Designing Ukrainian Dancing Costumes - The Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Cultural Preservation

The VYSH ball project aims to innovate by focusing on creating unique embroidery designs for the stage costumes of the Luxembourg-based
dance group Berehyni. Berehyni is a group popularizing Ukrainian historical dances, especially in the context of supporting Ukrainian refugees
in Luxembourg. This project, driven by the need to create original costumes for an expanding dance group of mostly Ukrainian refugees, utilized
two AI technologies, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney. They were used to explore the possibility of combining traditional Ukrainian embroidery
patterns into a single design suitable for both stage visibility and preserving folk authenticity.
However, initial hopes of creating a single Ukrainian pattern based on different regional patterns using artificial intelligence faced challenges,
including both historical accuracy and aesthetic requirements for the stage. The project strategy was changed to prioritize detailed verbal cues
over graphical unification of patterns, leading to more successful results. This approach facilitated the creation of embroidery designs that
matched the intended cultural representation and were subsequently converted into machine recognizable formats for production.
The final result of the VYSH project was the creation of 14 embroidered blouses. This endeavor highlights the potential of artificial intelligence
in improving cultural heritage projects, emphasizing the importance of human experience, its taste and education, which cannot be replaced
when evaluating results and selecting successful designs. This experience provides insights into the adaptive methodologies required when
merging technology with traditional art forms, and suggests avenues for future research in digital cultural preservation.