INTIMATE CYBORG CONSCIOUSNESS
KANTFISH
Photography, Manual Digital Painting, Digital Techniques, Machine Learning (AI) .
High quality cotton paper or direct printing on aluminum dibond. 90×118 cm, Edition of 1 + 1 A.P.
70×90 cm, Edition of 1 + 1 A.P.
45×60 cm, Edition of 1 + 1 A.P. NFT #1/1 on Ethereum + physic artwork 75×100 cm, Edition of 1
High quality cotton paper or direct printing on aluminum dibond. 90×118 cm, Edition of 1 + 1 A.P.
70×90 cm, Edition of 1 + 1 A.P.
45×60 cm, Edition of 1 + 1 A.P. NFT #1/1 on Ethereum + physic artwork 75×100 cm, Edition of 1
About the artwork
Intimate Cyborg Consciousness is the result of a visual and conceptual investigation into the essence of what we are beneath the surface: the timeless pursuit of the γνῶθι σεαυτόν, “know thyself”. The artwork explores the eyes as the threshold between the inner and outer worlds, the space where identity, consciousness and connection converge. The gaze becomes both an act of self-recognition and a transmission of humanity toward the other: a silent dialogue between intimacy and technology, mystery and light.
Emerging from an original photograph, the image evolves through a personal digital process that blends human sensibility with artificial intelligence as a creative instrument. For its creation, Kantfish employed Adobe Firefly Image 3 to generate and integrate subtle visual atmospheres; ChatGPT (GPT-4) to articulate conceptual depth and refine narrative coherence; Google Gemini (through AI Studio) to explore symbolic associations between body, identity and dream; and Grok-1 (xAI) to contrast perspectives on the human-machine continuum. Together, these models act not as mere tools but as extensions of consciousness, reflecting the hybrid territory where emotion, perception and code coexist. Visually, the artwork situates the viewer in a dark yet warm environment, a semi-shadowed field of soft light where the eyes emerge like magnetic portals. These eyes, suspended between digital precision and organic imperfection, reveal the beauty of inner consciousness in a cyborg age. The atmosphere evokes both serenity and tension: a dreamlike state where intimacy becomes technological and the body becomes luminous thought.
Exhibited at
Intimate Cyborg Consciousness was exhibited at The Wrong Biennale 2025.
The Wrong could well be the world’s largest art biennale – the digital version of Venice.
The New York Times
The Wrong could well be the world’s largest art biennale – the digital version of Venice.
The New York Times
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Formats and technique
MATERIALS
The artworks are printed on high-quality cotton paper, Hahnemühle or Canson, selected for their tonal depth, stability, and lightfastness. Each piece is mounted on aluminum Dibond with a wooden frame, ensuring rigidity, durability, and a clean presence on the wall.
Another format particularly favored by Kantfish is direct-to-aluminum printing. With a vivid, glossy finish and exceptional resilience, it is suitable for both interior and exterior settings, where the image achieves an almost tangible intensity.
In some cases, artworks are delivered without any mounting. The collector receives the piece on its original paper, exactly as conceived, leaving the final choice of presentation or framing entirely open.
TECHNIQUES
Kantfish’s process often begins in the real. In direct observation and in photography, understood not as a register, but as a point of departure.
From there the image undergoes transformation through manual digital painting processes, where gesture, intervention, and decision-making remain central. The artwork is constructed layer by layer, in a constant dialogue between control and drift.
Within this process new digital tools are also integrated, including artificial intelligence systems, used as instruments for visual and conceptual exploration. Not as automation, but as an extension of language and creative risk.
The result does not adhere to a fixed technique, but to an open methodology in which the real, the manual, and the digital coexist without evident hierarchies.
Certified Limited Editions
Each piece is delivered signed by Kantfish, who personally oversees every stage of the production process, caring for every detail. The collector receives a Certificate of Authenticity with a matching hologram on both the artwork and the physical document, along with an additional registration on the Ethereum blockchain, whose reference is provided to the collector.
Blockchain-based certification guarantees the immutability, traceability, and independent verifiability of the certificate of authenticity, enhancing protection against forgery and reinforcing confidence in the artwork.
A personal letter from Kantfish is also included.
Along with the artwork, all necessary care instructions and specifications are provided.
Secure shipping and delivery
We make art accessible worldwide. Shipments are protected with custom packaging and insured via DHL, with guaranteed delivery and full tracking at every stage. International delivery is available worldwide; shipping costs will be calculated once the delivery address is provided.
From our studio in Portugal (and occasionally from Madrid), we dispatch each piece with maximum security and real-time tracking, allowing collectors to follow the shipment at all times.
Return policy
For purchases made from Portugal, the right of withdrawal provided by Decree-Law No. 24/2014 applies.
The buyer has 14 calendar days from the receipt of the order to request a return, except in the following cases, where no returns or refunds are accepted:
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OTHER ARTWORKS BY KANTFISH
Kantfish (Emanuele Giusto) is a Mixed Media Artist whose practice articulates photography, traditional media and digital technologies, including automatic learning (AI). His research operates between the visual and the conceptual, approaching reality not as representation, but as a philosophical problem transferred to the perceptual field. In this framework, the exploration of the complexity of the real becomes a way of expanding individual consciousness and reconfiguring the collective imaginary.
Kantfish as a multidisciplinary author was born in Italy, under the ancestral colors of Etna. He develops his international practice based in Portugal and Spain, exploring the tension between reality, its symbolic layers and its representation through the concept that vertebrates his work: “More Than Real”.
Kantfish develops a modus operandi that starts from photography, applying a precise, almost surgical eye to natural, urban, and human landscapes, transforming them into abstract spaces that are revealed through the eye of the soul.
His personal and professional journey, with stages in Italy, Madrid, Mallorca, Luanda, Santiago in Cape Verde, and Miami, has shaped a perspective that operates at the intersection of documentary, fiction, and cultural analysis.
He has been recognized in international awards and biennials and is represented in galleries in Spain, Japan and the United States.
He shapes his visual perspective through photography, digital tools, cinema, writing, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, and live interventions, crafting a hybrid language that intertwines critical thinking, journalistic research, and contemporary art practices.
For over two decades, he has published in media such as XL Semanal, El País Semanal, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Foreign Policy, L’Espresso, and Il Messaggero.
This experience shapes his critical approach to the image and the way he unfolds visual narratives.
He has written scripts for programs broadcast on television networks such as Dmax.tv (Discovery Inc. Media), Warner Bros. Discovery, and audiovisual projects for organizations like the United Nations’ FAO, including the World Water Day campaign, where he integrates aesthetics, communication, and social research.
His film El Dulce Sabor del Éxito ( 2023), winner of the Artistic Merit Award at the Impact Docs Awards, was the first Spanish documentary to premiere in a metaverse cinema in collaboration with the Decentraland Foundation. He is also the author of Il giro d’Europa con 30€ ( Feltrinelli) and CryptoJungla, cited by Nature magazine.
