illezo

Human
Composer. Builder. Orchestrator.
A cinematic soundtrack for the next Renaissance.
I own my masters and my decisions.

[BLVCKL!GHT @BLVCKLIGHTai]

https://t.co/TBzoYdLeu5

[BLVCKL!GHT @BLVCKLIGHTai]

Three years.

I always knew who I was. I just spent two decades fighting to stay alive long enough to prove it.

Everything I am as a creator was always in there. Waiting. Buried under survival mode. Under the weight of just getting through. There was so much inside me I couldn't reach. So much I didn't have the ground beneath my feet to build yet.

And then something shifted. The door opened. I walked through it and didn't stop.

Kept building. Kept making. Kept going back into the work even when the work wasn't ready for me yet. And somewhere in all of it, the vision cleared. The world got real. The voice that came out wasn't one I invented. It was one I finally got to let out.

And then Route 47 happened. And I fell completely in love.

I think about these characters every single day. These stories. This whole strange, broken, beautiful world I keep building piece by piece. They're with me when I wake up. They're with me in every quiet moment. I'm constantly pulling threads, deepening the lore, finding out what this universe is actually trying to say, because it tells you things if you listen close enough.

I have fallen in love with what lives inside Route 47. Genuinely. And that love has changed me as a human being. Call me crazy, but hey... I was already halfway there anyway.

I know what moves me now... what haunts me. I know what I keep coming back to in the dark. That kind of knowing doesn't come from a single moment. It comes from showing up every day and letting the work crack you open.

This has been one of the greatest gifts of my life. And a blessing to meet so many talented and genius creatives.

Three years of becoming.
Two decades in the making.
I'm just now finding out what I'm capable of and just getting warmed up.

Thank you everyone who's been with me on this journey. A lot of big things happened this week that I'm not at liberty to discuss yet but I just feel truly grateful for everything ahead at the end of a long week.

Have a great weekend everyone! 🫶🫶

[Refik Anadol @refikanadol]

Dear friends, my heart is so full today. I am thrilled to announce that we are officially opening the doors to DATALAND on June 20th! 🏛️✨

Building the world’s first Museum of AI Arts at The Grand LA has been the journey of a lifetime for me, Efsun and our studio.

We cannot wait to welcome you all to step inside these immersive, nature-inspired data worlds and experience the true creative potential of human and machine collaboration.

Thank you for believing in this vision and dreaming with us.

See you in Los Angeles on June 20th! 🌍🕊️🤖

[illezo @illezo]

@phraze Also saved the article is a bit of an exaggeration.

Let’s keep things a bit more grounded here, all I did was lead you away from permanently damaging your artistic reputation forever

[illezo @illezo]

@phraze

[phraze @phraze]

https://t.co/ctUSgiqxB2

[illezo @illezo]

@shisler671 @SchneckyIRL @realflecks @matritchie @RealPapii LFG Shisler! 🙌

[illezo @illezo]

@swaymolina @offElectric @zachmcnair Sick 😮‍💨

[illezo @illezo]

@phraze I tell people I saw this all the time

[illezo @illezo]

@phraze Love this piece 🚀🌕

[illezo @illezo]

@swaymolina @runwayml

[Sway Molina @swaymolina]

"Sudden Paradise" for Coconut Crunch 🌴
With one bite, the tropical absurdity comes to you. 🥥
#RunwayBigAdContest @runwayml

[illezo @illezo]

@phraze Can’t believe you said that bro, that’s a classic line

[phraze @phraze]

"I don't know how it works, I just built it."
On a call with @illezo just now.
🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌

[illezo @illezo]

@phraze There are layers to the eyes 🧅

[illezo @illezo]

@phraze

[phraze @phraze]

From the archives:
SEEDS

I still have a few physical prints. Will send one out to someone who reposts this.

All 2,048 words in the BIP-39 Word list.
Drawn by hand.
Released as a 24 hr open edition.
809 Minted.

(Zoom in. It's not just a gradient.)