Valentina Ferrandes

United Kingdom

Valentina Ferrandes is an Italy-born, London based digital artist and designer whose work unfolds at the intersection of experimental film, digital technology, and archival research. A graduate in Humanities from Bologna University (Italy), Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art (London), and 3D Environment Art at Escape Studios (London), she crafts immersive CGI canvases, blending procedural animation with documentary narratives that explore the dialogue between classical iconography and contemporary abstraction. Her practice draws upon Mediterranean heritage—using gen-AI tools, found footage, 3D motion, photogrammetry and game engines—to weave poetic visual essays on heritage and identity.

Ferrandes’s films and installations have been exhibited worldwide in galleries and film festivals—from Rencontres Internationales in Paris to the Moscow Biennale, European Media Art Festival, to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. Shortlisted for Aesthetica Art Prize, winner of Carme Daste Digital Art Prize, she received commissions for public art works from META and Digerati Media Art Festival.


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The Beautiful One Has Come

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“The Beautiful One Has Come” is a time-based, parametric manipulation of Nefertiti’s bust 3D scan.


By employing parametric manipulation and mathematical abstraction, the video transcends the static nature of the physical bust, breathing new life into it while also highlighting the fluidity and subjectivity of beauty itself. The project explores the intersection of art, technology, and cultural appropriation, challenging traditional notions of beauty and ownership. Through the manipulation of Nefertiti's bust, the viewer is confronted with questions about authenticity, representation, and the power dynamics inherent in the appropriation of cultural symbols.


"The Beautiful One Has Come" emerged from a controversial origin story. Two artists took it upon themselves to illegally scan Nefertiti's famed bust in Berlin's Neues Museum, thrusting the artwork into a legal battle over copyright.

technique

3d

format

landscape

duration

05:33

year

2021

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