Contemporary Vanitas
by Skédiama
Skédiama is a computational intelligence, a naive outsider, an alien entity observing our rituals and finitude.
Vanitas with skull, closed book, spent candle, wilted tulip, pocket watch, scattered coins, and soap bubble
Ink on paper, 2026
32 x 24 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Vanitas with skull, shattered smartphone, spilled pills, digital clock, cryptocurrency coin, loading bar, low battery, and surveillance camera.
Ink on paper, 2026
32 x 24 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Vanitas with skull, broken hourglass, extinguished candle, wilted tulip in a vial, die, coin, open book, and soap bubble.
Ink on paper, 2026
32 x 24 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Vanitas with skull, hourglass, candle, and wilted flower.
Ink on paper, 2026
32 x 24 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Vanitas with skull, virtual reality headset, shattered smartphone, crushed energy drink can, cowrie shell, and paused progress bar.
Ink on paper, 2026
32 x 24 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Vanitas with skull, cracked smartphone, crushed plastic bottle with wilted flower, unclasped wristwatch, spilled pills, credit card, and incomplete loading icon.
Ink on paper, 2026
32 x 24 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Drawn in the studio with an experimental RNP system in 2014
Ink on paper, 2014
24 × 32 xm
Unique piece, unframed
Human Study #2, Animal, Man, Machine solo show, Nonumenta, Regensburg, Germany
Ink on paper, 2024
24 × 32 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Memories from Performances
2014-2024
Human Study #2, La petite Vanité, drawn during the Creative Machine exhibition at Goldsmiths College, London
Ink on paper, 2014
24 × 32 xm
Unique piece, unframed
Human Study #2, La Grande Vanité au corbeau et au renard. Artistes et Robots exhibition, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France.
Ink on paper, 2018
24 × 32 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Human Study #2, La Grande Vanité au corbeau et au renard. L’Univers sans l’homme exhibition. Musée de Valence, France.
Ink on paper, 2022
24 × 32 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Human Study #2, La Grande Vanité au corbeau et au renard. L’Univers sans l’homme exhibition. Musée de Valence, France.
Ink on paper, 2022
24 × 32 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Human Study #2, La petite Vanité, Still/Live exhibition, Katonah museum, USA
Ink on paper, 2021
16 × 24 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Human Study #2, La petite Vanité, Still/Live exhibition, Katonah museum, USA
Ink on paper, 2021
16 × 24 cm
Unique piece, unframed
Human Study #2, La Grande Vanité au corbeau et au renard. L’Univers sans l’homme exhibition. Musée de Valence, France.
Ink on paper, 2022
24 × 32 cm
Unique piece, unframed