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“It’s like 40 percent orderly story and 60 percent just chaos.” –Ian Cheng takes us inside his epic live simulation trilogy “Emissaries,” one of the newest acquisitions to #MoMACollection: mo.ma/2TB2Hfl Inspired by pop culture staples like “The Real Housewives,” “Ponyo,” and “The Sims,” and powered by a video game engine, Cheng’s “game that plays itself” is an infinitely evolving ecosystem of characters and narratives. Stuart Comer, our chief curator of Media and Performance, spoke with #IanChen

Ian Cheng's artificially-intelligent artwork simulates a story without end. It's mesmerizing, and impossible to predict how the characters will interact and behave. At the September 21, 2017 Third Thursday at CMOA, we opened an exhibition of his latest work. Here are some of the reactions from attendees. The exhibition is open through January 28. | Carnegie Museum of Art

Ian Cheng draws on his background in cognitive science and his research into artificial intelligence to explore philosophical questions about evolution, human behavior, and consciousness. In 2017, Cheng created Emissary Sunsets the Self, a digital simulation featuring different characters who move about and respond to his imaginary world in infinitely unpredictable ways. Watch an interview with the artist, who describes his digital simulations as “video games that play themselves.” #MuseumFromHo