Chameleon in 798CUBE

4K video
2025
Stereo sound

Available for licensing, screenings and exhibitions

A virtual intervention layered into the fabric of the real 798CUBE space.

In this site-specific work, we introduce a hidden virtual dimension that overlays the familiar landscape of 798CUBE.

Within it, two giant figures roam—cloaked in adaptive, chameleon-like skins that continuously shift in response to the textures and tones of their surroundings.

Though towering in scale, these figures move with an instinct to disappear. Their surfaces mimic the environment so completely, they seem to vanish into it—always present, yet always on the edge of perception.

They drift silently among everyday visitors to the 798CUBE space, unnoticed. The humans carry on unaware, as if the giants were never there at all.

Created for Future You: Code and Soul, our solo exhibition at 798CUBE, Beijing, China, 28 June–8 October 2025.

Credits

Creative Director: Matt Pyke
3D Design and Animation: James Lee
Real-time Development: James Lee, Seph Li
Sound Design: Simon Pyke
Production Lead: Suyin Looui
Studio Manager: Simon Thompson
Architectural video of 798CUBE: Studio Zhupei
Project originally realised for Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Venice