The MACHINE •
The MACHINE •
The MACHINE •



Making in the Age of Machines: A 2025 Inquiry
Making in the Age of Machines: A 2025 Inquiry
These 72 portraits represent over 378 hours of painting, ≈15 days and 18 hours of my life.: a tribute to the people who shaped this chapter of my life.
These 72 portraits represent over 378 hours of painting, ≈15 days and 18 hours of my life.: a tribute to the people who shaped this chapter of my life.
A study on Evolution: biological, technological, and cultural; situated within an era of accelerated change and looming singularity.
Artificial intelligence becomes a framework for exploring memory, perception, agency, and the increasingly porous boundaries between human and machine.
A reflection on late‑Capitalist value systems: scale, productivity, reproduction rights, and the unstable economies of authorship
Making in the Age of Machines: A 2025 Inquiry
These 72 portraits represent over 378 hours of painting, ≈15 days and 18 hours of my life.: a tribute to the people who shaped this chapter of my life.
A study on Evolution: biological, technological, and cultural; situated within an era of accelerated change and looming singularity.
Artificial intelligence becomes a framework for exploring memory, perception, agency, and the increasingly porous boundaries between human and machine.
A reflection on late‑Capitalist value systems: scale, productivity, reproduction rights, and the unstable economies of authorship
CREATIVITY •
CREATIVITY •
CREATIVITY •



The piece acknowledges societal pressures to monetise creativity (exchanges, relationships, favours...), reclaiming artistic labour as an act of presence rather than transaction.
Humanism becomes an anchor: equality, dignity, and shared vulnerability, asserting common ground amid technological fragmentation.
Humanism becomes an anchor: equality, dignity, and shared vulnerability, asserting common ground amid technological fragmentation.
A return to the artist’s central concern: purpose, process, and the value of making for its own sake. Creation as mapping, as ritual, as self‑knowledge.
A return to the artist’s central concern: purpose, process, and the value of making for its own sake. Creation as mapping, as ritual, as self‑knowledge.
The piece acknowledges societal pressures to monetise creativity (exchanges, relationships, favours...), reclaiming artistic labour as an act of presence rather than transaction.
Humanism becomes an anchor: equality, dignity, and shared vulnerability, asserting common ground amid technological fragmentation.
A return to the artist’s central concern: purpose, process, and the value of making for its own sake. Creation as mapping, as ritual, as self‑knowledge.
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Can intangible outputs replicate the emotional resonance of crafted physical labour?
Can intangible outputs replicate the emotional resonance of crafted physical labour?
Can intangible outputs replicate the emotional resonance of crafted physical labour?
A Provocation on Speed vs Depth
A Provocation on Speed vs Depth
A Provocation on Speed vs Depth
Hand vs. Algorithm: what we Craft, what we Lose
Hand vs. Algorithm: what we Craft, what we Lose
Hand vs. Algorithm: what we Craft, what we Lose
Why Spend 20 days Painting nearly 100 portraits?
Why Spend 20 days Painting nearly 100 portraits?
Why Spend 20 days Painting nearly 100 portraits?