The Devil Always Comes Back
Video, 2023
About the artwork
"The Devil Always Comes Back" depicts a serene, empty cityscape at dawn or dusk, where a young woman and a robot engage in a dialogue about the city's resilience and enduring beauty. The piece alternates between cool and warm tones, with carefully crafted sky gradients evoking either the beginning or the end of the day. The music, centered around strings, enhances the ethereal quality of the visuals, creating a contemplative atmosphere in which viewers can immerse themselves in their own thoughts on the subject of cities and resilience.
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.