BF: Code Blue

Recently, I have begun exploring the use of AI as a creative assistant in the development of 3D models for augmented reality. This feels like a natural extension of my iPhoneart practice - one that allows familiar themes of presence, perception, and embodiment to move into new spatial territory. By engaging with AI tools, I am opening my work to fresh forms of collaboration and experimentation, translating intuitive image-making into sculptural, immersive experiences that can exist within the viewer’s own environment.

Sedna's Echo

Inspired by the Inuit story of Sedna, Mother of the Sea, the above work whispers a simple truth: when we honour the ocean, the ocean can continue to nourish life.

In Sedna’s Echo, photographed above on the prairies in Alberta, Canada, I continue to explore how the digital can become a vessel for presence and reflection. The figure, calm and poised, holding a staff as a marine creature rests at her feet, embodies both strength and guardianship. She stands as a symbol of our relationship with the living ocean and of the balance between human awareness and the natural world.

Presented in augmented reality, Sedna’s Echo exists only when brought into being by the viewer. Appearing within their own surroundings, she transforms ordinary space into a moment of quiet encounter. This act of placement echoes my ongoing interest in thresholds - between the physical and the virtual, the visible and the invisible - and affirms my belief that art can awaken a deeper sense of connection wherever it appears.

Sedna’s Echo embodies the coexistence of movement and stillness, presence and flux. The figure stands grounded and composed, holding her staff as a marine animal rests calmly at her feet. This stillness is intentional - it acts as an anchor, a moment of pause that invites contemplation rather than urgency.

At the same time, movement is implied rather than enacted. The ocean lives in suggestion: in the symbolism of the figure, in the animal presence, and in the medium of augmented reality itself. Though the body remains still, the surrounding digital space is in constant flux - light shifts, environments change, and the work is re-situated each time a viewer encounters it in a new location.

Similarly, presence and flux operate simultaneously. Sedna’s Echo is fully present only in the moment it is summoned into a viewer’s physical space through AR. Yet its context is never fixed; it adapts to each environment, each perspective, each act of witnessing. In this way, the work reflects a core belief in my practice: that stillness does not negate movement, and presence does not resist change. Instead, they coexist as states of heightened awareness.

Sedna’s Echo will be presented at Miami Art Week as part of Code Blue, an exhibition curated by Balanced Forces that brings artists together around themes of ocean awareness and environmental responsibility. The project also marks my first participation in a collective NFT drop,  another unfamiliar yet compelling framework through which the work can live and circulate. Entering these spaces feels aligned with my interest in expansion and exchange, allowing the work to move beyond traditional formats while remaining rooted in contemplation, care, and connection.

The exhibition will take place on Miami Beach at the Miami South Beach Boardwalk in front of the Sagamore Hotel from December 4th-6th, 2025.

Visions of a Sustainable Future

Visions of a Sustainable Future, presented by Modular Commons, is an open-air Augmented Reality exhibition that maps creative solutions for a just, regenerative tomorrow across the public spaces of COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference in Belém, Brazil. Using a walkable AR map and a “living library” of projects - from artwork and architecture to community campaigns - the project brings imaginative, site-anchored interventions into dialogue with delegates and the wider public, inviting visitors to pause, explore practical ideas, and imagine how inner and collective shifts can shape a resilient future.

At the heart of the the opening speech by the president of Brazil at the Leaders’ Summit, was the Brazilian notion of Mutirāo, a spirit of collective effort and solidarity. This shared purpose, he said, can bridge divides, inspire cooperation and drive progress where it is most needed.

Transformation

My artwork Transformation will be shown at the exhibition. It is a contemplative artwork that invites a quiet inner shift as the seed of wider collective change. 

The piece shows two human figures in transition, partially dissolving into or emerging from a textured field. Their edges are porous and fluid, neither fully formed nor fully gone. The abstract lines and constellated markings across their bodies suggest energetic pathways, connections forming or reconfiguring and a shift in identity, perception, or state of being. 

The muted, earthy-grey background evokes liminality - a space between worlds, neither past nor future. Subtle hints of turquoise, red, and light infusions appear like life force or signals of awakening within the figures. The lack of sharp boundaries feels like the dissolving of an old self-pattern and the emergence of a new one.

At a moment when COP30 calls for implementation and systemic transitions, this work offers a gentle yet essential reminder: the futures we build externally are shaped by the consciousness we cultivate within.

The piece unfolds through Augmented Reality  as an intimate moment of activation, encouraging viewers to pause, listen inwardly, and sense an opening towards greater clarity and connection.

Transformation proposes that sustainable futures emerge when personal awareness evolves into collective resonance. As individuals shift towards empathy, presence, and a renewed relationship with the Earth, the ground for collaborative, regenerative systems can take root. Within the intensity of COP30, the work offers a reflective space where inner change and collective transformation meet - inviting both to unfold.

Through Augmented Reality, the viewer is gently drawn into this process, suggesting that personal awakening can inspire collective transformation and more sustainable ways of relating to each other and the Earth.

The exhibition runs from November 10 - 21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil. 

Awakening in Flux

I am truly honoured that Studio La Gazelle has invited me to exhibit my art in Blox Amsterdam. 

Blox Amsterdam is a vibrant, digital city, blending the charm of historic Amsterdam with the energy of the metaverse.  One can stroll along glowing canals, explore iconic landmarks, and discover art, culture and stories at every turn. Designed for desktop, mobile and VR, it’s a place to connect, explore, and feel the heartbeat of the Netherlands reimagined for a new era. 

In "Awakening in FLux", I explore the simultaneous presence of stillness and movement, two forces that shape our experience of a world in constant transformation. This exhibition reflects the urgent moment we inhabit: a time marked by rapid change, uncertainty, and the need for deep human adaptation.

Through my iPhone artworks set within a reimagined Amsterdam, I invite viewers to dwell in the tension between pause and flow. It is here, in this dynamic space between opposites, that true awakening unfolds.

The artworks are meditations on perception, connection, and transformation, urging us to slow down and attune, to embrace vulnerability and openness, and to recognize that change is not a threat, but a path toward renewal. By holding stillness and movement together, we can navigate the challenges of our time with presence, resilience, and hope.

With this exhibition I also wish to highlight techno-spirituality, a term that describes the integration of technology and spiritual practice. Digital tools, such as smartphones, apps, or online spaces, are used in ways that promote mindfulness, reflection, connection and inner growth. 

Over time I have transformed the act of taking photos and editing these images on my iPhone into a conscious meditative process. I have learnt to treat my iPhone as an extension of my awareness - like a brush or a pen. My work invites viewers to slow down, reflect and see the sacred, that which is worthy of awe and respect, in the everyday. 

“Awakening in Flux” takes place for the month of October in Blox Amsterdam. The opening and Artist Talk will be on 2 October 2025 at 4pm CET | 10am EST | 11pm JST.

Join us to discover and explore new insights into the changes we as humans are being called to embrace as we face an uncertain future in the light of all that is happening in the world at the moment. 

Update: Studio La Gazelle published an excellent article about the event.