Rive animations for interactive installation (Burning Man)

Check out the Rive blog for a full article on this project: https://rive.app/blog/burning-man-ai-robots-and-underwater-dreams

I've always dreamed of going to the Burning Man festival. In the meantime, my animation went there.

I was invited to participate in the creation of an interactive installation for the fest as an animator and vector artist, and I gladly agreed.

Mira is a robot with artificial intelligence, but she knows how to be happy and sad, surprised and excited. She also creates art!

Mira's face was created by talented designer Yana Vokhminova. I only added a few additional objects, such as a gift, an hourglass, a light bulb. And then... I just brought Mira's face to life with Rive :)

Here is what its creators Aliona Kuznetsova and Volodymyr Kuznetsov write about the project:

Mega Intelligent Robot Artist (MIRA)

Even as AI has become a commodity and is all around us, are we ready to - or should we - accept and welcome it into our art and lives?

Our cute little robot artist, Mira, wants to talk about it. She yearns to fit in, become part of the culture, and earn acceptance. But can she do that without losing herself?

Mira is smart and interactive, creating art inspired by those she meets. Like a foreigner in a new land, she strives for acceptance while preserving her identity. By paralleling Mira’s quest with our own, we aim to provoke conversations about radical inclusion, identity, diversity, and the balance between individuality and assimilation.

Through this interactive piece, we highlight the shared experiences that unite us all.

https://burningman.org/about/history/brc-history/event-archives/2024-event-archive/2024-art-installations/#a2IVI000000O7rZ2AS