Digital Art

In this collection, digital art is approached not merely as a medium but as a method of inquiry, one that reflects the evolving intersections of technology, psychology, and aesthetic form. Created through a synthesis of advanced digital imaging techniques and generative artificial intelligence, these works do not simply depict; they provoke. At their core lies a visual language that recalls the Rorschach inkblot test, a psychological instrument devised in the early 20th century to elicit unconscious projections through the interpretation of ambiguous forms. The formal resemblance to Rorschach imagery is neither incidental nor imitative. It is a deliberate engagement with the test’s visual logic: symmetrical, amorphous, and psychologically charged. Through scale, chromatic depth, and compositional abstraction, these works echo the structure and sensibility of the Rorschach plates, inviting viewers into a similarly interpretive relationship with the image. As in the original test, the visual field becomes a mirror, less a depiction of an external reality than a canvas upon which the viewer’s own perceptions, desires, and psychic tensions may be inscribed. Originally intended as a diagnostic tool, the Rorschach test seeks to construct a psychological portrait through the analysis of individual responses to ten standardized inkblots. It is, in essence, a test of perception: a method of accessing the subconscious by analyzing what one sees in what is not explicitly there. Yet its continued use in therapeutic and cross-cultural contexts speaks to its broader epistemological power. It asks not only “What do you see?” but “Who are you, as the one who sees?” In the context of this digital series, the inkblot becomes a metaphor for contemporary subjectivity, fragmented, mediated, and increasingly shaped by interactions with algorithmic systems. The works raise critical questions: How does artificial intelligence reflect, distort, or extend human cognition? Can the machine produce a form of abstraction that rivals the psychological density of human gesture? And what does it mean for an image, generated by code, to reveal something intimate or ineffable about its viewer? As a multidisciplinary artist working across media, Attila Konnyu invokes the visual grammar of psychological testing within a digitally native framework. This collection aligns with the tradition of contemporary abstract painting while extending it into the realm of generative code. By incorporating elements of gestural abstraction into the digital process, the works offer a compelling meditation on authorship, perception, and the poetics of ambiguity. It suggests that even in an era dominated by data and computation, the most enduring questions remain interpretive: not only how we see, but what our seeing reveals about us.