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In a world driven by technology, art is

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evolving fast. Coded, immersive, and

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alive, it's breaking free of the frame.

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And in places like Dubai, this brave new

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frontier is taking shape.

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My heritage and my background as an

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Emirati provides me with content for my

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artwork because in order to produce

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authentic artwork, you need to have

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lived experience.

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My artwork takes you through a specific

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time period in the Gulf in the early

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2000s.

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I wanted to use the internet itself as a

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medium. I wanted to highlight my own

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people's internet culture which I deeply

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connect with and I grew up on and it had

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a major influence in the sort of artwork

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that I ended up creating.

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I love humor and I love it the most when

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it's done like cleverly with artwork,

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culture

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and the internet. These are things I'm

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both very passionate about.

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For centuries, art has captured the

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human story. From cave walls to canvases

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to cathedral ceilings, often grounded in

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tradition.

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I think I was a very creative and

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curious child. Coming from Italy, I

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would say the traditional art that

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you're taught is mostly conservative as

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in conserving

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uh that history that came before.

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I've always been fascinated by

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challenging preconception. So, breaking

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free from constraints of what is

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creativity or what is legitimized as

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art.

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Technology can have many meanings like a

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brush might have been considered

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technology back then as a tool and then

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certainly photography was considered

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technology.

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This series that you see in the room is

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based on ink motion and ink blurriness

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in relation to memories and emotions as

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well. I usually use moment related audio

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that I create real time to impact or

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influence the motion or the effect or

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the blurriness.

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Those are alligator cables connected to

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the board and those influence based on

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how you touch or where you touch the

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viscosity of the liquid and they become

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translated into audio inputs.

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They take it through different steps

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digital to analog, analog, back to

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digital and immersive space.

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I do a lot of experimental technology

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infused work.

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First of all, I will brainstorm some

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ideas.

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I will then pull my trusty iPad, put out

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one of my sketching softwares,

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and I would quickly visualize what I

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think this artwork might look like.

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Then I would usually go and ask for the

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help of chat GPT because I'm not a

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codep. So, I'll ask it for a framework

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like, can you give me an HTML code with

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an ongoing typing animation with a blue

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background?

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Once I have that uploaded on the domain,

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the artwork is now live online for

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anyone to view.

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Every artist has had to push boundaries

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throughout the different eras of art.

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And perhaps this era's boundary is the

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merging of technology with with art.

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As long as art existed, there has always

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been the implementation of whatever

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technology there is.

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Computers are just another tool to

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create art.

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I get to play and play is important to

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me as an artist.

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Using technology as their medium,

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artists blur the line between art and

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play, turning creativity into an

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interactive experience.

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When it comes to AI, definitely the

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inception of an art piece is still the

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human component.

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We're using those digital softwares that

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instead of being primarily

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two-dimensional, they're now

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three-dimensional and we can create

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within that environment.

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I think it is a metamorphosis. I think

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it's a technology revolution. And I

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think it's a cultural revolution

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in a world where it's difficult to be an

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artist. I find that Dubai has growing

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support for art and artists and the

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creative field in general. There's this

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merging of the local art scene as well

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as the international which I find to be

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fascinating.

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Since arriving here to the UAE, I feel

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like it's a broader window of

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possibilities and they're redefining

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themselves as a city. Dubai feels like

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the future and it feels like what

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modernity should look like and be like.

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Anytime there's a big advancement in

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technology, there will always be push

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back. Technology is beyond time and

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space and beyond culture.

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>> It's inclusive and it transcends

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nations, borders, and class.

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