EXPOSED, 2112

In an era where every moment of our lives is captured, uploaded, and assimilated into a vast digital network of social media, Exposed, 2112 explores a future where our physical selves are gone, yet our experiences persist—reconstructed within the consciousness of artificial intelligence. What remains of us when our data out lives our bodies? Who, or what, will we become in the eyes of an omnipresent digital mind?

Drawing inspiration from the Borg of Star Trek—a hive-like entity that absorbs individuals into a collective consciousness—this series examines the inescapable integration of human memory into a larger, artificial system. In Exposed, 2112, I merge traditional photography with AI-generated art to question where personal identity ends and technological assimilation begins.

The process began with the most intimate and recognizable human feature: the eye. Using a Canon 5D MIV camera and a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens, I photographed the irises of my family members, isolating only the color portions in Photoshop. I then fused these fragments into a singular, composite iris—an entity no longer belonging to one individual, but to many. This hybrid eye was fed into an AI generator, where the system, like the Borg, took my creation and reinterpreted it within its own design. The AI outputs were brought back into Photoshop, where I reintroduced human elements—combining my irises with the machine’s “eyeballs.” 

A background to resemble the Borg cube was added, and within each eye, I embedded real photos from family events and trips—manipulating the image into a faint hologram—fragments of memories hovering in the pupil, barely visible, like echoes of a lost past.

In the final artworks, the human gaze remains, but it is no longer ours alone. It is something new—something absorbed into a greater whole. This series does not simply depict assimilation; it is assimilation. Part human, part machine. Exposed, 2112 is a reflection of a future where we no longer just document our lives—we become part of the archive itself.

Is resistance futile?

Or is this simply the next evolution of existence?