Events we've hosted and attended.
Designing Embodied Artificial Life as Ecological Participation Agents
artineer's research was accepted and presented at SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Art Papers in Tokyo — one of the most selective venues for art and technology research. The work explores how artificial life can be designed as active ecological participants rather than simulations, proposing a new framework for embodied AI agents that engage with living systems.
Design in Service of Livelihoods
Invited personally by Professor Bibo Wu of the China Academy of Art, artineer founder Kexin Wang served as guest lecturer, mentor, and co-organiser for this month-long workshop programme centred on design in service of livelihoods. She also coordinated the participation of two distinguished guests: Joy Ko, Professor of Industrial Design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and Ticha Sethapakdi, PhD researcher at MIT CSAIL — bringing together perspectives from cutting-edge HCI research and design education to explore how design thinking and emerging technology can serve real community and economic challenges. The workshop asked a central question: how can the most lightweight and efficient design approaches address some of the most complex and systemic challenges — to foster inclusivity and equity in our world?
Long-term Full-body Wearables Powered by Wireless Electronic Textiles
Dr. Ryo Takahashi — Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo and Meta Research Fellow — presented his team's work on body-scale textile-based systems for long-term wearable computing: full-body coverage, seamless integration into everyday clothing, and battery-free operation through wireless power transfer. Hosted by Kexin Wang and Shuyue Feng. Co-organized by artineer, ADE@MIT, and the University of Tokyo.
Featured Talk at MassRobotics Innovation Hub
Kexin Wang, alongside researchers from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, gave a featured talk at MassRobotics — Boston's leading innovation hub for robotics and AI. The session gathered entrepreneurs, investors, and technologists from China and the U.S. to discuss emerging opportunities in AI, robotics, and smart manufacturing, and the broader landscape of U.S.–China cross-border collaboration. Co-organized with MIT CBA and ADE@MIT.
Fungal Morphology Simulation & Dynamic Light Containment
artineer founder presented the peer-reviewed art paper at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Art Papers — exploring how neural cellular automata can simulate and contain living fungal growth as a generative art medium.
Invited Seminar at MIT Arts, Culture & Technology
Presented inside MIT's ACT Cube to an audience of artists, researchers, and technologists. ACT co-director Gediminas Urbonas — internationally recognized artist and educator — engaged directly in discussion about living materials and bio-computational art.
Mycelian Micro at BioFabricate Global Summit
artineer was invited to present Mycelian Micro at BioFabricate — the world's leading bio-innovation summit. Sat down with BioFabricate's Founder & CEO for an in-depth conversation on living materials, biodesign, and the future of bio-art in education.
Zhihui · Intuitive Scale and Hyperdimensional Digital Design
The inaugural episode of Zhihui — a design interdisciplinary lecture series co-organised by MIT ADE and the China Academy of Art AI Art and Design Innovation Lab, focused on HCI, art, and technology. artineer instructor Alex delivered the opening lecture: Intuitive Scale and Hyperdimensional Digital Design.
Alex is a senior VR engineer and researcher with 7+ years of industry and research experience. He was president of the MIT VR/AR Association and studied Physics, Computer Science, Materials Science, and Media Arts (MIT Media Lab). Since 2018 he has been a VR researcher at MIT's Fluid Interfaces and City Science groups, and an instructor for MIT's IAP course Intro to VR. Industry roles include Senior Simulation Engineer at Ultraleap, Senior VR/AR Engineer at ConceptHealth, and CTO of an XR startup.
Virtual-Real Dance: Exploring New Dimensions and Future Horizons of XR
MIT ADE and the Communication University of China School of Animation and Digital Arts co-hosted this in-person lecture on XR in digital art practice. artineer instructor Zairan Yu — MIT-CAST visiting artist — explored how XR technology dissolves the boundary between the real and virtual, opening new creative possibilities in cultural, artistic, and commercial contexts.
Zairan Yu (MFA, NYU ITP) works as an artist and director between Beijing and New York. Her multisensory VR/XR works examine the dynamic relationships between people, nature, and society. Exhibited at Broadway venues in New York; winner of the 2023 New York Film Festival Experimental Film Award and recipient of the 2024 Dandelion Foundation Sailor Programme grant.