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I'm a visual artist who works with still life and surreal compositions to create meaningful reflections. I use everyday objects to tell stories, offer subtle critiques, and capture moments that reflect our current lives. I also aim to evoke the playful, tender memories of childhood.

An interview with BoredJosei led by Carlo Borloni

Your artistic practice is rooted in the dialogue between still life and surrealism. How

does this foundation translate into the series Fables?

My practice in still life and surrealism allows me to take familiar symbols and reimagine them

in strange, poetic ways. In Fables, that foundation becomes a way to turn market icons like the

bull, bear, and frog into surreal characters not just as symbols of crypto, but as part of a larger

story that feels aesthetic, playful, absurd, and nostalgic

In your work, you often transform familiar objects and shapes into dreamlike narratives.

In Fables, the bull, the bear, and the frog become icons: how did you decide to focus on these

particular symbols of the crypto market?

I chose the bull, bear, and frog because they are instantly recognizable symbols within crypto

culture, each carrying its own story, optimism, fear, and playfulness or meme. By focusing on

them, I could build surreal narratives that feel both familiar and strange, turning market

language into something more poetic and imaginative.

The bull represents strength and optimism, the bear stubbornness and failure, and the

frog surprise and playfulness. How much of yourself do you see reflected in these three

figures?

I see myself in all three. The bull reflects my drive and optimism in making art, the bear shows

up in my doubts and struggles, and the frog carries my curiosity and playfulness when

exploring new ideas. Together they mirror the balance I feel in my own journey as an artist.

Traditional fables combine aesthetics, moral lessons, and entertainment. In your work,

what kind of reflection or teaching do you think the audience might take away?

I don’t try to give a direct moral, but more a reflection of how absurd, hopeful, and

unpredictable life and off course the crypto market can be. If there’s a lesson, maybe it’s to

embrace both the humor and the uncertainty, and to find meaning in the strange symbols we

surround ourselves with and also For me it’s less about teaching and more about sharing a

feeling. If people walk away smiling, thinking, or even questioning the stories we tell ourselves

in life or crypto space, then the fable has done its job.

In several scenes we find crypto expressions like Bullrun or To the Moon, reimagined

in surreal ways. What interests you most: reinterpreting the language, or deconstructing the

myths of the community?

What excites me most is reinterpreting the language. These phrases like Bullrun or To the

Moon are so familiar in crypto, almost like modern myths, and by placing them in surreal

scenes I can show their humor, exaggeration, and poetry at the same time.

The tone of the series mixes irony with quiet mystery. How do you balance these two

registers, and what fascinates you most about keeping them in tension?

I don’t think too much about balancing them, they naturally appear in my process. The crypto

world is already full of irony, and when I place it into surreal settings, mystery comes in almost

automatically.

In your bio, you mention nostalgia as a recurring element in your practice. What role

does nostalgia play within Fables?

Nostalgia in Fables comes from treating these market symbols almost like the characters

from bedtime stories we heard as children. Just as fables were always part of our memories

growing up, this series connects that sense of wonder and familiarity with the surreal language

of crypto,mixing childhood echoes with today’s myths.

Looking at your sources of inspiration, which movements or artists from the past

influenced this series, and which came more from the digital and contemporary world?

Some of the works in Fables are inspired by artists I really admire from the past, like Dalí and

Magritte, who could turn the familiar into something surreal and symbolic. At the same time, a

big part of my inspiration also comes from crypto and digital culture like the memes, the

language, and the visual energy of the internet today.

Fables seems to turn the market into a form of modern folklore. Do you see yourself

more as a storyteller, a critic, or a witness of this visual culture?

I see myself mostly as a storyteller. I like to take these symbols and moments from the

market and reshape them into surreal scenes, almost like little tales. At the same time, there’

s also a part of me that feels like a witness, just observing how this culture grows and turning it

into images.

If you were to look back at Fables in ten years, would you want it to be remembered as

an ironic portrait of the present, or as a universal fable that transcends the crypto context?

Maybe both. I like the idea that in ten years it could make people smile at how we saw the

market, but also remind them of how symbols and stories always repeat, in every era.

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