ABOUT THE ARTISTS AND ARTWORK
ANAELLE PRESS (Curator)
Anaelle Press is a French multidisciplinary artist and curator living in Israel. Her work ranges from observational painting and drawing, and graphic design, to leading creative community-based projects. She is committed to using art and creativity as a means to connect with people on an intimate level. As a curator, she has worked with artists all around the globe both physically and digitally. You can find her work on Instagram@anaelle_press.
KATIA HERRERA (chapter 4: Sharing Navigational Stars)
Katia Herrera is an Afro-Latina artist from the Dominican Republic. Growing up in an artistic family, Herrera began exploring her vision by using existing photographs to create scrapbook collages. Nowadays, her collages have migrated to the digital space, where she creates digital photo manipulations and illustrations. Herrera’s works celebrate her African roots with a touch of surrealism and Afrofuturism. You can find her work at creativepowerr.art.
YETI IGLESIAS (chapter 5: Cascading Outcomes, and chapter 10: Braided Agility)
Yeti Iglesias is a Mexican illustrator and 2D animator from Mexico City. She gravitates to bold and bright colors, with wild and dynamic designs. Besides cats and coffee, she loves collaborating with brands and creating colorful and powerful messages through illustration. You can find her on Instagram@yetiglesias.
PROXIMA CENTAURI B (chapter 8: Embodied Augmentation)
Proxima Centauri B is a Visayan artist living in Germany. They have been working with AI since stumbling on generative adversarial networks (GANs) in 2018. By using digital painting tools and a variety of ever-evolving open-source code, each artwork is a collaboration between human and machine intelligence. They draw inspiration from the intersection of technology and nature, sci-fi literature, biophilic design, and solarpunk futurism. You can find their work on proximacentaurib.xyz.
DUSTIN JACOBUS (chapter 6: A Regenerative Office)
Dustin Jacobus is a Belgian artist and industrial design engineer with interests in biomimicry, sustainable design, and futurism. He started his career as an illustrator for the textile industry and worked several years as a freelance designer. In 2020 he finished his project “Universitas,” in which he explores a futuristic world where creativity meets science and ecology. In his latest artwork he explores what a SolarPunk future might look like. You can find his work on dustinjacobus.com.
ANALIA IGLESIAS (chapter 7: Celebrating Uniqueness)
Analia Iglesias is an Afro-Indigenous artist from Argentina. She began her exploration as a visual artist and designer through collage, illustration, animation, and street art. She uses digital art as a means to tell stories about her African and indigenous ancestry, and as a way to express social commentary. In a world where capitalism and colonialism have tried to erase her cultures, her work is revolutionary and committed to making a change. Her work is informed by Afrofuturism as well as her own research and understanding of her African and indigenous roots, of which she is very proud. You can find her work on Instagram@afroana_.
MIDJOURNEY (chapter 9: Officeverse Emerging)
Midjourney is an AI Art Generator that creates artwork from text prompts in a neural network architecture published through OpenAI. Midjourney is an independent research lab, exploring new mediums of artistic expression to expand the imaginative powers of the human species. You can augment your imagination with Midjourney by applying to the beta at https://discord.com/invite/midjourney or follow others on twitter https://twitter.com/midjourney.
MUSIC ADVISOR (Mixing Board Metaphor)
Jason Zac runs the Nathaniel School of Music, an online music school providing access to world-class music education by identifying, nurturing, and promoting talent. Based in Bangalore, India, Jason is the grandson of Walter Satyaraj Nathaniel, the first Indian to take over the baton of Western music from the British, after 1947. Walter’s vision of music was a source of vitality not just for the individual but also for society at large. He transformed the British Musical Association into the Bangalore Musical Association, a musical institution that has shaped many of today’s stalwarts. As one of the earliest flag bearers of music’s universality and potential for social transformation in independent India, Jason continues his grandfather’s vision by nurturing musicians across the globe. To engage with Jason and the school, visit https://www.nathanielschool.com/.