UNDRGRND DIGS 065
SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023
5 Artists From the UNDRGRND Collection
UNDRGRND DIGS is a periodical feature showcasing artists that the UNDRGRND curators dig. We sift through the social media and NFT platforms to find the best artists waiting to be discovered. UNDRGRND believes in the artists we feature and we will purchase NFTs from each artist featured.
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Hopi ◎
Hopi’s inter-dimensional art crosses over different worlds to see in between the different realities. What happens when we cross that event horizon? Mind expansion or destruction? These fever dream loops are not for the faint of heart or the superficial observer but for those seeking a higher consciousness. For those looking for mere entertainment, perhaps there lies the path to mental anguish.
Getting older can be fun. At a certain point in your life you’ll get to a position of influence and create the things that you enjoy, that you want to see exist in the world. James Clapham’s art feeds the Gen-X and older Millenial generation nostalgia with bright pop colors and over-crowded scenes filled with characters’ odd behaviors like a bizarro Where’s Waldo. All of these things may be lost on older and younger generations but for a certain age bracket, these pieces feel like our childhood.
0xNiel ꜩ
The current art renaissance we are experiencing came with trash, memes and glitches. 0xNiel is putting glitches into Renaissance art. A blend of the past with the present, 0xNiel creates AI scenes that feel based on actual points in our history of humanity with a twist from our current time as if we are reaching back (or they are reaching forward) to ensure our that we do not forget either.
Virgina Lori uses AI like an educated hippy. Artworks based on nature, celebrate womanhood and exude a level of genuine happiness that rings true from the artist. Virginia’s own personal gratification comes through in pieces like Bliss and Into Forever which shows an AI couple glitching and changing appearance, representing a lasting love that adapts as the years go on.
Aempatia ꜩ
Collage, gifs, and the inner workings of the female subconscious. The art of Aempatia bombards viewers with metaphors that come at them like the racing red ball that appears in a few of her works. The ball in Current & Nagging Thoughts races around the image like an anxious thought as an individual with their head down as the ball bounces off her and continues around and around, endlessly beating them down. Aempatia’s work depicts the exhaustion of being human beautifully.
