Human Resources — cf. https://verse.works/series/human-resources — https://verse.works/exhibitions/human-resources — A new body of work that extends the artist’s ongoing investigation into labour, burnout, and the way work quietly becomes a totalising structure.
Across 10,000 PFPs built from a standardised white male mannequin, the work maps power rather than representation, tracing how hierarchy reproduces itself through templates, categories, and compliance. Produced through an automated, factory-like pipeline, Human Resources becomes a darkly comic but uneasy portrait of the contemporary workplace, where identity is rendered into taxonomy, and bureaucracy becomes image-making.
Broken Printer — cf. https://verse.works/series/by-tabor-robak — In Broken Printer, Robak artfully blends the nuances of traditional printing with the boundless scope of generative art, inspired by the evolution of printing technology. This series pays homage to graphic design and desktop publishing, focusing on the unique aesthetics of faulty prints juxtaposed against the perfection promised by advertising. Beginning as a project to generate printer calibration pages, it evolved into a comprehensive emulation of Photoshop's early functionalities in code—layer styles, masking, filters, and more – with the unlocked infinite possibilities of procedural generation. Through this exploration, Robak challenges viewers to find beauty in technological imperfections, urging a reevaluation of the quest for perfection.