Zoi Roupakia

“To show, bring to light, reveal and become evident.

My work is inspired by conceptual minimalism infused with the magic of AI technology. I don’t view minimalism from the point of making space for more, but as a quest to find the absolute essence of a moment, feeling or idea. What remains of a moment once the noise is removed? What is needed to reconstruct it? A few simple lines and a concept tell a story, express an emotion, weaving reality.

Plato, in his theory of Forms, argues that reality is represented by non-physical Forms, Ideas.
I view my minimal illustrations exactly like that, the forms that represent reality. And then, my work goes a step further connecting these forms or signs to meanings, concepts; thus, the term of conceptual. It is a study of human perception, mean-making and understanding; a study of semiotics, the signifier object is my sketch, and the signified the meaning I attach through my caption, or the meaning the viewer has in his mind.

Currently, I am interested in exploring the artistic capabilities of machine learning and artificial intelligence. The new emerging technologies have already raised the question of whether machines can create art. I am working with deep learning and neural networks to combine my artworks into new forms or train the machine to produce original artworks.

Enjoy this exploration journey with me!”