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The Robots Are Killing Art

The Robots Are Killing Art

I keep hearing that art is dying because of algorithms, and I want to be upfront, I don't fully know what an algorithm is. I know it's the thing that...
Gods, Ghosts & Borders

Gods, Ghosts & Borders

Picture a man in a robe, candlelight, some private telephone line to God that the rest of you don't get. I'll tell you what it was actually like, and you're...
Dating Apps Turned Human Connection Into Branding

Dating Apps Turned Human Connection Into Branding

Dating apps didn't invent people lying to get laid, that's just called Tuesday, that's called every first date since the beginning of time. Everyone's performing. I performed on my third...
Why People Miss Religion After Leaving

Why People Miss Religion After Leaving

At a birthday party a few years ago, everyone is just standing around talking about church trauma documentaries. Like it's a normal party topic. Everyone's talking about their trauma. And...
A Taste for Rays

A Taste for Rays

Consider, for a moment, a harbour in New Zealand. The water is only a few metres deep, shallower than the ceiling of the room in which you are reading this,...
Octopus from Space

Octopus from Space

Every few years, science produces a headline that makes you wonder whether someone accidentally mixed peer review with recreational drugs. In 2018, researchers published a paper in Progress in Biophysics...

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INFERNO BLOOM

Named after Fireweed. The first flower to return after wildfire. Inferno Bloom creates original artwork inspired by color, curiosity, nature, and the beautiful unpredictability of life

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Artwork by BRISEUS SMITH
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BRISEUS SMITH

In my eyes art is an explosion that is the result of my imagination twisting and turning with the tornado of thoughts music, influence of other artist to books and, experience There's not a mind like mine that can take order and disaster and join them in colorful traumatic splendor. With my art I look to bring the bridge between confusion and clarity through my use of vivid colors and figures that aren’t from this world.

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Artwork by BENJAMIN NORMAND
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BENJAMIN NORMAND

Normand’s practice is an implicit critique of our digitally-distracted age. It is a testament to the power of patient observation amidst technological noise. Inspired by fantasy epics like “Lord of the Rings”, he uses the recurring motif of passageways to lead the viewer into imagination and embodiment, encouraging a slowdown and disconnection from technology.

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