Control+Escape

This body of work draws on the drama, movement, and excess of the Baroque to examine the rapid and disorienting rise of Artificial Intelligence in our undeniably momentous age. The dot serves as a central symbol, carrying multiple meanings: zeros in computer code, Morse signals, sight-lines through a spyglass, bullets, dominoes, “sold out” gallery stickers, rashes, inkjet reproduction, and CGI motion-capture trace points. Checkerboards reference history itself, now destabilised and overturned.

The dots also recall children’s puzzles—playful, familiar, and seemingly innocent—yet ultimately predetermined, leading the participant along an unseen, imposed path. They echo the breadcrumb trail in Hansel and Gretel, where guidance conceals danger.

Formally, the work juxtaposes gestural physicality with patterned abstraction, setting the expressive human hand against algorithms, systems, and mechanical reproduction. It questions where creativity survives amid accelerating technological control. Subject matter is deliberately varied, evidencing that the artist’s touch remains recognisable.