Butterfly Island 1.0: Digital Soul & Data Metamorphosis

"Each butterfly is a piece of my soul. Within each butterfly, data is stored.
When two butterflies collide, two stories meet.
This collision creates new stories with the help of artificial intelligence...
As artificial intelligence develops, my soul starts to generatively evolve in the virtual space...
And thus, I will never die."

“Butterfly Island: Digital Soul & Data Metamorphosis” is an immersive and experimental new media artwork that documents the artist’s self-experiences, beliefs, and ideologies, and examines the potential for human soul immortalisation and extension within the digital realm in the context of evolving artificial intelligence.

In the digital realm of “Digital Soul & Data Metamorphosis”, information is documented in forms of data and further transformed into narratives using artificial intelligence. The artwork raises the speculative hypothesis that the human soul, once limited to the physical realm, possesses the potential to not only thrive but also be measured, stored, generatively developed and immortalised in the virtual realm with the development of artificial intelligence and data processing. Investigating the intersection of humanity and digital technology, this inquiry challenges conventional notions of existence and prompts a profound revaluation of the soul's transcendence into the digital domain.

By examining the convergence of humanity and digital technology, "Digital Soul & Data Metamorphosis" provokes a profound reconsideration of the soul's capacity to transcend into the digital domain in the age of AI. Through this exploration, the artwork seeks to engage with tangible and virtual boundaries.

Butterfly Island Series is expanding with themed islands for artists, minority groups, and educators, promoting collaborative creativity across social, racial, and economic boundaries. For example, Island 2.0 is an immersive environment showcasing virtual butterflies embodying artists' essences. Through interactions, AI generates new information purely by merging their embedded creative directions, free from social, economic, and other external influences, thereby enhancing artistic expression and collaboration.

Keywords: Digital Archive, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Humanity, Creative Technology, 3D Game Environment, Interactive Media Installation.