Award-winning British artist Es Devlin OBE has been chosen to create the UK Pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, with a performative structure that will use artificial intelligence to write poems.The Pavilion will be the centrepiece of the UK’s presence at the Expo — highlighting UK expertise in artificial intelligence and the space sector.Named the “Poem Pavilion,” the structure will feature an illuminated "message to space" made up of numerous AI-generated poems, which the Expo's anticipated 25 million visitors will be invited to contribute to.Explaining her inspiration for the project and what she hopes it will achieve, Es Devlin OBE says: “The idea draws directly on one of Stephen Hawking’s final projects, ‘Breakthrough Message,’ a global competition that Hawking and his colleagues conceived in 2015 inviting people worldwide to consider what message we would communicate to express ourselves as a planet, should we one day encounter other advanced civilizations in Space.”“What if the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 became a place where visitors from all over the world chose to take part in a collective global project that showcases British expertise in AI technologies and poetry while transcending national identities,” she adds.The cone-shaped pavilion will be 20-metre-high, made up of rows of protruding slats that extend outwards from one central point to form a circular facade. Poems lit up in LEDs will scroll across the facade.“The quality of design proposals we received for the UK Pavilion were testament to the UK’s world leading creative talent and I’m confident that Es Devlin OBE and the team will help us take advantage of this unique opportunity to showcase the very best of British to a truly global audience,” says International Trade Secretary Dr Liam Fox MP.“Over six months, my international economic department will help the UK connect with more than 25 million Expo visitors — that’s 25 million potential buyers for our products, partners for our firms, tourists for our cities, and students for our universities,” he adds.The UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will be produced by the London and Dubai based global brand experience agency Avantgarde. The Department for International Trade will lead the UK government’s presence with cross-government support.Devlin and Avantgarde will work closely with Manchester-based structural engineers Atelier One and sustainability experts Atelier Ten.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin
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