digital art re-creation. The transition from stage to virtual space, along with the characters' postures and emotional fluctuations driven by the music, further achieved a perfect integration of auditory and visual imagery.
《彼得鲁什卡》的演出不仅展现了艺术家们对数字时代的创新回应，也显示了他们在不断拓宽艺术表现力边界的同时，与经典作品进行跨越时空的对话。舞台上的三个木偶形象，从音乐与舞蹈的共同演绎中获得新生，经由数字艺术的再创作完成了一次华丽的蜕变。从舞台到虚拟空间的转变，人物的姿态和情感随着音乐的起伏变化，进一步实现了听觉与视觉形象的完美融合。
Typically, concerts are remembered through audio or video recordings, limiting the possibilities for preserving and extending the experience. However, the "Petrushka" concert represents a significant visual breakthrough and, with the help of new technologies, expands the potential for documenting and distributing the performance. In response, the Beijing International Music Festival has released a special series of NFTs featuring the three main characters from the piece, each limited to 100 editions globally. These NFTs contain QR codes embedded within the artwork, linking to representative musical segments of each character, making the digital art tangible and collectible. This innovation allows enthusiasts of classical music and digital art to easily collect or gift these unique pieces.
通常，音乐会留下的只有音频或视频录制，很难有其他形式的记录。但《彼得鲁什卡》音乐会不仅视觉上有所突破，还通过新技术增加了作品的记录和发行可能。为此，北京国际音乐节特别发行了基于作品三位主角形象的数字版画，全球限量100版。每位主角的代表乐段都嵌在版画上的二维码中，使得这些数字艺术作品具象化和实体化，便于音乐与艺术爱好者收藏或赠送。
Exhibitions:
2023 Music Sharing into the Future, the 25/26th Beijing Music Festival, Beijing, China
2024 Infinite Games: Hello, World!, ShenLan AI Space, Beijing, China
2023 加密享乐 锐意经典，北京国际音乐节，北京，中国
2024 无限游戏：你好，世界！，深澜AI空间，北京，中国