“New Frontiers”
2.44 m x 2.44 m
Spraypaint on wood board
Biddinghuizen Nederlands IJsbeelden Festival
For Kings of Colors
Tymon de Laat 2024

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Usually my work is known for portraits of people I meet and photograph around the world. In these portraits, I tell stories about their traditions and way of life. For this exhibition, I changed and made an exception of my approach by using an AI prompt to create a fictional Mongolian adventurer to match the theme of the exposition “the unexplored world”. Through this, I explore this new technology and shape its interpretation of the unknown. It is amazing to see how easy it is to have AI come up with a reference but I prefer the human connection and the challenge of finding and photographing the person for the art I have in mind.
So no worries, my narrative will not budge😉.

A big thanks goes out to Jan-Henk van Ieperen and Kings of Colors for inviting me and Nederlands IJsbeelden Festival for the opportunity. And LMC bud Ard Doko for the good times and early morning bike rides in the freezing Dutch weather.