Digital Cadence

Digital Capriccio Series

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Ascending Arch

 
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Curvilinear Colonnade

 

Exhibition poster design, Rome 2024

 
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Another Antiquity

 
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Staircase in the Shade

 
 

Artist Statement

Digital Cadence explores the relationship between architecture and emotional engagement, blending traditional architectural elements with advanced digital techniques. The series manipulates light, form, and shadow to craft meticulously designed environments, offering viewers a contemplative journey through spaces that evoke both anticipation and introspection.

Ascending Arch, a key piece from the series, draws from classical architectural principles. The ascending archways guide the viewer through a serene yet dynamic exploration of spatial relationships. By focusing on form, light, texture, and shadow, Ascending Arch blurs the boundaries between physical and digital worlds. The series offers a modern interpretation of architectural beauty, revealing how design can shape human experience with a uniquely contemporary aesthetic.

Digital Cadence explores the intersection of architectural form and emotional resonance, employing digital techniques to create immersive, contemplative environments. By reinterpreting classical architectural principles through contemporary software, the series invites viewers into spaces that blend visual engagement with experiential depth.

This series maintains a dialogue between structure, light, and shadow. Each piece presents serene yet dynamic spaces where arches, stairways, and colonnades converge into graphical and ethereal. The careful interplay of light, repetition and shadow enhances the sense of depth and dimensionality, encouraging introspection and evoking a meditative response.

The creation process begins with precise digital modeling, where architectural forms are constructed to balance abstraction and tangibility. Controlled use of colour and lighting transforms these compositions into environments that invite the viewer on a quiet, contemplative journey. Soft gradients and stark shadows shape the spatial narrative, imbuing the works with a living, breathing quality.

Pieces like Archways of Antiquity and Curvilinear Colonnade are designed to evoke a sense of anticipation and discovery. The compositions guide the viewer’s gaze through portals and thresholds, invoking curiosity about what lies beyond the architectural narrative.

By focusing on form, light, texture, and shadow, Digital Cadence blurs the boundaries between physical and digital worlds. The series offers a contemporary interpretation of classical and modernist aesthetics, imbued in a digital world that we can never experience.

Medium: 3D Digital Render
Year: 2019
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