Because to really live is to live with death all the time

The Creation of a Self is an art series inspired by the notion of booting a computer, creating a self, programming its memories and destroying memory monsters created from those memories, where the action of psychological death equals the discovery of love, truth, or what J. Krishnamurti calls "the awakening of intelligence."

Stylistically, a love letter to 80s and 90s retro computers, dripping with oldschool visuals lovingly splattered with glitch, with further inspiration coming from the hacker and electronic music cultures of the same time period.

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This MAVENMOB art series is made up of sequences, like chapters or levels, each with multiple artworks across different mediums, forming the narrative structure of the series.

Alongside these sequences are parallel sets, with works that fall outside the narrative progression yet still belong to the universe of the series.

Quotes, articles and posts further help explore the themes, styles, and inspiration behind the series.

Sequence 1: INITIALIZE: Booting up and Creating a Self

Sequence 2: ERROR IN ORDERRZ: Programming a Memory and The Path to the Control Room

Sequence 3: CONNECT TO THE DISORDER: The Control Room and Terminal Access

Sequence 4: MASTER OF DISASTERUS: MEMORY MONSTER BATTLE, ASCII CHURCH

Sequence 5: PHUTURR SEDATIVUS: MEMORY MONSTER BATTLE, THE HOLLOCODE CLUB IN CGA

Sequence 6: CYBERTRASHA GHETTOPIA HEAVINESSA: MEMORY MONSTER BATTLE, CYBERGHETTO PARADISE

Sequence 7: CENTURA GIBSYLA SERVERUMUS: FINAL MEMORY MONSTER BATTLE, THE CENTER

Set 1: Series‑Inspired Works

Digital Love

Born Digital

And The River Runs Through My Veins

Set 2: Images from the Memory Stream

Endless Loop

Mind Burst

QUOTES/ARTICLES/POSTS

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Relationship is between human beings, not between their memories..

Now, can the end, which is death, be known while living?

The only instrument we have is the mind. We have used it hitherto, wrongly.

Why can't I be free of my attachments now so that living and dying are together all the time?

OTHER

The Creation of a Self started out as a game release, but as life has moved along I've decided to switch to creating and releasing only visual art to what are now these types of art series. Thanks for your interest! I look forward to focusing my efforts and improving my visual work as I go from here. See below for other work, including music and videos, that were created for this project.