MGM continues to push the boundaries of art and innovation with the launch of cAI™ Lab 2.0 in partnership with renowned contemporary artist Cai Guo-Qiang.
This exciting exhibition is one of the highlights of Art Macao: Macao International Art Biennale 2025, and it’s all set in MGM’s newly opened Fantasy Box space.
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At the heart of the exhibit is Is It Your Gaze That Meets Mine, or Mine That Seeks Yours?, an interactive installation inspired by the 'observer effect' in quantum physics.
Visitors become part of the artwork as their actions and reactio ns shape its evolution.
Every interaction activates the AI, creating a real-time visual display on the 'Quantum State Bulletin Board' as the artwork changes and adapts.
The installation builds upon the success of cAI™’s previous show, Soul Scan, which debuted in 2024.
The 2.0 version takes the experience to the next level, facilitated by nearly 80,000 digital fireworks generated by audience interactions.
cAI™ analyzes these reactions, simulating emotional responses and generating a digital fireworks display, inviting visitors into a collaborative and immersive art experience.
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In addition to the central installation, the exhibition features the cAI™ Observational Corridor, a space where visitors can engage with twelve conceptual projects inspired by cAI™’s exploration of beyond human.
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Highlights include the cAI™ Hotline, where visitors can converse with cAI™ and receive personalized love poems, and Daytime Fireworks Collaboration with cAI™, where visitors can contribute to new designs, allowing the artwork to evolve dynamically.
The opening ceremony on July 19, 2025, was attended by a notable group of guests, including Bai Bing, Deputy Director of the Department of Publicity and Culture of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macao SAR; Leong Wai Man, President of the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Macao SAR Government; Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes, Director of the Macao Government Tourism Office; Kenneth Feng, President and Executive Director of MGM China Holdings Limited; and Cai Guo-Qiang, the exhibition’s curator.
Kenneth Feng remarked, 'This exhibition is a step forward in our collaboration with Cai dated back in 2019, through which visitors become part of the creative process.
Their participation in shaping the art showcases the evolving nature of artistic expression.
cAI™ Lab 2.0 fosters new kinds of artistic collaboration and cultural connections through the theme of ‘you in me, and me in you'.'
Cai Guo-Qiang shared, 'Macau holds a special place in my heart—a city where Mazu and the gods gather, where luck and the unknown walk hand in hand.
From Soul Scan to today’s cAI™ Lab 2.0, this city has always welcomed ideas that feel a little magical, a little uncanny.
It continues to support the artistic adventures of human Cai and cAI™ as we seek out the divine and chase the spectral together.'
The cAI™ Lab 2.0 exhibition will be open to the public at MGM MACAU’s Fantasy Box from July 20 to September 22, 2025.
Entry is free, and visitors can also enjoy a line of limited-edition cultural merchandise and special themed treats at Pastry Bar inspired by the digital fireworks.
[Cover image: Is It Your Gaze That Meets Mine, or Mine That Seeks Yours? Photo by Mengjia Zhao, courtesy Cai Studio]
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