cviAI
Croatia
Artist Statement
AI Art experience
Personal experience
Unexpected thought
Description
This piece is about the relentless momentum of modern existence, the way we speed through life, often without direction, driven by pressure, desire, or sheer inertia. The car, a Porsche, symbolizes that acceleration: luxury, power, and the illusion of control. But inside, there is chaos. Bodies tangled, gestures mid-scream or celebration. It is messy, raw, human. That is life. Yet through the metallic wreck and distortion, a rainbow cuts through, a burst of beauty and a reminder that even in disorder, moments of color and clarity exist. Sometimes that is all we have: flashes of hope, of connection, of meaning. The rainbow is not the destination; it is the reason we keep moving. The distortion reflects the instability of memory, identity, and purpose in a digital age. We are overloaded, overexposed, and often out of sync with ourselves. But there is poetry in the crash. There is truth in the blur. This work asks what are we chasing, and what are we missing on the way. Is beauty still beauty if it is brief, distorted, or broken. Maybe the answer does not matter. Maybe what matters is that we felt something, on the way to nowhere.
Process
I created this artwork out of a feeling I couldn’t put into words. Something between exhaustion and momentum. Life often feels like a constant rush, like we’re all driving toward something without ever really knowing what it is. I’ve felt that chaos in myself, in others, in the world around me. The pressure to move forward, succeed, perform, survive. But sometimes, in the middle of that storm, there’s a small moment, a feeling, a color, a thought. That reminds you why you keep going. Since becoming a parent, that awareness has only grown stronger. Having kids shifts your sense of time. It makes you see how quickly everything changes, how fragile and important each moment really is. You start to feel the weight of the now not as something to rush through, but something to hold onto. This image came from that place. I wanted to capture the confusion, the noise, the speed, but also the unexpected beauty that appears without warning. The rainbow in the mess. A brief reminder that not everything is lost, even when nothing makes sense.
Tools
I used Midjourney, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Krea.AI. This combination gives me the flexibility and precision I need. It is a workflow that consistently delivers the results I am after. For this particular piece, I generated over 1500 images before I reached the one I had in mind. I kept refining, adjusting, pushing the prompts and post processing until suddenly, there it was. The moment I saw it, I knew. That was the image I had been chasing.
Vivien Schulze is a multidisciplinary designer and creative director at Demodern, an agency focused on creative innovative technologies. She creates projects in virtual and mixed reality and metaverses for clients like PETA, PwC, Sephora, and Bauhaus. In addition, she continuously explores, educates, and creates within the field of creative AI.
Funnily, this piece found me before I found it. Days before it appearedon our jury tool, it had already landed in my personal inspiration folder—ahappy accident that made its selection feel almost cosmic. Seeing it again feltlike a quiet nudge from the universe: this one. And the more I sat with it, themore it revealed.
t’s a striking image, but what makes it unforgettable is the tension itholds: speed and stillness, luxury and collapse, vulnerability and force. APorsche, distorted and gleaming, becomes a vessel for chaos—bodies caughtmid-motion, raw emotion mid-burst. It’s disjointed, loud, human. Thatcontrast—the illusion of control colliding with the messiness ofexistence—feels deeply familiar.
I often move between extremes myself: I live close to nature, but I’mdrawn to emerging tech. I crave simplicity but love exploring the complexity ofdigital life. This artwork holds both. The rainbow slicing through the crashisn’t a fix or an answer—it’s a flicker of clarity, of feeling, in a world thatrarely stops moving.
There’s intimacy here too: skin, touch, identity, all glitched andglowing through overstimulation. Yet even in that distortion, there’s somethingtender. The piece doesn’t try to resolve anything—it just asks you to feel. Andthat, in this hyperoptimized world, is its quiet power. Beauty doesn’t need tobe clean. Meaning doesn’t need to be clear. Sometimes what matters most is whatmoves us, even on the way to nowhere.
Description
The image depicts a group of mostly nude men surrounding and climbing a tall structure covered in draped white and black cloth. The men, varying in age and body type, are positioned in dynamic poses as they ascend or cling to the structure. Their muscular forms are highlighted by a strong, focused light, giving the scene a dramatic, almost sculptural quality. The figure at the top of the structure is entirely covered by the white cloth, resembling a shrouded figure, which adds an air of mystery or symbolism to the composition. The use of earthy tones and the detailed depiction of human anatomy contribute to a classical or allegorical feel. The background is dark, enhancing the contrast and focus on the figures. The overall tone evokes a sense of struggle, unity, or possibly a spiritual or philosophical ascent. "The Ascent of Mortals" highlights the collective struggle and journey of humanity towards a higher goal, emphasizing the mortal nature of the men and the difficulty of the climb.
Process
When approaching this piece, I started by reflecting on a core idea: the human condition and our eternal struggle for something greater. I wanted to capture the tension between physical effort and the metaphysical or spiritual pursuit that defines so much of life. The concept grew from the question: what are we, as humans, really reaching for? This idea of striving toward an elusive or unattainable goal became the heart of the composition.
Tools
I used Midjourney, Adobe Photoshop + Lightroom, Krea.AI. This work flow always gives me the best result.
