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THE FUTURE IS MOVING TOO FAST.
Maybe it's time to take a step back.
PROGRESS
WITHOUT
PAUSE?
We have spent decades teaching machines to think. Have we spent enough time thinking about what that means for us?
R3V3RS3 3NG1N33R1NG is an exploration of humanity's evolving relationship with technology, with artificial intelligence at its centre. The exhibition looks backwards to understand how we arrived here—and forwards to imagine where unchecked technological momentum might take us.
It is neither a rejection of technology nor a celebration of it. It is an invitation to slow down, question our assumptions, and rediscover the value of making something with our hands.
FROM PROMPT
TO PRINT.
Born in a machine. Rebuilt by hand.
Each work begins as an AI-generated image, primarily created using Midjourney. It is then digitally reworked with established design tools, transferred onto acetate, exposed as a silkscreen, and printed by hand onto acid-free archival paper. Final interventions complete the journey from pixels to physical artefact.
PROMPT
AI image generation
REWORK
Digital editing
TRANSFER
Acetate and screen
PRINT
Ink on paper
FINISH
Human touch
THE WORKS.
Twenty-three titles exploring vulnerability, digital identity, cyberculture, networks, simulation and the collision between the human and the machine. Additional artwork images will be added as the series is completed.
PHYSICAL
BY DESIGN.
Limited to 23 signed and numbered prints of each work.
Every artwork is an A3 silkscreen print on acid-free archival paper, presented framed and finished by hand. Small editions preserve the character of the physical process.
For availability, enquiries and exhibition information, contact the artist.
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Samuel Hamilton is an artist who has spent 35 years exploring the space between digital and physical creativity.
His work has followed technology through multiple cultural shifts. In 2015, he was part of the team behind The Renaissance is Now, an early international art fair dedicated to Bitcoin. He later served as Creative Director of Decentraland during the metaverse project's formative years.
After a decade focused on digital experiences and emerging creative tools, R3V3RS3 3NG1N33R1NG marks a return to the studio: to ink, paper, physical labour and the meditative rhythm of making.
Not an escape from technology. A different way of engaging with it.