Luis Ponce
Step inside a bizarre, glitchy imaginary world
“No matter what, I wouldn’t stop making art, that’s for sure.”
Luis Ponce makes wild, mind-bending digital art. His gifs and films are intoxicatingly bright with impossible perspectives that spin and swerve like an M.C. Escher painting. In fact, Ponce is a self-confessed superfan. And you can see it in his art. Dazzling stripes and patterns meet random body parts and swirling tubes of rollercoaster-esque architecture. It comes as no surprise that Ponce’s ideas are as complex as his visuals. “So much influences me. Cosmogonic myths, posthumanism, the human mind, perception of light and everyday experiences”. Just about everything is in his work. And that’s...
Luis Ponce makes wild, mind-bending digital art. His gifs and films are intoxicatingly bright with impossible perspectives that spin and swerve like an M.C. Escher painting. In fact, Ponce is a self-confessed superfan. And you can see it in his art. Dazzling stripes and patterns meet random body parts and swirling tubes of rollercoaster-esque architecture. It comes as no surprise that Ponce’s ideas are as complex as his visuals. “So much influences me. Cosmogonic myths, posthumanism, the human mind, perception of light and everyday experiences”. Just about everything is in his work. And that’s the magic of it. It’s oversaturation at its very best.
Above all, Ponce loves to experiment. He wants to test the limits of technology in his art, so he’s always looking for new techniques and processes. “My first digital 2D illustrations were made only with vectors”, he explains. “But now, I work with bitmaps, 3D modelling, op art and abstract animations generated with data flow environments or rule-based system nodes.” Ponce embraces technology to enhance his creative vision. He enjoys the tension between chaos and control, art and technology. “Maybe it’s time to add AI to the mix”, he ponders.
Luis Ponce (he/him) was born in Mexico and now lives and works in Montreal, Canada.
Cartoon song intros were something meaningful when I was young. Ren and Stimpy’s intro theme Dog Pound Hop #2 hits close to the heart. I remember dancing like no one was watching each time that played. I was 9 years old and I was in love with that rockabilly, catchy jazz tune.
Currently, my favourite pieces hanging on my walls are by Nick Sheehy, Aec Interesni Kazki, Kaws, and Pedro Friedeberg. In my digital collection, my favourite 1/1 is INWT #60 by 404 Zero and my favourite edition is New Life by Jake Fried.
