Future

INTERVIEW | Yimei Zhu

INTERVIEW | Yimei Zhu

Yimei (Emair) Zhu is an interdisciplinary artist. Her art, spanning interactive wearables to bio-art, challenges conventional views on disability, aiming to redefine human interaction and perception through the fusion of art and technology. By exploring new sensory worlds and advocating for posthumanism, Yimei invites audiences to experience life from diverse, inclusive perspectives.

INTERVIEW | Masaki Iwabuchi

INTERVIEW | Masaki Iwabuchi

Masaki Iwabuchi is a New York-based interdisciplinary designer, artist, and futurist. Masaki believes we need alternative visions and worldviews to overcome numerous wicked problems in this century, such as climate change, forced migration, political and social polarization, etc. Therefore, he is interested in challenging our societal structures, vested interests, and Cartesian belief systems through his works.

INTERVIEW | Marco Lando

INTERVIEW | Marco Lando

Marco Lando's work is influenced by his New York theatre background. Combining existential plot lines, dramatic lighting, and surrealist stage design, the otherworldly mise-en-scenes he creates operate on a visceral, symbolic level. His latest series, the post-apocalyptic realm of Alchemy, evokes a timeless spiritual abyss where atonement and purification seem forever out of reach.

INTERVIEW | Yunqi Yang

INTERVIEW | Yunqi Yang

Yunqi Yang is a photographer, videographer, visual designer, and multidisciplinary artist. As an artist who cares about environmental issues, she wants to remind the viewer of the beauty of nature and to realize the unconscious and inseparable relationship between people, the natural environment, and technology.

INTERVIEW | Leroy Brothers

INTERVIEW | Leroy Brothers

Belgian brothers Nicolas, Gilles, and Gregory are the creative minds behind the art collective Leroy Brothers. Their platform “Witness Your World” is an internet-based workflow that creates user-generated artworks and NFTs, mashed up by automated algorithms and AI. Pictures and messages are submitted by the users and integrated into the creation of the works, functioning as an instant mirror of society.

INTERVIEW | Zhou Song

INTERVIEW | Zhou Song

Zhou Song is a Chinese artist, famous for his hyper-realistic oil paintings. His recent work explores the shifting political and social landscapes of urbanized societies developed according to principles of technological advancement. Imagining a dystopian future, Song’s latest series probes human realities shaped by technology as much as nature.

INTERVIEW | Mattia Peressini

INTERVIEW | Mattia Peressini

Mattia Peressini works and studies in Lignano Sabbiadoro and Mestre in Italy. His research focuses on providing visual interpretations of sensations, thoughts, and emotions, and on different topics. The mystical and the inner self, as well as today and tomorrow worlds which intertwine, often by crushing or just touching us.