Interview with Ikaro Cavalcante (Occulted): Mixing the Organic and Synthetic
Ikaro Cavalcante Intuitive Freedom by Ikaro Cavalcante Ikaro Cavalcante (Occulted) (b. 1995) is a non-binary person and a transdisciplinary artist, having gone through design, tattoo, performance and digital art. Occulted works with 3D and sounds that reconstruct common spaces with their affective memory, be they virtual or physical. The periods of their life that remain… Continue reading Interview with Ikaro Cavalcante (Occulted): Mixing the Organic and Synthetic
Interview with Raphael Lacoste: Building New Worlds
Raphael Lacoste Raphael Lacoste is one of the most prolific and renowned concept artists in the digital space. Lacoste was the Art Director at Ubisoft on such titles as Prince of Persia and Assassin’s Creed. Winning two VES Awards, in February 2006 for his work on the “Two Thrones” cut scene from Prince of Persia… Continue reading Interview with Raphael Lacoste: Building New Worlds
Interview with Marc Simonetti: Layers of Storytelling
Marc Simonetti Breakfast Disruption by Marc Simonetti Marc Simonetti is a multi-award French concept artist/ illustrator, who worked on movies like Frank Herbert’s Dune and at video game companies including EA and Square Enix. Simonetti is most notable for the creation of the visual ‘Iron Throne’ on the cover of ‘A Song of Ice and… Continue reading Interview with Marc Simonetti: Layers of Storytelling
Interview with Josh Pierce: Gateways into Mindfulness
Josh Pierce Dissolve by Josh Pierce Visual Artist and Motion Graphics Art Director, Josh Pierce, has quickly become a leader in the emerging digital art space. A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, and Savannah College of Art and Design, Pierce is currently working as Fine Artist and Art Director in Los Angeles and has… Continue reading Interview with Josh Pierce: Gateways into Mindfulness
Otherworlds
Otherworlds is a collection of visionary works by 5 artists who imagine and build intricate worlds that are just beyond our grasp. Here, Reuben Wu, Raphael Lacoste, Josh Piece, Marc Simonetti, and Ikaro Cavalcante capture greatness beyond all possibility of calculation, measurement, or imitation. Inspired by subsequent leading figures in art history such as Romantic… Continue reading Otherworlds
Institut at Art Dubai 2022
From the generative beauty of Tyler Hobbs and IX Shells to the captivating digital worlds of Krista Kim and Don Diablo, Institut’s inaugural showing at Art Dubai and our debut appearance at an international art fair brings together a world-class grouping of digital artists who are defining the NFT space. Representative of the rapid coming… Continue reading Institut at Art Dubai 2022
The Oddball World of Parker Day
Parker Day is a photographer known for her oddball characters. Straddling reality and fiction, Day’s technicolour photographs of strange and sublime icons revel in kink and gore. Shot on 35mm and left untouched after shooting, the artificial feeling of the images is the result of meticulous staging via makeup and props alongside patient collaboration with… Continue reading The Oddball World of Parker Day
Shir Pakman: Bridging the Old and the New
Shir Pakman’s memorable aesthetic immediately strikes as holding deep meaning and significance. Combining thoughtful concepts related to a varied set of ideas across the female gaze, canonical art, and nature and humanity, Pakman brings these together into a holistic whole on the digital surfaces of her works. Bridging the expansive gap between traditional art genres… Continue reading Shir Pakman: Bridging the Old and the New
Miao Ying’s Evil Words are a Study of Language, Censorship and the Chinese Internet
Miao Ying is among the first generation of Chinese contemporary artists to grow up alongside Chinese economic reform, the one-child policy, and the internet. In fact, the internet is the dominant topic of her practice, courtesy of wry and appropriative commentary on dominant technology and internet trends in China. “Coping with her Stockholm Syndrome in… Continue reading Miao Ying’s Evil Words are a Study of Language, Censorship and the Chinese Internet
What’s in a NFT? MABLAB’s The Birth of the Metaverse
MABLAB are the first artists to take part in Institut’s new GMI open call drop. GMI offers the chance for up-and-coming artists to exhibit and drop their artworks on the Institut platform. MABLAB are two sisters based in Kazakhstan who work in intricate and detailed ways with lofty architectural subject matter and complex programs. To… Continue reading What’s in a NFT? MABLAB’s The Birth of the Metaverse
