The research focuses on combination of novel technology and
traditional art. In this paper, a novel interactive art installation
(IAI) using user’s thought to interact with a digital Chinese ink
painting is introduced. Meanwhile, the final purpose of this
research is to establish a link between novel technology and
traditional arts and further to bring out traditional art philosophy
by taking the advantages of novel technology. Finally, this
research aims to help people understand not only the visual
expression of an art, but also its philosophy and spirit through
different kinds of interaction. Based on this, the theory research
focuses on four parts: traditional art philosophy, artistic and
cognitive psychology, traditional art, novel technology.
Meanwhile, for practice, a Chinese style IAI experiment including
brain waves control technology is introduced to help people better
understand the purpose of this research.