Zero-Day is a generative artwork that draws data from websites that gather information related to cyber threat intelligence. The term “zero-day” refers to a security flaw discovered without warning. The piece conveys the urgency generated by these events through an animation that displays horizontal and vertical streams of text that vary depending on the information processed.
The artwork explores the tension between our desire to be connected and navigate the web freely, and our need to establish borders, limitations and protections. The piece draws inspiration from psychological inkblot tests, becoming a sort of Rorschach test for a society constantly under the threat of cyberattacks. The stains, blurs, and flowing marks suggest both containment and expansion: Zero-Day reflects our overprotectiveness and suggests the necessity of releasing that control in the face of unpredictability.
Zero-Day draws from traditions of abstract Chinese ink art, as well as the fluidity of watercolors. Other influences include Spanish baroque landscape paintings and psychedelic aesthetics. Within the animation displayed, text transforms into vaporous, colorful forms that mirror the ideas and emotions the work conveys. The artwork represents an evolving digital landscape of vulnerability, protection, and the invisible threats that affect our interconnected society.
The artwork explores the tension between our desire to be connected and navigate the web freely, and our need to establish borders, limitations and protections. The piece draws inspiration from psychological inkblot tests, becoming a sort of Rorschach test for a society constantly under the threat of cyberattacks. The stains, blurs, and flowing marks suggest both containment and expansion: Zero-Day reflects our overprotectiveness and suggests the necessity of releasing that control in the face of unpredictability.
Zero-Day draws from traditions of abstract Chinese ink art, as well as the fluidity of watercolors. Other influences include Spanish baroque landscape paintings and psychedelic aesthetics. Within the animation displayed, text transforms into vaporous, colorful forms that mirror the ideas and emotions the work conveys. The artwork represents an evolving digital landscape of vulnerability, protection, and the invisible threats that affect our interconnected society.
Medium: 4K Screen, computer, generative custom software, real-time data, internet connection.