These works present a portrait of the contemporary subject — a post-human entity that inhabits both the digital and the natural realms. This figure functions not merely as a passive presence, but as a bridge between parallel realities.
The conceptual foundation of the project unfolds not only in the finished pieces but also through their process of creation. Each work is the result of a collaboration between human and non-human agents — specifically artificial intelligence and botanical matter — reflecting a hybrid methodology that challenges conventional notions of authorship and agency.
Rendered in a cool, blue-toned palette and vertical format, the portraits evoke the glow of screens and digital devices, referencing the aesthetics of our increasingly mediated existence. The materials — acrylic and preserved flora — further this dialogue between technology and the organic. Initial sketches were generated in collaboration with AI, merging machine logic with human intuition. Digital animations are exhibited alongside physical paintings and projected into the space, creating a deliberate perceptual ambiguity. This interweaving of digital and physical elements blurs the boundary between what is seen and what is sensed, destabilizing the viewer’s perception of material reality.
A central installation — composed of latex, rose petals, canvas, and metal — introduces a humanoid silhouette, inspired by the digital textures of video game avatars. Translated into the physical realm, this figure references the act of shedding skin — a biological process here reimagined as a metaphor for digital transformation and the relinquishing of the corporeal self. Simultaneously, the work conjures associations with animal hides and industrialized bodies, except the skin here is unmistakably human. This inversion invites reflection on the fragility of our assumed dominance and dissolves the boundariesa between human and non-human, organic and synthetic, subject and object.
The artist draws on contemporary philosophical frameworks, including object-oriented ontology and actor-network theory, to explore these entanglements. Her practice invites us to reconsider the hierarchies we construct between nature and technology, body and machine — and to envision new forms of coexistence beyond them.
