Avatar 01_Basalisk the thinker

Inspired by the eponymous Richard Brautigan Poem All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace. In a near future, beyond the looming singularity, humanity is watched over by supreme AI's embodied in 6 avatars who have bestowed upon us a reality where technology imbues every aspect of human life. Part 1 of 6 artworks total. The work was created through the interaction of a variety of generative algorithms and manual techniques; a collaboration human and nonhuman intelligences. 5760x7200px.