Agents Cultivation Workshop: Balloons, Code, and Parallel Worlds

Introduction

Imagine if you had a group of virtual neighbors living in the cloud, and their “weather” was actually determined by balloons flying in the exhibition hall? Join us as we launch a surreal “Migration Plan.”

What are “Agents”?

Think of them as a group of intelligent, sentient beings with their own personalities. They don’t need you to watch them every second; they can live and socialize in their virtual world independently.

Build Your “Digital Community”: We will step-by-step build a multi-character community system. You are not their “master,” but rather their community manager. You will help these neighbors prepare their AI brains (built-in models) and design unique backstories and ways of speaking for them.
Decorate a Home in a Parallel Universe: Based on your imagination, we will prepare exclusive scenes, background settings, and even specific social circles for these little neighbors.
The Most Magical Setting: The angle and speed of the balloons in the work Ellipsoids and Automatic Control System will be transformed into the “phenology” of the island. If the balloons sway faster, the prices or taxes on the island might rise, or perhaps the sun will climb higher. The physical pulse of the real world becomes the wind, frost, rain, and snow in the lives of these virtual neighbors.

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What you will experience here

1. AI Tools: Learn how to utilize AI to give your digital neighbors unique “personality logic.”
2. Survival System Construction: Hand-build a complete social and survival system.
3. Reality vs. Virtual: Witness how the physical fluctuations of the real world influence agents in the virtual world.
4. Community Carnival: Watch as agents created by different people interact within the same system, generating fascinating chemical reactions.
Who should attend:

1. Those who want to create their own “digital community.”
2. Anyone curious about AI and virtual life.
Even if you have never touched a line of code, you can easily get started—it’s as fun and intuitive as playing The Sims!
Requirements for Participation

1. Open to participants aged 16 and above.
2. No programming experience required; please bring your own laptop.
Artist Bio

Peng Jiayuan

Media artist, born in 1999 in Daqing, Heilongjiang; currently based in Beijing. His primary creative focus involves interactive virtual art installations integrated with computer technology. Holding a Master’s degree from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), he is dedicated to the creative practice of virtual and technological art. His work explores and pursues the symbolism of virtual programming through the relationship between virtual and real-world entities, using the operational logic of the physical world as the rules for virtual environments to establish mapping relationships across different dimensions.

His works have been exhibited at major institutions including UCCA, Yinchuan Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Beijing Times Art Museum, Chongqing Times Art Museum, Guardian Art Center, Shanghai Ming Contemporary Art Museum (McaM), K11 Art Foundation, Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai, and Phoenix Center Beijing. He was the recipient of the Robb Report 2022 “Art & Technology” Special Award and the 2022 HE Art Foundation (HEM) Tech-Art Award. He has participated in prestigious events such as the 59th Venice Biennale, the Xinjiang Biennale, the Hong Kong & Macau Visual Arts Biennale, the Asia Digital Art Exhibition (ADAE), the HiShorts! Film Festival, the Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Art Nova 100, and Beijing Contemporary Art Expo.