Composing chaos into art with technology
“It’s a fine dance between me and the machine. Constantly pushing and being pushed by what happens,” Fillip says.
Fillip Isgro’s preferred art medium utilizes machine learning and finely tuned artificial intelligence models to create awe-inspiring artworks. Coupled with traditional digital art techniques, his instruments and conventional digital art methods enable him to influence and be influenced by his work.
“It’s a fine dance between me and the machine. Constantly pushing and being pushed by what happens,” he says. “It’s exciting when I set the stage for magic to happen, and something different happens altogether. It makes my inner wonder run wild with ideas. I’m not really sure what I’m going to get, and I think that’s exactly why my process is what it is.”
Fillip’s artistic philosophy is based on the idea that one must master the single constant in the cosmos, chaos, to properly produce engaging and thought-provoking art.
Chaos is unavoidable, he expresses, yet allowing ideas and abstract thoughts to flow can produce unexpected gems that both the author and the observer will find enjoyable. Machine Delusions concentrates on these ideas when composing pieces. Allowing chaos to direct more of the process appears to be an addictive strategy in an age of total control via how the world perceives us on social media, the music we listen to, and the individuals we choose to have access to our digital and physical lives.
Fillip resides in Toronto, Canada, and continues to further his skill by learning cutting-edge tools at the fringe of the emerging industry. His process is ever-evolving as, week by week, the landscape changes and new tools become obsolete overnight. To understand Fillip’s ability and ease with technology, we as onlookers must realize that, in the end, all that prevails is the artistic eye of human influence and the power of a good idea itself.
“Truly this is the start of a century of symbiosis between man and machine. It’s only the beginning. I’m excited to see where it all goes in my lifetime,” says Fillip.