The Reality of the Virtual
Collectible Fair 2025, Curated Section
Scenography
Hand-painting on floor (70 sqm) and walls
13–16 March, 2025, Brussels
Curated by Brecht Wright Gander
Editorial: Collectible Three Questions to Duyi Han
At the Curated Section, Duyi Han hand-paints on the exhibition floor, creating an abstract composition informed by the appearances and placement of the showcased furniture. Designed with the help of AI, this painting echoes AI’s process of learning and synthesis, where shapes blur, fuse, and shift, resembling an image in perpetual training—approaching resolution but never fully settling. It turns the floor into a latent landscape of design, fermenting and reconfiguring the products of human creativity, generating a distinct mood. This content-aware landscape welcomes visitors to learn and synthesize the different specimens of engaging technology and handcraft, the virtual and the real.
