Cybernetic Spirits | Cosmos 2

This piece was repurposed and reworked from its original form, during the rise of the recent crypto and NFT boom. It juxtaposes Shiva's Thandav dance with the creation of the blockchain. The Tandav symbolizes the cosmic cycle of continuous motion, where creation and destruction coexist, much like blockchain’s creation of blocks while dismantling centralized authority.

'Don't take off your mask, please' suggests the digital manifestation of the horrors that one imagines when removing their mask in 2020. The artwork also stands as a personal connection with my journey of breathwork during that year, birthed from the breathwork visualisers seen on reels and YT.

NIRVANA.EXE is a short film commissioned by ACRONYM® and ASUS for Sky Any Colour.

The project brought together a diverse range of global creatives, with the express purpose of exploring humanity's increasingly complex relationship with the future.

The film begins with an outline of a keyboard, with its cryptic glyphs flickering to life. The keys rise to form a dark city, and we enter an urban sprawl within cyberspace. As we travel through the dark city and cold blue lights, we come across a gigantic cybernetic goddess. The montage features different shots of the deity surrounded by neon holograms and branded glyphs.

Lead Artist: Sam Madhu
Graphics: David Rudnick, Whyishnave
Score: Daniel Bressanutti
Curation: Errolson Hugh, Rod Chong, HXOUSE

Let me sleep a while. To make This world beautiful again in my dreams.

Let me have one more chance
to define me foolish again
so the world at least look at me and my problems
as they did before...

I am absolutely ready
to share the punch of my dignity
for my leaders and their religion
to fight without being seen and believe without heard
I am the power...

I am sorry
For all the mistakes I was
forced upon.
Without hearing me out.
I am sorry for your
mistakes as well...