Generative art projection on holographic films
24” x 72” (per holographic film)
2025
(with projector)
Kevin Roque
Artist Statement:
Politeismo is a projected generative artwork that explores glitching as a means of disrupting Christian iconography, placing it in dialogue with pre-colonial beliefs and our contemporary digital age. Our tradition of idolatry has evolved over time. When the Spaniards arrived, they replaced animist belief systems with Christian imagery. These images proliferated, and religion became a tool for social control. Later, under American colonization, this form of control was reshaped by capitalism in the form of worship for money. In the digital age, social engineering has accelerated through surveillance and the mining of personal data, which is used to modify human behavior via the spectacle of advertising and the rise of new idols in the form of influencers. The use of projection on holographic film allows these deconstructions to unfold within a layered environment, mimicking both the multiplicity of layered worlds in pre-colonial belief systems and the over saturation of data we encounter every day. The work reflects on how systems of belief are continuously constructed and imposed, questioning what we worship today and how power operates through images across time.
Generative art projection on holographic films
24” x 72” (per holographic film)
2025
(with projector)
Kevin Roque
Artist Statement:
Politeismo is a projected generative artwork that explores glitching as a means of disrupting Christian iconography, placing it in dialogue with pre-colonial beliefs and our contemporary digital age. Our tradition of idolatry has evolved over time. When the Spaniards arrived, they replaced animist belief systems with Christian imagery. These images proliferated, and religion became a tool for social control. Later, under American colonization, this form of control was reshaped by capitalism in the form of worship for money. In the digital age, social engineering has accelerated through surveillance and the mining of personal data, which is used to modify human behavior via the spectacle of advertising and the rise of new idols in the form of influencers. The use of projection on holographic film allows these deconstructions to unfold within a layered environment, mimicking both the multiplicity of layered worlds in pre-colonial belief systems and the over saturation of data we encounter every day. The work reflects on how systems of belief are continuously constructed and imposed, questioning what we worship today and how power operates through images across time.
