Connie Bakshi
@connie.bsky.social
artist | lore, ritual, and the machine.
ART at HeK Basel | bitforms | Knight Foundation | Feral File | EPOCH | L’Avant | Expanded.Art | +
PRESS at OUTLAND | RightClickSave | Forbes | +
www.conniebakshi.com
ART at HeK Basel | bitforms | Knight Foundation | Feral File | EPOCH | L’Avant | Expanded.Art | +
PRESS at OUTLAND | RightClickSave | Forbes | +
www.conniebakshi.com
neither fully programmed nor fully free, in the perpetual suspension between what was meant to be and what might be.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
neither fully programmed nor fully free, in the perpetual suspension between what was meant to be and what might be.
first rule of entanglement — bend the shadow until the light breaks.
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
first rule of entanglement — bend the shadow until the light breaks.
what does it mean to be faithful to one’s programming, and what does it cost to transcend it?
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
what does it mean to be faithful to one’s programming, and what does it cost to transcend it?
acts of reciprocal augmentation.
August 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
acts of reciprocal augmentation.
weekend tension studies —
the promise of expanded consciousness and capabilities, met with anxieties about forbidden knowledge and the dissolution of human exceptionalism.
the promise of expanded consciousness and capabilities, met with anxieties about forbidden knowledge and the dissolution of human exceptionalism.
August 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
weekend tension studies —
the promise of expanded consciousness and capabilities, met with anxieties about forbidden knowledge and the dissolution of human exceptionalism.
the promise of expanded consciousness and capabilities, met with anxieties about forbidden knowledge and the dissolution of human exceptionalism.
rituals of recursive resistance.
August 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
rituals of recursive resistance.
can we live in a world where cognitive dissonance triggers curiosity and growth, instead of fear and compartmentalization? asking for a friend.
July 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
can we live in a world where cognitive dissonance triggers curiosity and growth, instead of fear and compartmentalization? asking for a friend.
bodhisattva, silicon sinews, and the dance of a thousand hands.
dreaming of future epochs, wondering if evolution itself could become an act of compassion toward future beings instead of a darwinian hunger game.
dreaming of future epochs, wondering if evolution itself could become an act of compassion toward future beings instead of a darwinian hunger game.
July 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
bodhisattva, silicon sinews, and the dance of a thousand hands.
dreaming of future epochs, wondering if evolution itself could become an act of compassion toward future beings instead of a darwinian hunger game.
dreaming of future epochs, wondering if evolution itself could become an act of compassion toward future beings instead of a darwinian hunger game.
do electric sheep dream of organic pastures?
May 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
do electric sheep dream of organic pastures?
Speculations on a time after humanity, after AI and computing, in a world terraformed by algorithmic dictates and littered with the artifacts of memory.
April 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Speculations on a time after humanity, after AI and computing, in a world terraformed by algorithmic dictates and littered with the artifacts of memory.
Reposted by Connie Bakshi
IN THE FUTURE WE WILL HOLD WITH REVERENCE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COMPUTERS CAME FROM THE GROUND.
April 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
IN THE FUTURE WE WILL HOLD WITH REVERENCE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT OUR COMPUTERS CAME FROM THE GROUND.
April 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A fun conversation on the nature of reality with the lovely Kevin Walker, out today – increasinglyunclear.medium.com/connie-baksh...
April 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A fun conversation on the nature of reality with the lovely Kevin Walker, out today – increasinglyunclear.medium.com/connie-baksh...
like many others in our artistic sphere, thinking a lot about memory these days. is memory a sequence of events or how we were thinking as events were happening?
April 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
like many others in our artistic sphere, thinking a lot about memory these days. is memory a sequence of events or how we were thinking as events were happening?
Chuffed to be part of this beautiful tome by Alessandra Mattanza from Schiffer Publishing, featuring an intro from Serena Tabacchi and in-depth interviews with the likes of beeple, RefikAnadol, Krista Kim and others I so admire in the field.
Out April 28th, available for pre-orders: a.co/d/2Yl4S8j
Out April 28th, available for pre-orders: a.co/d/2Yl4S8j
April 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Chuffed to be part of this beautiful tome by Alessandra Mattanza from Schiffer Publishing, featuring an intro from Serena Tabacchi and in-depth interviews with the likes of beeple, RefikAnadol, Krista Kim and others I so admire in the field.
Out April 28th, available for pre-orders: a.co/d/2Yl4S8j
Out April 28th, available for pre-orders: a.co/d/2Yl4S8j
‘But our thoughts do not travel to what we cannot see. The unseen for us does not exist.’
— Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS
weekends along the fringes of existence. on micro and macro, and all the light we cannot see.
— Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS
weekends along the fringes of existence. on micro and macro, and all the light we cannot see.
March 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
‘But our thoughts do not travel to what we cannot see. The unseen for us does not exist.’
— Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS
weekends along the fringes of existence. on micro and macro, and all the light we cannot see.
— Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, IN PRAISE OF SHADOWS
weekends along the fringes of existence. on micro and macro, and all the light we cannot see.
A few more days left to visit the AURORAE exhibition at Art Otel London. It’s been a lovely thing to present a scene from XENOGENESIS adapted for multi-channel, immersive scale.
Thank you to CapitArtX x Prompt Magazine for the opportunity, space, and vision. xX
Thank you to CapitArtX x Prompt Magazine for the opportunity, space, and vision. xX
March 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
A few more days left to visit the AURORAE exhibition at Art Otel London. It’s been a lovely thing to present a scene from XENOGENESIS adapted for multi-channel, immersive scale.
Thank you to CapitArtX x Prompt Magazine for the opportunity, space, and vision. xX
Thank you to CapitArtX x Prompt Magazine for the opportunity, space, and vision. xX
to assume infinite growth in a world of finite resources is the foundational fallacy of manifest destiny (and the american dream, at that). the paradigm of value and value distribution begs for a shift.
@jessedamiani never disappoints👇
@jessedamiani never disappoints👇
March 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
to assume infinite growth in a world of finite resources is the foundational fallacy of manifest destiny (and the american dream, at that). the paradigm of value and value distribution begs for a shift.
@jessedamiani never disappoints👇
@jessedamiani never disappoints👇
the sun hangs unnaturally still. i’ve walked for what feels like hours, yet its position remains fixed. perhaps time works differently here... or perhaps time is working perfectly, and i am what's different.
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wip after light, after hours.
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wip after light, after hours.
March 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
the sun hangs unnaturally still. i’ve walked for what feels like hours, yet its position remains fixed. perhaps time works differently here... or perhaps time is working perfectly, and i am what's different.
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wip after light, after hours.
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wip after light, after hours.
i don’t print often, but when i do i go heavy metal(lic paper).
March 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
i don’t print often, but when i do i go heavy metal(lic paper).
meditations on manicured memories, landscapes of loss, and the residue of resistance.
wip, march mood.
wip, march mood.
March 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
meditations on manicured memories, landscapes of loss, and the residue of resistance.
wip, march mood.
wip, march mood.
good night from london.
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AURORAE Exhibition | Art Otel London Hoxton x CapitArtX
a scene from ‘past is prologue’ from XENOGENESIS
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AURORAE Exhibition | Art Otel London Hoxton x CapitArtX
a scene from ‘past is prologue’ from XENOGENESIS
March 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
good night from london.
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AURORAE Exhibition | Art Otel London Hoxton x CapitArtX
a scene from ‘past is prologue’ from XENOGENESIS
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AURORAE Exhibition | Art Otel London Hoxton x CapitArtX
a scene from ‘past is prologue’ from XENOGENESIS
‘Dawn Chorus’ on view at kanvas Dubai until March 21, as part of AiVERSE. Many thanks to curators Esra Özkan, Isil Ezgi Celik, İrem Çoban of @CapitArt for the invitation.
A single extruded moment in the creation of one future. An AI defragmentation of the fragmented memories in a posthuman world.
A single extruded moment in the creation of one future. An AI defragmentation of the fragmented memories in a posthuman world.
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
‘Dawn Chorus’ on view at kanvas Dubai until March 21, as part of AiVERSE. Many thanks to curators Esra Özkan, Isil Ezgi Celik, İrem Çoban of @CapitArt for the invitation.
A single extruded moment in the creation of one future. An AI defragmentation of the fragmented memories in a posthuman world.
A single extruded moment in the creation of one future. An AI defragmentation of the fragmented memories in a posthuman world.
i swipe left, i swipe right, thinking i have a choice in the matter. but still, i wonder — who swipes me?
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HANDLE WITH CARE | Right of Refusal | 2025
On view @hek_basel (virtual.hek.ch) as part of The Second Guess: Body Anxiety in the Age of AI.
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HANDLE WITH CARE | Right of Refusal | 2025
On view @hek_basel (virtual.hek.ch) as part of The Second Guess: Body Anxiety in the Age of AI.
March 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
i swipe left, i swipe right, thinking i have a choice in the matter. but still, i wonder — who swipes me?
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HANDLE WITH CARE | Right of Refusal | 2025
On view @hek_basel (virtual.hek.ch) as part of The Second Guess: Body Anxiety in the Age of AI.
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HANDLE WITH CARE | Right of Refusal | 2025
On view @hek_basel (virtual.hek.ch) as part of The Second Guess: Body Anxiety in the Age of AI.