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Vertical triptych showing three stages of a performance or installation setup combining projection, fabric screens, and costumed figure interaction. The top frame depicts a draped black backdrop spanning the width of the space, against which lighter cloth panels are suspended from a wooden pole structure. A humanoid figure in light-colored costume stands beside the hanging textiles, extending an arm toward them. The middle frame introduces projected imagery: the phrase “WALKING BREAD” is cast across the central cloth surface in bold lettering, illuminated in bright cyan and red tones against the darkened environment. Red light floods the surrounding space, intensifying the theatrical effect. The lower frame shows continued interaction between the figure and the suspended cloth, with the projection shifting to abstract shapes and patterns across the black backdrop.

The installation combines static physical staging—wooden support poles, draped cloth, costumed performer—with dynamic light projection, creating layered visual fields where text, pattern, and fabric overlap. Spatial contrasts emerge between the heavy black backdrop and the illuminated projection zones, reinforcing the dual presence of physical material and transient digital imagery. The piece situates itself at the intersection of performance, projection mapping, and experimental scenography.
Large-format composite layout combining drawn comic-strip sequences with step-by-step photographic documentation of object fabrication. The top row consists of storyboard-style frames featuring bread-derived head forms, rendered in line and color, paired with diagrams of reference objects such as a toaster and sponge. Below, sequential photographs show construction using clear plastic vessels, inflated balloons, and sculptural layering, interspersed with drawn overlays illustrating intended transformations.

Central areas expand into multi-panel photographic sets showing the progressive shaping of a humanoid head and torso using transparent containers, adhesive tape, and structural supports. Drawn frames alternate with photos to clarify intended volumetric transitions. Red arrows guide directional reading, linking illustrations to fabrication stages. Lower sections continue this process with detailed imagery of taped assemblies, balloon structures, and incremental bread-texture drawings emphasizing organic surface emergence.

The layout serves both as visual documentation and as hybrid instructional sheet, blending comic-strip narration with workshop process images. The fusion of diagrammatic illustration, live photography, and annotation establishes a multi-modal design record bridging conceptual drawing and practical assembly.
Digital screenshot of website interface structured into three-column format with dark vertical sidebar at left, central main content area, and slim navigation column at right. Site header identifies subject as “Alex Boya” with profile page dedicated to projects and activities. Top of main content column displays horizontal banner illustration in monochrome ink depicting humanoid bust with turbine-like engine head, seated behind bar counter with bottles and shelves, composition framed within architectural interior. Beneath banner, page organizes content into three stacked article previews.

First article titled “Dernier verre avec Justine” features illustration identical to header, paired with text excerpt beneath. Second article presents photographic scene from Festival 2019, crowd of people gathered at Café Court event with Espresso signage visible in background; article caption emphasizes return of Espresso program and festival continuation. Third article highlights portrait of individual in front of abstract colorful backdrop with arms crossed, title reading “Café court – Alex Boya.” Each article preview block includes thumbnail image, bold red title text, excerpt paragraph, and red link button labeled “Lire la suite.”

Right-hand column lists related navigational links and tags, including author name, article references, and thematic categories. Sidebar on left displays structured menu hierarchy: homepage link, thematic categories such as “Actualités,” “Articles,” and “Entretiens,” as well as search bar and social media icons. Footer region of page displays multiple logos of partner organizations, including Telefilm Canada, SODEC, ONF/NFB, Conseil des arts du Canada, and media partners, arranged in horizontal row against dark background.

Visual layout emphasizes clear separation of functional zones through background contrast: dark grey sidebars flanking white central content, red highlights marking interactive buttons and category labels. Typography employs sans-serif fonts for body text and headers, consistent with contemporary web design standards. Images alternate between illustrative artwork and documentary photography, creating balance between artistic representation and event documentation. Overall webpage structure functions as professional portfolio and news archive presenting Alex Boya’s artistic contributions, public events, and institutional associations within structured digital interface.
Artwork presents a dense multi-layered composition integrating figurative, botanical, mechanical, and anatomical motifs. At the center is a softly rendered human-like head with closed eyes, shown in profile orientation with subtle shading and delicate contours. The facial structure appears calm, partially transparent, and interwoven with surrounding abstract forms. Superimposed across the chest region are vibrant botanical elements including orange-hued flowers and spherical fruit-like structures, serving as a focal point of color intensity within the otherwise muted palette.

Surrounding the figure, intricate linework depicts fragmented mechanical and anatomical constructs. Lower portions include schematic drawings resembling skeletal limbs, articulated joints, and structural frameworks. At the top and edges, abstract organic shapes appear dispersed, creating a sense of fluid dispersal across the composition. The layering of elements generates a semi-transparent effect, where mechanical, organic, and human features overlap within a unified field.

The color scheme consists primarily of desaturated greens, browns, and grays, punctuated by areas of vibrant orange and red in the botanical section. The overall technique combines drawing, collage, and digital compositing, producing both depth and fragmentation. The blending of representational and abstract forms suggests hybridization between natural and artificial systems, embodying themes of transformation, growth, and interconnection.

The arrangement presents an encyclopedic overlay of imagery where human, plant, and machine domains coexist, merging into a complex, semi-transparent visual ecology.

Graphic image presenting two triangular schematic models used in activity theory to represent relationships within human activity systems. At left is single large equilateral triangle subdivided by internal diagonals connecting vertices, forming network of intersecting relationships. Upper vertex is labeled “Mediating Artifacts, Tools and Signs,” lower left vertex labeled “Rules,” lower right labeled “Division of Labour,” and central lower vertex labeled “Community.” Midpoint along left slanted edge is marked “Subject,” right slanted edge midpoint is “Object,” and circle adjoining right edge is labeled “Sense/Outcome → Meaning.” Diagonal and horizontal lines interconnect all points, creating internal hexagonal web structure. Caption beneath identifies this as “The Structure of a Human Activity System.”

Right side of diagram shows pair of interconnected triangular models, representing “Two Interacting Activity Systems as Minimal Model for 3rd Generation Activity Theory.” Each triangle mirrors structure of the first, with equivalent labeled vertices: “Mediating Artifacts,” “Rules,” “Community,” “Division of Labour,” “Subject,” and “Object.” Between two objects of adjacent triangles lies overlapping oval region shaded grey, labeled “Object 1,” “Object 2,” and “Object 3,” representing evolving shared object in interacting systems. Lines within triangles mirror those of left model, producing complex network indicating interaction between components of distinct but interconnected activity systems.

Graphic is drawn with thin black lines for structure, white background for clarity, and small yellow circles highlighting nodes labeled “Object.” Visual arrangement emphasizes systematic relationships rather than aesthetic detail, functioning as theoretical diagram for socio-cultural activity theory, showing mediation, community roles, division of labor, and shared evolving object of collaboration.
Image montage combining three photographs arranged in two horizontal tiers. Upper tier divided into two exterior architectural views of contemporary cultural venue. Left frame shows wide-angle nighttime perspective of building with sweeping metallic roof canopy perforated by numerous circular apertures, illuminated from beneath to create star-like light pattern. Entrance forecourt populated with groups of people, signage, and landscaped perimeter. Right frame depicts frontal view of same structure in daylight, emphasizing central V-shaped canyon-like cut through metallic cladding, leading inward toward glass façade and recessed main entrance. Pedestrian circulation visible with attendees moving in and out, contextualizing building as active public venue.

Lower tier displays interior auditorium environment. Perspective is from rear seating rows looking toward projection screen. Ceiling and sidewalls covered in ribbed acoustic paneling with dark matte finish, designed for optimal sound diffusion. On central screen is projected image of humanoid bust with turbine engine replacing facial features. Circular nacelle with radial fan blades occupies position of face, flanked by partial head contours and neck. Projection framed within cinematic widescreen proportions, filling lower half of composition. Ambient lighting minimal, emphasizing luminous contrast of projection image against darkened theatre.

Overall composition juxtaposes exterior architectural form and public gathering spaces with interior cinematic experience. Exterior imagery emphasizes iconic design language of perforated metallic cladding, geometric cuts, and open pedestrian corridors. Interior imagery highlights cinematic function, technical acoustic treatment, and visual content on screen. Montage underscores relationship between built environment as cultural infrastructure and its role as container for mediated audiovisual presentation.
Digital screenshot captured on smartphone device showing web-based application interface for generative media platform Runway. At top status bar, time reads 21:50, mobile carrier icons, Wi-Fi symbol, and battery indicator visible. Browser URL bar displays “app.runwayml.com.” Interface background is black, foreground presenting central progress module labeled “GEN-2.”

Main active panel shows blurred preview thumbnail of anthropomorphic turbine-headed figure with progress wheel at 25% completion. Text states: “Your video is generating and will be done in a few minutes. Your export will be added to Alex’s Assets.” Countdown timer above indicates “101 seconds left.” A purple button labeled “Upgrade” appears adjacent, indicating subscription feature.

Below progress panel, interface displays image source section labeled “IMAGE.” Thumbnail preview shows file IMG_1711.jpeg with resolution 1739×1231, image depicting humanoid bust with turbine engine head. File controls include options for number of outputs, represented by “5,” “–,” and “+” buttons, along with icons for preview and delete. Purple button labeled “Generate 4s” offers generation of four-second video segment.

Navigation bar at bottom displays back arrow, plus icon for adding new element, and grid icon for viewing project assets. User interface emphasizes generative workflow, preview monitoring, and export configuration. Visual hierarchy directs attention to progress indicator, image input, and action buttons.
Black-and-white vertical flyer combining QR code matrix, textual information, and contact details. Upper portion dominated by square QR code blocks arranged symmetrically at top corners and central band, framing a crossed-pencil emblem at midpoint. Immediately below appears contact line “@alexboya” and email “info@alexboya.com
” in compact sans-serif font.

Main body of flyer contains descriptive paragraph in serif typeface, centered and fully justified. Text introduces TheMill.World as a multidisciplinary creative initiative encompassing graphic novel, animation series, and collaborative art community. Content emphasizes integration of world-building with participatory storytelling featuring contributions from more than 100 guest artists. Narrative premise described situates project in speculative near-future environment: “Chapter 1 explores a reverse-zombie pandemic caused by an agrochemical company’s synthetic bread turning people into nonviolent walking bread that are chased by the hungry living due to global warming-induced food scarcity.” Final lines describe initiative as social experiment structured in “three-phase immersive journey through sci-fi multiverses.”

Stylistic features emphasize clarity and compact information delivery. Use of black-and-white contrast ensures legibility across varying media reproduction. QR codes function as scannable gateways linking digital audience to extended resources. Overall layout balances technological scannability with textual explanation of creative concept, situating flyer as hybrid between promotional print artifact and digital-access portal.
Photograph of hand-held mixed-media collage poster composed of layered printed material, handwritten elements, and colored marker interventions, arranged across vertically oriented sheet of paper with irregular placement and overlapping fragments, overall composition creating dense and playful visual field. Upper right quadrant features large circular zone filled with red marker shading containing central inscription “ALEX” in black capital letters, surrounded by cutout text blocks and slogans including “Far-Out Facts” and “Kids Did It!” Above left quadrant includes rectangular insert with French instruction “APPUYEZ” in large type above numbered text strip, adjacent to smaller clipped advertisements and beverage photograph, while vertical margin on left edge contains sequence of letters “OABSTABR” and additional symbols aligned downward.

Center of composition incorporates photographic cutout of white rabbit on orange background with accompanying caption “PSSST Have you heard?” Lower region of sheet dominated by repeated rectangular panels showing yellow-green gradient fields with overprinted purple paw-like motifs and bold slogan “Elle l’a vu” in black rectangular label, phrase repeated multiple times to establish visual rhythm. Additional cartoon-like stickers and colored illustrations with footprints, arrows, and graphic embellishments occupy surrounding spaces, while freehand marker strokes in red, green, and blue add texture across empty areas.

Poster edges show curling and folds, indicating handmade assembly from diverse sources including magazines, advertisements, packaging, and direct drawing, each layered to form scrapbook aesthetic. Background setting includes desk with scattered papers, indicating context of creative workspace. Overall composition combines fragmented commercial imagery, playful cartoon iconography, multilingual typography, and handwritten emphasis to create eclectic assemblage functioning as personalized expressive collage.
Photograph showing human hand holding torn fragment of lined notepad paper, irregularly ripped at top with black ink stains creating jagged contour, lower edge partially covered with dark tape or painted strip. Writing in thick black marker across center reads “SMELL ME NOW” in uppercase block letters, uneven in spacing and stroke density, producing raw improvised appearance. Paper fragment shows faint printed horizontal ruling lines, suggesting origin from spiral-bound notebook with detached edge fibers visible at top margin.

Background environment features wooden parquet floor with scattered papers piled near base of wall, supporting board leaned against wall surface above pile, overall suggesting disorganized interior workspace or storage area. Lighting originates from natural daylight entering from left side, illuminating hand and note clearly while background remains subdued.

Image composition emphasizes immediacy of handwritten message, combining informal materiality of scrap paper with forceful textual command. The direct imperative creates unsettling tension between everyday medium and urgency of phrase. Integration of rough edges, marker bleeding, and taped section adds to distressed and provisional character of artifact.
 
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