I have seen that you are currently working on an exhibition in London named “Intelligent Artifacts 02.02 Beta”. What’s the concept beyond that?

It explores the relationship between art, fashion, artificial intelligence, mental health, and the impact of technology constantly overloading the human mind and brain at high speed, making it almost impossible to digest and process.

Your avant-garde and provoking images mirror a sense of dark realities, a metaverse populated by traumatised aliens. Where do you take inspiration from your images?

Most of my works are the result of mental self therapy wrapped in a surreal and stylish avant grade package. I love raw underground culture, so in most cases I try to not polish or hold back too much. Unfortunately, social media is censored in a way that I can’t share my dearest and most raw works.

People may argue that AI and 3D art is not art in the sense that has been considered as such in the past. Of course, the concept of ‘art’ has changed a lot in recent times, although in my opinion, it is just an evolution of what has been conceived as an artistic product of our times. What is your opinion on art in the digital era? And how does your work relate to these problematics?

In the press release of my latest show I purposely mentioned that topic. Asking the audience what they think ..is it art or not ? Looking at the massive response in London it looks like the Audience considers it art :) I myself agree with you that it’s just the evolution of art. The same way it happened with film (animation CGI) and music (electronic/sample based). The complaints come usually from people that can’t keep up with the reality and speed of technology.

You started as a music artist and then you decided to follow another path, the one of visual art, film, and photography. What made you change the media to express yourself? And why?

I started with traditional art pretty much at the same time as music, but music got picked up quicker, but as soon as I had my first record deal I wanted to make the cover artwork myself which was a mixed media piece and then later also wanted to control the video element since I wasn’t satisfied with the first results made by others. I taught myself to do all these things, so I knew the outcome would always be the way I envisioned. Obviously this didn’t always turn out great , but at least I could blame myself and work harder to get a better result next time. I think it’s also the ultimate form of expression… to be able to create matching sound and visuals.

I have noticed that, especially on your Instagram, there is a recurrent image of a big eye, sometimes represented as a third eye, sometimes as a sort of non- human face with no nose and mouth. Is there a specific reason why you used such an image?

I’m fascinated by eyes and I believe in the third eye concept. There’s something really deep about looking someone in the eyes. Most people get uncomfortable by that and when you do it changes the energy a lot. Like Hypnosis, and when I make these eye pieces I make the audience look into those eyes, so I’m kind of making them feel uncomfortable looking into them as well as hypnotizing them into my dimension. Also, When I do film or photography I use a certain way and style that I consider voyeuristic and I often make the actor/model feel like they’re alone, but being watched.

As well, you have a fashion eye: in the sense that all the “costumes” represented are highly detailed and really reflect the zeitgeist of this era in fashion. Moreover, fashion is slowly facing the world of virtuality, paradoxically. What’s your thought around fashion and how do you relate it with your art?