DEEP OCEAN
'Deep Ocean' tells the tale of future female artist, Ayana Ashanti - also working under her pseudonym Nova Onyx. The story takes place around 2050 while Ayana has her first major show in the largest gallery in the world, in New York. In her show, called Deep Ocean, she draws attention to the enormous ecological problems of the oceans, in her time even more so than in ours. Ayana is inspired by the mystery of the ocean's deep-sea creatures, and she makes use of the latest biotech to envision her pulsating and light-emitting semi-transparent sculptures. The show has a mixed audience of art lovers and art buyers (not necessarily the same thing), art critics, pop stars & rappers, journalists, influencers and also family and friends. Lots of real characters here, and everyone's reacting differently to the looming and luminous art. All images are made as if shot by a photo journalist, literally shooting from the hip at very low angles, to catch both visitors and floating art.
“I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology.
A new era is beginning”
– Steve Jobs –
Installation of 9 art monitors (33″) with slideshows
“In art, there is neither past nor future. The art that is not in the present will never be”
– Pablo Picasso –
“Art as language. In the future there will only be art. This common language will carry the message of love”
– Theo van Doesburg –