Sometimes, I need to destroy things I love.
Video, 2023
About the artwork
"Sometimes I Need to Destroy Things I Love" is a piece that explores the dynamics of a relationship between a robot and a young woman. The narrative builds to a dramatic climax as the characters declare their love for each other amidst a catastrophic environment, capturing the intensity of a scene from an imagined movie. The piece pushes the emotional landscape of the characters to its limits, demonstrating how AI can be used to create a highly emotional scene.
Music by Panaviscope
Audio explanation
Listen to Panaviscope discuss this work.
Panaviscope (a.k.a Alex Duloz) is a visual artist and multi-instrumentalist from Geneva, Switzerland, who composes, sings, and plays all the instruments you can hear on his tracks. Panaviscope is as much a visual project as it is a musical one, with a focus on evoking nostalgia for a fantasized era.
Alex studied arts in Los Angeles, where he trained in 3D, classical animation, and drawing. It was there that he learned coding, with a strong focus on generative code using JavaScript. His tracks have been played on national indie radios in France and Switzerland, among other countries.
Alex employs various cutting-edge techniques with the intention of creating timeless pieces, ranging from depth maps to granular synthesis.