About this work
{"type":"root","children":[{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"Published by CIRCA on the occasion of "},{"type":"text","value":"Untitled","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" (2022), "},{"type":"text","value":"Yōkai Destrudo","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" brings together the physical and digital dimensions of Arca's expansive artistic practice. Derived directly from one of the artist's original mixed-media paintings, the work captures a moment in which painting, language, technology and mythology converge, reflecting Arca's ongoing exploration of transformation, mutation and becoming."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"The title combines two distinct concepts. "},{"type":"text","value":"Yōkai","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":", drawn from Japanese folklore, refers to supernatural beings, spirits and shapeshifting entities that exist between worlds. "},{"type":"text","value":"Destrudo","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":", a term introduced by psychoanalyst Edoardo Weiss in 1935, describes the energy associated with the death instinct. Together, these ideas form a poetic tension between creation and destruction, attraction and dissolution, reflecting the dualities that frequently inhabit Arca's work. Across the surface of the image, the phrase "},{"type":"text","value":"Yōkai Destrudo","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":" is spray-painted over a richly layered composition, preserving traces of the artist's original gestures, materials and interventions."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":"Released alongside Arca's New Year commission for CIRCA, the print formed part of a wider project exploring the relationship between human creativity and machine intelligence. For "},{"type":"text","value":"Untitled","italic":true},{"type":"text","value":", an algorithm was trained using thirty-one of Arca's paintings, generating a continuously evolving sequence of images that transformed physical artworks into new digital forms. Broadcast across public screens in London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Milan, New York, Seoul and Tokyo, the commission marked Arca's emergence as a visual artist on the global stage while extending her practice beyond music, performance and production into new territories of image-making and world-building."}]},{"type":"paragraph","children":[{"type":"text","value":""}]}]}
Edition details
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Publication information
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Public impact
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