Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis & Zukunftspreis
Interactive Installation — TRUMPF Group, ZKM | Hertz Lab, August 2023
Developed by Yasha Jain, Bernd Lintermann & Paul Bethge for the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis and Zukunftspreis.
Artistic Concept
The installation transforms event invitation cards into a living generative artwork. Each card is generated via AI (Stable Diffusion) with latent space interpolation, creating a visual dialogue between cards. The work poetically interprets quantum duality, blending wave and particle states.
Interaction
- Guests scan a QR code on their invitation card.
- Data is relayed to the main screen; the guest’s card is highlighted and a path is traced to the next person.
- The process continues, and at the end, the complete collective motif is revealed.
- Each participant can see their individual contribution within the evolving generative artwork.
Technical Write-Up
- I developed the Visualization & Interaction: TouchDesigner
- QR/Barcode Scanning & Data Handling: Python
- Each card’s unique identifier triggers a new visual stage on the projection. The images were made by Paul Bethge
This project turns a simple event invitation into a participatory artwork, merging individual contributions into a collective generative experience.