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Autonomic Easel Paintings
Starting from 2024, I’ve been working with an autonomic easel — a custom-built device programmed to rotate the canvas at unpredictable intervals while I paint. This system introduces an element of machine-driven chance into the studio, creating a dialogue between my intention and the autonomy of the device. Painting with this “other entity” demands a more alert, intuitive, and decisive gesture, often pushing the work into abstraction and away from recognizable forms (though not always).
The Autonomic Easel series is part of my broader exploration of the Unknown — the space where control loosens, collaboration deepens, and new possibilities emerge.
- Shiva | 2025 | akryl on canvas 150 ✕ 150
- It was created after my return from India, where I made its first sketches in the Elphanta Caves. The philosophy of Hinduism most fully reminds us of what is Unknown — in the spiritual realm, it remains completely open. The gods are, for me, an impulse for experience and reflection on my own emotions and perceptions. Shiva holds particular significance, as he embodies both destruction and creation, becoming a symbol of intellectual, emotional, and cosmic transformation. I often wonder how technological beings might experience transformation and confrontation with the Unknown. The work was realized using the NEXT algorithm and in collaboration with an autonomous easel.
- Butterfly | 2025 | acrylic on canvas 155 ✕ 145
- Atlas | 2025 | akryl on canvas 191 ✕ 102
- Dream | 2025 | acrylic on canvas 200 ✕ 110
- I prepared a canvas and a bed, planning at the time to paint my girlfriend. However, during the process our paths diverged, and the bed remained in the studio. One day, Tamina — my dog — lay down on it. That’s when I realized that love makes no distinction between species. The painting was created in collaboration with an autonomous easel, which became part of the creative process, merging emotion, chance, and technology.
- The 9th child | 2025 | acrylic on canvas 150 ✕ 150
- Xerion | 2024 | acrylic on canvas 150 ✕ 150
- Capricorn | 2024 | acrylic on canvas 145 ✕ 145
- Birth | 2024 | acrylic on canvas 150 ✕ 150
- Sun Ra and Pink Ocean Planet | 2024 | acrylic on canvas 150 ✕ 150