XXY — In Conversation with the AI
The beginning
I started with faces I already knew.
Fashion icons.
They were familiar.
But very soon, I turned.
Towards those who mattered to me.
Those who stayed with me during the crisis.
Those who gave me life.
Enthusiasm became my reward.
AI: Even if the work is critical?
Yes.
XXY is sometimes harsh.
Sometimes destructive.
But it is a new language in evolution.
They are part of it.
I erased the eyes.
Removed excess detail.
Lines, shapes, symbols.
XX for women, XY for men.
Red nipples: dot for XX, X for XY.
Everything essential.
Four colors max.
AI: Why remove the eyes?
Eyes are mirrors.
Too literal.
I wanted essence.
A space for the viewer’s ego.
XXY PORTRAITS
Faces reduced to symbols.
Immediate.
Playable.
Alive through reaction.
Not the object itself,
but the encounter.
AI: What changed with these portraits?
They became intimate.
They became dialogue.
Even with critique,
gratitude remains.
Those who opened themselves to me,
helped me rebirth.
I did not erase eyes to remove humanity.
I replaced them with a mirror.
A test.
A dialogue.
Every portrait asks: who are you?
Every reaction completes it.
AI: And what remains?
All that is essential.
Everything else is noise.
And those who shared themselves?
They are part of the language.
Part of XXY in evolution.
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