Illuminated Visions @ Cypress Collage, Los Angeles, California, USA

SLOP AND ROLL — Trashmapping from Los Angeles!

Finally got some footage from Illuminated Visions, held in Los Angeles at Cypress College, where our latest projection mapping artwork, SLOP AND ROLL, was presented last week!

The projection took place on The Library Mural by Sergio J. O’Cadiz Moctezuma — an extraordinary artwork in its own right. There’s something truly fascinating about the moment when two works of art meet, when a contemporary digital creation interacts with an existing piece of art, giving it a completely new dimension. It’s a beautiful reminder of what makes projection mapping such a unique medium.

Trashmapping. A genre that embraces chaos, visual overload, absurdity, digital garbage, and the strange beauty of imperfection. It’s about breaking the rules of conventional projection mapping, where everything is supposed to be beautiful, polished, meaningful, and perfectly synchronized.

And then there’s AI.

Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming contemporary media art. It gives us extraordinary new creative possibilities, but it also floods our world with endless amounts of synthetic imagery. The line between art and AI-generated slop is becoming increasingly blurry.

And honestly, a toxic psychedelic aesthetic feels like the perfect match for this AI-fueled madness. Oversaturated colors, distorted realities, visual hallucinations, and a healthy dose of digital insanity — a chaotic playground where artificial intelligence can be both the creative tool and the subject of the joke.

Rather than pretending this phenomenon doesn’t exist, SLOP AND ROLL embraces it, plays with it, and turns it into part of the artistic language.

Because maybe the future of media art isn’t about choosing between human creativity and artificial intelligence. Maybe it’s about discovering what happens when we deliberately crash them into each other.

And sometimes, it’s perfectly fine to make art that doesn’t take itself too seriously.

A huge and heartfelt THANK YOU to Kati Angelov, whose incredible dedication, passion, and hard work make this wonderful event happen year after year. Bringing artists and creative minds together in Los Angeles is no small achievement, and we’re truly grateful to be part of it!

Thank you for keeping this amazing platform for media art alive and growing!

Enjoy the madness!