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Building SOL-1: Motion, Failure, and the Making of a Kinetic Presence
By Niyi Adeogun Founder and Creative Director, CXRE Labs If What Makes You Human established the conceptual foundation of the series, and Paper 02 documented the behavioral logic of SOL-1 inside TouchDesigner, then the next stage of the work asked a more difficult question: what happens when the organism is forced to become physical? This was the point at which the project became materially demanding. Inside software, SOL-1 had already begun to function as a responsive system
mjsanni123
May 158 min read


Signs of Life V1: Building SOL-1 Through TouchDesigner, State Logic, and Kinetic Embodiment
Signs of Life V1, or SOL-1, is the first prototype developed within What Makes You Human, an ongoing CXRE Labs research and art series exploring artificial presence, empathy, consciousness, and the boundaries of human identity through responsive systems.
Niyi Adeogun
Apr 249 min read


What Makes You Human: Artificial Aliveness, Emotional Projection, and Responsive Sculpture
An essay from CXRE Paper 01 exploring artificial presence, responsive sculpture, and the deeper question of what makes us human.
Niyi Adeogun
Apr 87 min read
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