Bombardment
Video, 2023
About the artwork
The impact of technology on natural elements and human perception. Created using artificial intelligence technologies, the project is a series of visual images in which the peaceful sea turns into a place of digital chaos.
The sound part of the project is an avant-garde musical composition that complements the visual images, enhancing the emotional response and creating a complete immersion in the atmosphere of the work. Experimental music is combined with visual elements, emphasizing the contrast between the beauty of nature and the coldness of technology.
AI generated music
Audio explanation
Listen to don't Buy discuss this work.
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underscores much of his art, which often highlights the serendipity of algorithmic mistakes and the nostalgia of outdated interfaces.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.