Shifting Selves, 2024

In an increasingly digital Universe where individual identities are more and more frequently indistinguishable, what role does the individual plays, understood in his fictitious uniqueness?

This work attempts to explore the theme of the depersonalisation of the individual within the virtual World through a particle system that gradually disintegrates and then recomposes itself into the essence of the physical body belonging to the everyday dimension of human existence.

Within this fragile context, the human figure – brought into the digital Universe through scanning – is subsequently interpreted by a particle-based component, which further emphasizes the ephemeral nature of the self, and manipulated in real time through the interaction with a MIDI controller in a futile attempt to reestablish the primary order that defines the true essence of Man as a physical entity.

Shifting Selves, Digital Art, 2024, Simone Martinotta

Shifting Selves - IDAF’25 - Digital Art Festival Istanbul 2025 (Istanbul, Turkey)
Shifting Selves - Digital Graffiti 2026 - Alys Beach (Florida, USA)
Shifting Selves - SYMBOLON - Galleria 2.0 (Bergamo, Italy)