Still Here
Video, 2026
About the artwork
"Still Here is a work about how we preserve the ones we love. The desktop becomes a space of memory: folders, windows, icons — a digital landscape where photographs, copies, and versions can remain stored.
It reflects an attempt to hold onto presence through an interface. A desktop turns into a personal archive — a place where what matters is kept “here,” visible, accessible, not yet closed.
This is not a statement about eternity.
It is the status of a file that has not been moved to the Recycle Bin.
Sound design"
Don’t Buy is a visual artist who creates digital paintings, videos, and GIFs using artificial intelligence and mixed media. Embracing a moniker that itself subverts consumerist language, he approaches art-making with a hacker’s spirit – repurposing AI technology to explore the beauty of errors and the aesthetics of early digital culture. In his work, glitchy abstractions and retro graphics converge to address themes of identity and imperfection in the online era. “When a cold, mechanical machine makes a mistake, it becomes a little more human,” Don’t Buy notes, reflecting his view that technological faults can reveal human qualities. This philosophy underscores much of his art, which often highlights the serendipity of algorithmic mistakes and the nostalgia of outdated interfaces.
A participant in Fellowship’s AI art program, Don’t Buy has presented projects that encapsulate his ethos. Notably, his series 404: SELF NOT FOUND (2024) is an assemblage of AI-generated imagery probing our entanglement with digital identities and the nature of error. Through a mix of dark humor and experimental technique, he transforms mundane clicks and computer glitches into artistic meditation.