In Nude study 17, Damjanski explores possible futures in a world deprived of people yet bearing the weight of a past civilisation. Using his Bye Bye Camera application as an artistic tool, he observes his surroundings while erasing people's presence. But beyond appearances, people are neither here nor gone. The artist's presence is tangible as he acts for capturing these augmented photographs. Likewise, the AI tool detects body shapes but keeps human traces like the shadows. He compares these visual traces to surreal artifacts of a speculative scenario that is post-human. The result is a digitally-enhanced reality where humans stand at the verge of presence and absence, somewhere between the physical and the immaterial.
Serena Tabacchi, Co-founder and Director at MoCDA and Marie Chatel, Curator at MoCDA.
