VS AI Street Fighting VJING

Opening Prompt as a New Ritual of VJ Performance

VS AI Street Fighting reimagines the chaotic aesthetics of arcade culture through the lens of generative AI, staging a real-time visual showdown between humans and machines. Featuring a newly developed VJING console, the installation allows audiences to control prompts and dials through intuitive hand gestures, generating AI-driven visuals synchronized with music in an immersive audiovisual battle.

More than an interactive game, the work responds to the entangled landscape of human expression and machine autonomy, reflecting on the role of creators and the meaning of image-making in the age of AI. VJing is shifting from traditional parameter-based control and real-time material composition toward AI-driven semantic generation and language-led performance. Here, the prompt is no longer a mere command—it becomes the ignition of language as live ritual.

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Production Crew List

Creative Director: Escher Tsai

Producer: Szu-Ya Wang

International Liaison: Monique Chiang

Technical Team: Tzu-Chen Lee, Revlis Huang

Arcade Machine Designer: Hozen Studio

Visual Designer: Yin-Chu Chen

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MUTEK Montreal

Date: August 14 – 28, 2025

Location: Montreal, Canada