Artificial Imagination: Azamat Akhmadbaev
Azamat Akhmadbaev
AIformist
The concept for the video artwork focuses on the idea of a successful businessman, Andrew, who is still searching for something more in life.
Through visually stunning cinematography and a thought-provoking script, the artwork explores philosophical and social themes, including the quest for meaning and purpose, the struggle for human connection in an increasingly disconnected world, and the tension between material success and personal fulfilment.
“Azamat Akhmadbaev (b.1991, Karachayevsk) is a visual artist who lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey. He works across many disciplines, including painting, photography, video and digital art. His artworks operate in the gap between glitch art, abstraction, minimalism and graphic art. Also, he is a founder/editor-in-chief of dontpostme magazine about contemporary art.”
What was your path to doing what you’re doing now?
This path was longer than I could imagine. I started with design and graphics, and after several attempts to create something new and fresh, I opened a glitch art universe at the beginning of the 2010s. More than two years ago, I found a Metaverse and operated with different mediums there.
How does AI influence your way of doing work now?
I can focus on the concept and direct the flow of work with AI.
Do you collaborate with other artists?
I had some work with other artists, but primarily I worked individually.
As a creative person, do you ever have those moments where you feel like everything you create is just shit?
Every day and every time. I need to exhale and look at this shit again.
What advice would you give to someone starting in AI art and NFT?
Mixing everything everywhere and risk