landscape
generative art
03:04
2019
United Kingdom
vkrm views the creative process not as a career, but as a lifelong spiritual discipline. Over five decades of self-directed enquiry, vkrm has treated the studio as a site of contemplation, seeking to render the invisible visible. This journey began in the tactile world of traditional drawing and painting, where decades were spent mastering the physical laws of form and shadow. In a natural evolution of this quest, vkrm now translates those foundational skills into the digital realm, treating the screen as a canvas of pure light. This transition represents a shift from the material to the ephemeral, a half-century trajectory dedicated to capturing the sacred resonance that exists beyond the physical. For vkrm, the stylus and the brush are merely different conduits for the same enduring devotion to the creative spirit. The studio is not a physical location, but a state of being: an infinite space where time and technology dissolve into the singular act of creation.
After five decades, the goal remains unchanged: to serve as a conduit for the sacred. The work does not seek to document the world, but to evoke the silent, luminous presence that resides within it. Each piece is an invitation to the viewer to pause, to look beyond the surface, and to encounter the ineffable light that has been the focus of vkrm's practice. The practice remains a state of constant becoming: for vkrm, mastery is not a destination reached, but a continual distillation, a process of stripping away the superfluous to arrive at the essential. The transition into digital light marks the latest evolution in this lifelong refinement, offering a transparency and luminosity that physical media could only hint at. Today, the work is a living bridge between decades of traditional discipline and the limitless potential of the screen. It is an ongoing dialogue with the sacred, where every new work is a deeper inquiry into the ineffable. This half-century trajectory is a steady movement toward the light.
The five Platonic solids, also known as Sacred Geometry, are the fundamental forms that interest me. In addition, the processes and iconography of ancient South Asian and Oriental art have an ideological influence that is reflected in my work. I create still images using various graphic design programs and, through a wholly intuitive process, select and refine one that may become a final, presented piece.
Much of generative art involves mathematics, and I use chance to select random combinations of numbers and formulas to explore their impact on the generated image. I am fascinated by the depth of infinite forms that can emerge from a single basic structure found within the Platonic solids. Similar to sketches in traditional art, I produce low-resolution tests until I find one that works within the parameters of a sacred space, in which I aim to evoke a sense of silent contemplation, a theme that recurs throughout my work.
generative art
landscape
03:04
2019