Where do you get more sources of inspiration?
The most significant sources of inspiration for me are the sciences, reading about the origins of life on earth, elements in a state of plasma, and the intermolecular forces that make the movement of water so beguiling.
From nature, studying shells, leaves, insects, etc. In literature, Cormac McCarthy.
COS for Studio Swine, New Spring, Shanghai – Portrait Reflection
When do you understand that art would be your future?
From as early as I can recall, I was doing pottery, painting, and sculpting with my mother. When I was younger I went on an art history trip to Florence and found myself very conscious of the extraordinary deep connection you can have with creators living 600 years ago through the immediacy of their art.
What are the biggest challenges you have met in your career?
One wants to work on the limits of what is possible; dancing on a cliff. That is one aspect, but to also do it beautifully and on a meaningful scale. Judging these limits is a skill that requires constant learning because you are always trying to go further than last time.
Have you already realized your professional and private life goals?
To keep pushing is the goal.
Under a Flowing Field
How would you describe your work?
Our works are all part of a larger body of work which we call “Ephemeral Tech” where the boundaries between digital technology and natural forces are dissolved to create unnatural phenomenon using real materials that engage all your senses beyond the standard visual stimuli of flat screens, projections, and LED arrays. Ephemeral Tech looks to a future where technology transcends the familiar interfaces and becomes inseparable from both our built and our natural environments.
The series follows the tradition of emulating nature, in the same way ancient civilizations made structures to chart the passage of the Sun or early cave paintings that depict the natural world. There is an innate human desire to use art to connect and to revere the natural systems on which our existence depends. Ephemeral Tech explores this intrinsic driver of creation using technology to evoke both primordial origins and future worlds.
How much creativity matters in your work?
It matters but without the other factors of work such as persistence and strategy, it just remains a dream. The other factors without creativity are pointless.
Alexander Groves & Azusa Murakami