Monumental

• Photographer
  Mike South
• Technical Info
  Movie Stills Captured From Extended Reality (xr) Software
• Photo Date
  16/05/2024

MONUMENTAL merges Extended Reality (XR) with AI-generated imagery to create a new photographic medium, and questions how this technology could shape culture and the natural world. As XR becomes mainstream, digital overlays will become integral to our daily snapshots. With additional AI integration, our senses will increasingly be driven by machines. As these machines learn to alter what we see, what could they make us think, feel or do? I manually place new MONUMENTS into real-world landscapes using XR, then capture the results through still and moving images. Watch the process at nexerus.com

I’m the world’s first photographer to use Extended Reality (XR) as a new Fine Art medium. Blending XR with stills, video, AI-imagery, live projection, and natural landscapes, I add synthetic elements to the real world, in real time… shooting everything in-camera. As XR goes mainstream, digital overlays will reshape our senses. While my work embraces this emerging tech, it also questions how it might affect our culture. Inspired by real stories, classic movie SFX and Madeira’s dramatic landscapes, I fuse past, present, and future. I interpret the world by building my own.