“Drawing My Way Out”: Christopher Reusch on Demons, Depression, and the Art That Saved Him
Christopher Reusch studied environmental protection before completing a Master’s degree in South Africa, where he learned the value of Observation. Afterward, unsure of his path, he began hiking barefoot in 2012 and eventually drew himself out of a depression a decade later, in 2022. Those early drawings felt almost demonic — frightening, intense, and strangely instructive. His first book, The Book of Fear, made that connection unmistakable, as if the work itself was guiding him to understand fear on a deeper level.
Neither Here nor There: Chaeyeon Kang on Digital-Physical Hybridity and the Fluidity of Being
Chaeyeon Kang explores the fragile intersection of body, memory, and digital-physical hybridity. Working across printmaking and experimental media, she investigates cycles of vulnerability and resilience through her own female bodily experiences and virtual female bodies. Through collage and layering, she pursues sensations that can’t be captured through traditional methods alone, gravitating toward materials and images that exist in liminal spaces — never fully one thing or the other.
A Fossil Record of Early Human Thought: Joe Banks on Where Language Becomes Technology
Joe Banks is an installation artist, researcher, and electronic musician behind the long-running project Disinformation. His work centers on electricity, communication, and language — often taking the form of electromagnetic sound pieces and audio-visual illusions. His latest piece, Language [as] Meta-Technology, pushes this inquiry further by challenging narrow definitions of what “counts” as language. Rather than limiting language to human syntax or computer code, the work proposes that language is everything we use to communicate — across species, histories, and technologies.
In the Gray: Abolfazl Pashna on Darkness, Intention, and Becoming
Abolfazl Pashna is a painter whose work explores human-centered, philosophical, and existential themes. After earning a diploma in Visual Arts and a Bachelor’s degree in Painting from Azad University, he began exhibiting professionally in 2016. Since then, his practice has evolved from abstract, intuitive explorations of imaginary worlds into works grounded in personal and social realities. His paintings often challenge viewers through the interplay of materials, textures, and layered visual narratives, balancing experimentation with deliberate conceptual intent.
Windows, Landscapes, and Light: The Poetic 3D Worlds of Eloise Evangelista
Eloise Evangelista is a 3D designer and visual artist whose work moves fluidly between motion design, digital experimentation, and conceptual research. As the founder of Gxia Studio, she leads a boutique practice focused on exploring the intersections of art, technology, and communication through immersive and experimental projects. Her visual language blends precision and emotion — creating digital worlds where structure meets spontaneity.
Michele Rinaldi on AI, Ecology, and the Art of Responsible Technology
Michele Rinaldi is a Rome-based artist and researcher working at the intersection of new media, digital arts, and environmental sustainability. His practice centers on multimedia installations powered by artificial intelligence, exploring invisible ecological processes such as CO₂ emissions and environmental transformations linked to climate change. Through his work, Michele investigates how technology can both reveal and critically reflect on the relationships between humans, nature, and computational infrastructures.
Cari L. Marvelli on Repurposing a Life’s Archive
Cari L. Marvelli is a photographer and digital collage artist based in New York’s Hudson Valley, where she creates richly layered works built from decades of original photographs. Describing herself as a “repurposer of ideas,” she weaves together fragments from her personal archive to form dreamlike compositions that explore identity, memory, and transformation. Her work often features recurring symbols and self-portraits, revealing the interplay between vulnerability and reinvention.
Endangered Scripts, AI, and Synesthetic Experiments: A Conversation with Javier Aparicio Frago
Javier Aparicio Frago is a multidisciplinary artist whose work moves fluidly between painting, music, and technology. Based in Spain, his practice blends traditional artistic techniques with new media, creating immersive experiences that span soundscapes, stage performances, and visual artworks. With a deep commitment to research and teaching, Javier combines creative experimentation with scholarly rigor, exploring the intersections of art, movement, and digital innovation.
David Morgan on Generative Art, Humor, and the Magic of Cartoons
David Morgan is an artist, designer, and developer whose work blurs the boundaries between art and code. With a background in web design and illustration, he crafts digital experiences that balance technical precision with creative play — transforming simple ideas into worlds that are both humorous and introspective. His aesthetic draws on a lifelong love of cartoons, character design, minimalism, and alternative culture, resulting in work that feels equal parts nostalgic and experimental.
Embrace: Skye Von on Reimagining Connection Through Immersive Art
In Embrace, Skye Von invites participants to restore color and balance to a fading world through presence and consensual touch — a quiet metaphor for how connection and empathy can reawaken the spaces between us.
Michael Woodruff on Nostalgia, Motion, and Meaning: From VFX to Digital Graffiti
Michael Woodruff is a London-based multidisciplinary digital artist whose career spans over two decades across film, documentaries, advertising, and art. His work ranges from Hollywood blockbusters and Netflix productions to holograms, brand campaigns, and museum installations. With a deep passion for motion design, archives, and animation, he weaves nostalgia and abstraction through a refined design sensibility.
Kin>% on Digital Fatalism, Hidden Labor, and the Politics of AI
Kin>% (cell_less) is a UK-based PhD artist-researcher whose practice investigates narratives of technological inevitability and the ways algorithmic systems make decisions for and about us. Working across sound, installation, moving image, and interactive digital media, her work invites audiences to question the politics of technology and its role in shaping identity, agency, and perception.
From Graphic Design to Dreamlike Animation: A Conversation with Ariadna Sysoeva
Ariadna Sysoeva is a freelance illustrator and animator based by the seaside in Georgia, where the sun, sea, and palm trees often find their way into her creative world. With over a decade of experience in the visual arts, she has collaborated with international magazines, brands, and creative studios — crafting illustrations, editorial visuals, and moving images that tell stories through emotion, shape, and color.
A Journalist’s Journey Into AI-Assisted Poetry: Nick Abramo
Nick Abramo is a veteran journalist with over forty years of experience in the field, who recently turned his curiosity toward a new creative outlet: poetry. His foray into AI-assisted writing began as a lighthearted experiment (asking ChatGPT to generate a sports article) but quickly evolved into a deeper exploration of how technology and creativity can intersect. What started as a test of AI’s capabilities soon became a unique hybrid process: Nick provides the ideas, themes, and direction, while AI drafts the initial form — which he then heavily edits, shaping it into something distinctly his own.
Joe Chiappetta on Silly Daddy Comics, NFTs, and Over 25 Years of Digital Art
An award-winning cartoonist and digital art pioneer, Joe Chiappetta has been creating art since long before “digital” was a common word in the studio. Originally from Chicago and now based in California, he is best known for Silly Daddy Comics and ArtVndngMchn, with a career spanning the Independent Comics Publishing Movement of the 1980s to today’s Rare Digital Art and Cryptoart scenes. His work blends humor, family, and faith, often reflecting a lighthearted yet deeply personal perspective.
Jingyuan Huang on Motion Graphics, Branding, and Turning Everyday Moments Into Digital Stories
Jingyuan Huang is a Maryland-based graphic designer and motion creative whose work merges clean, thoughtful aesthetics with engaging storytelling. With experience in marketing design and a growing focus on social media visuals, she creates content that balances strategic intent with artistic expression. Her projects span motion graphics, digital campaigns, and visual identities, reflecting both precision and emotion, as she seeks to connect audiences through movement, color, and narrative.
Mieke Marple on “Live, Laugh, Lube” and Making Art More Powerful Than the Algorithm
Mieke Marple is a Los Angeles–based artist and writer whose practice spans painting, generative art, and storytelling. Her work often merges humor, mythology, and personal narrative to explore how cultural archetypes reflect our collective and individual struggles. In recent years, Mieke has brought a lighter, more playful energy to her practice. After creating The Medusa Collection, a generative NFT series reframing Medusa’s story through a feminist lens, she turned her focus toward humor and healing. Inspired by the comedians in her life, she developed Live, Laugh, Lube, a project that embraces joy, intimacy, and self-awareness with a wink.
Hacking Systems of Power with Glitter: Gretchen Andrew on Her Whitney Museum Acquisition
Known for “hacking systems of power with art, code, and glitter,” Andrew has long blurred the lines between traditional painting, internet performance, and technological critique. From her viral “vision boards” that hijacked Google search results to her powerful Facetune Portraits, Gretchen Andrew’s work continues to question who gets to control images, narratives, and visibility in the digital age.
Perfect, Honest, Forgiving: Dot Dot Whatever on Circles
Dot Dot Whatever (• • ……..) is the creative project and moniker of a New York–born multimedia artist whose work revolves around one simple yet endlessly expressive form — the circle. What started as a lighthearted experiment has evolved into a thoughtful exploration of shape, placement, color, and perception. Each work is titled with a serial number to invite open interpretation, encouraging viewers to see whatever they wish — a crying face, two circles embracing, something abstract, or something emotional. The artist sees themselves not as the center, but as part of a shared dialogue where meaning is shaped by others’ perspectives.
How Xy Arnaldo Turns Personal Reflection into Cinematic Digital Art and Animation
Xy Arnaldo is a digital artist and designer based in Metro Manila, Philippines. Her work spans digital art, animation, public art, and visual storytelling — often blending personal reflection with emotional resilience and dreamlike narrative flow. Through introspective imagery and layered storytelling, she transforms inner thoughts and memories into poetic visual worlds that resonate with quiet strength. Balancing freelance design work with her fine art practice, Xy is steadily carving her path in the digital art and animation landscape, guided by curiosity, sincerity, and a love of narrative form.