Sentient ecosystems
-Series in development-
2023
Chemical Clouds, Sentient Ecosystems Series (Blue)
Oil on canvas, RGB LED Pixel, Kinect Camera
150x150 cm
2023
Before us appears a kind of gas, a hybrid between cloud and plant. Observing it, one can find ramifications reminiscent of a vine, while at the same time there is a vaporous texture that renders what we see amorphous, unrelated to the nature we know today. This painting could be a portrait of an ecosystem unknown to humanity, of an evolved sentient being that perceives the surrounding movement and reacts chromatically to its environment.
I've always been interested in developing proposals that actively engage the viewer, generating interactions that influence the perception of the work. In this project, the movements of those who approach the piece cause it to react and modify its visual morphology. If the viewer stops moving, the Cloud returns to its initial state, but it quickly reacts if the viewer decides to move again.
The project proposes the idea of thinking of painting as a conscious being that can capture an external stimulus and modify its appearance accordingly: whoever interacts with the work will feel warned since their movements will generate immediate chromatic reactions in it.