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Series [ŚŪ], inspired by the philosophical concept of śūnyatā — a Buddhist view on emptiness, where all phenomena exist only in interdependence, without independent essence. The works, created with the help of artificial intelligence, explore the fragility of everyday reality in the urban world. They capture spontaneous scenes of urban crowds, where silhouettes of people dissolve in pixel distortions, glitches, and cutouts, symbolizing the illusoriness of individuality and connection in the digital age.
Since 2021, santiago has been developing Human Kernel, an ongoing project of hand-painted PFPs that examines PFP project culture from an outsider’s perspective. Several weeks ago, the artist invited people on X to comment on a post in exchange for a painted portrait of their PFP. This project brings together those two lines of research in a series of portraits depicting both existing and fictional people and organizations. Santiago is an artist from South America who works with both digital and analog tools, researching language and internet culture. 100 Unique Portraits
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