Artists

Kira Xonorika

Biography
Kira Xonorika (she/her; they/them) (Paraguay / United States) is an artist, author and futurist whose work explores connections between technoscience, sovereignty, temporality, world-building, and magic. She’s received awards, residencies and fellowships by Dreaming Beyond AI, Momus and Eyebeam, the Salzburg Global Seminar, and Ars Electronica. Her work has been exhibited at the Ford Foundation Gallery, Vellum Los Angeles, and arebyte Gallery London, among others. Her writing has been published by e-flux, Momus, the GenderIT journal, and Cambridge University. In 2024 she will spearhead the first GenAI art residency based in South America, the Future Memory Lab, supported by Pro Helvetia.
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Pluralis
2024
AI and digital painting, 1792x2304
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Like a nymph resting on a rock in the manner of the allegories of Renaissance painters, Pluralis is at once plant, mineral and human. Surrounded by colourful vegetation, the forest seems as dense as it is toxic. The central figure is in complete harmony with its environment, through its colours, its touch, its gaze and the mandibles protruding from its head. Kira Xonorika's post-human vision is a celebration of connection, resilience, and the infinite potential for growth.