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Eerie Graphite Drawings Encase Aliens and Sci-Fi Experiments in Looming Stacked Towers
“Engineering Consciousness.” All images James Lipnickas, shared with permission
New Haven, Connecticut-based artist James Lipnickas conjures towering sci-fi structures filled with futuristic labs, clashes with aliens, and massive laser beams shooting from rooftops. Working in graphite, Lipnickas uses heavy shading to shroud his architectural renderings in mystery and unfamiliarity as tentacled creatures crack through the walls and humans become science experiments. “This series really grew out of my interest in advanced technologies integrating with humans and how it shapes us moving forward,” he says.
Amidst the machines and eerie contraptions, the artist interrupts each building with a level containing a garden bed or an illuminated tree grove. “The future holds many unknowns (technology and lifeforms). We can’t forget the natural world while we move further from it,” he says.
Before the end of the year, Lipnickas will show some of his works at Chicago’s Vertical Gallery and in a few virtual exhibitions with WOW x WOW. You can find more of his drawings, and keep an eye out for an expansion of the series shown here, on his Instagram. (via Jeroen Apers)
“Through Different Identities” (2021)
“Way of the Future” (2021)
“Intelligent Machines” (2021)
“More than Human” (2021)
“A Simulated Reality”
“Techno Human” (2021)
#aliens #drawing #graphite #science fiction #technology
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