(from Latin: air, spirit, mind)

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I am fascinated by the universal themes of evolution, creation, time and space. The emergence and rapid evolution of technology contributes to the creation of a parallel universe, perfectly real and almost as tangible as the one we have always lived in.​

Technology was created by humans. It almost revives the biblical creation myth. But there is no longer an omnipotent and detached creator. The creator is influenced by his creature and vice versa. They are co-creating each other.

"In our time, a mythical time, we are all chimeras, manufactured hybrids of machine and organism

- in short, cyborgs. - Donna Harraway, 'Cyborg Manifesto', 1985

We always thought of machines as cold and linear. Humans, on the other hand, were perceived as emotional and fragile living beings. The advancement of technology and the invention of artificial intelligences have blurred these differences.

We wonder what makes us human. We possess consciousness, but what is consciousness? Is consciousness so different from a programme?

When I asked Chat GPT to come up with a visual metaphor for the interconnection between human and artificial intelligence, the answer he gave me was 'Eclipse'.

Intelligent machines are more like mirrors than minds: fractal surfaces within which our words, actions and dreams endlessly reconfigure. Can technology be a key to understanding humanity? Or only the part of humanity that has access to technology?

"Anima" is a visual journey into the intangible and ever-changing cyberspace inhabited and nurtured by its creatures. I would like to create an illusion of digital reality, suggesting that even our reality is ephemeral, subjective and, in essence, does not exist except in our minds. One of the potential futures of AI and human collaboration can be a critique of binary thinking, which allows for kinship between boundaries and acceptance of fluid and contradictory identities. This possibility is necessary for understanding intersecting forces of oppression and preparing for how technological advancement will change the ways that political forces as well as identity and kinship will function in the future.

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