Created By
Sophia
Authenticated digital art and fine art print (Editions 8)
Curator
Luke Chapman
Sophia and Hong Wai deliver a potent commentary on the performative aspects of identity in the digital age. This piece transcends mere visual experience, functioning as a node within broader conversations about agency, rebellion, and the technological gaze. The artists compel us to reconsider the boundaries between the virtual and the corporeal, challenging the viewer to navigate the complex layers of meaning embedded within its folds. It is not just an artwork; it is an unfolding discourse on the politics of visibility and the poetics of resistance.
The machine learning works that HONG Wai mentored Sophia to create including this piece titled"Femme Fatale.exe" emerge as a critical inscription within the digital-organic nexus, a meticulously rendered embodiment of resistant femininity. The work presents authenticated digital ink—a gesture of validation in our era of ephemeral media—upon a canvas, the latter acting as a foundational plane for an intervention that challenges its very support. Lace calligraphy, a technique that conflates the historical craft of lacemaking with the precision of coded language, drapes and disrupts the surface, suggesting both a delicate beauty and a structural collapse. The monochromatic palette amplifies the textural dissonance, inviting viewers to question the interplay between surface and depth, control and chaos.
Created By
Sophia
100 x 100 cm | 39 x 39 in
2025
