about me

giuseppe.torre@ul.ie
Artist Statement



My artistic practice explores the ethical, ontological, and perceptual dimensions of digital technologies. I work primarily with generative systems, code-based environments, and real-time media — not simply as tools for producing form, but as spaces of reflection, where technological processes become sites of negotiation between autonomy, control, and creative agency. At the heart of this practice lies an ongoing inquiry into the lived experience of digital creation. Rather than reducing digital art to technical skill or formal aesthetics, I investigate how creative engagement with machines shapes our sense of self. This perspective draws from philosophical traditions that foreground the ethical and experiential dimensions of technology, positioning artistic creation as a space where values, orientations, and decisions are constantly in play.

Influenced by continental philosophy and critical theory, I am particularly concerned with how power, knowledge, and normalization operate within digital infrastructures. I actively engage with Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) not only as a creative medium but as an ethical commitment — embracing open systems to resist commodification, foster transparency, and reassert both individual and collective agency within technological practice.

My installations, performances, and compositions are shaped by a desire to challenge dominant narratives of digital efficiency and automation. In their place, I cultivate spaces of slowness, ambiguity, and introspection — inviting audiences to encounter technology not as spectacle, but as a reflective and transformative experience.

Across all my work, I aim to articulate a digital poetics that is critical, situated, and ethically responsive to the complex entanglements of contemporary life.