My artistic practice explores artificial intelligence, media culture, and the digital subconscious in multisensory audiovisual art. Through generative systems, I create immersive environments where algorithmic processes unfold as dynamic entities, reflecting on perception, digital subconscious, and the unknown.

In Abyssial Mimesis, AI-driven image generation and real-time audiovisuals simulate the emergence of imaginary lifeforms. From raw points and lines, these entities evolve into fluid, organic structures. The installation unfolds in two stages: first, an unstable, generative process—an artificial becoming in constant flux. Then, an archival display presents these digital creatures as specimens, questioning classification, authenticity, and the systems shaping what we perceive as “real.”

Mimesis (Greek for “imitation”) traditionally refers to art’s ability to mirror reality. Here, it is reimagined: AI does not imitate nature but mimics the act of creation itself, generating speculative entities from digital, cultural, and algorithmic patterns. Like the deep sea—a realm beyond human observation—these forms do not depict reality but expose the hidden biases and recursive logic of the systems that create them.

This self-reinforcing cycle echoes Vilém Flusser’s notion of technical images as active programs—not merely reflecting the world but shaping perception through continuous feedback.

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