Skye Nicolas 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗡𝗢 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 2023 Animated GIF 648 x 648 px Edition 1/1 Emotion Projector 2000 is a series of introspective GIF pieces featuring cliche narratives that peer into the human condition. Housed in a square frame displaying looped melancholic messages, emotions are extracted, compressed, and preserved to forever exist as a lonely digital echo. These charmingly delicate vignettes are digital keepsakes; manifesting age old themes of youth, love, and loss. These artifacts are typical of the artist’s exploration in his recurring theme of an induced nostalgia; manufacturing digital déjà vu or a Mandela Effect of sorts, by combining familiarity, the skewing of timelines, reassigning pop culture references, while carefully layering iconography and cultural myths to facilitate a cerebral experience of inhabiting memories that never existed.

Yesterday (August 14, 2024), I minted this animated GIF piece on @objktcom to celebrate a very personal milestone that’s been two decades in the making, reflecting on the details of an incredible journey that has led me to this moment in my life. Skye Nicolas 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘’𝗦 𝗡𝗢 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗟𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 2023 Animated GIF 648 x 648 px Edition 1/1 When creating digital work, I employ the same set of values as I would with analog. The production process for either type of work requires conceptually driven ideas and often incorporates careful appropriation balanced with meaningful symbolism communicated in nostalgic pop culture references. A thread 🧵