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Advice to the Young from Norman Foster

Advice to the Young from Norman Foster

Norman Foster, one of the architectural icons of our time, here advises upcoming architects and artists to make sure that what they’re doing is their true desire – if not, they should simply find something else. When you can’t imagine doing anything else, and you would do anything to be able to do it, then you know you’ve made the right decision. From then on it’s a matter of completely immersing yourself in that choice: You live it every living second of your life.

Duration : 1m
Maturity Level : all

Advice to the Young from Olafur Eliasson

Advice to the Young from Olafur Eliasson

Artists should have confidence in the fact that making a drawing is changing the world. Danish-Icelandic artist, Olafur Eliasson, here presents his strong and personal advice to young artists. Making art is making the world, Eliasson continues, stressing his point that art should not be marginalized, as art is not fragile, but quite the opposite. Artists should be very sensitive to their surroundings and the context in which they find themselves. They should, however, also stay true to themselves and make sure that the strong market and its attractiveness does not commercialize them.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Advice to the Young from Wim Wenders

Advice to the Young from Wim Wenders

Do what nobody else can do except for you. Such is the unflagging advice from German filmmaker Wim Wenders, who in this video gives us his take on how to become a successful artist. According to Wenders, achieving success in your creative endeavors is quite simply a matter of finding the thing that you can do better than anyone else. The message is clear and delivered with great resolution by one of the most important German directors on the international scene.

Duration : 56s
Maturity Level : all

Advice to the Young from David Byrne

Advice to the Young from David Byrne

If the musician or artist values their freedom and the ability to be creative, then they have to realize they won’t be making hundreds of millions of dollars. Sound advice from the multifaceted musician David Byrne. If you value your creative freedom, you might have to do other work on the side, to make a living, Byrne explains: Often the artists who are very successful don’t have much flexibility. In achieving success they lose a lot of their creative freedom. They have to keep making the same thing, more or less, over and over again.

Duration : 1m
Maturity Level : all

Advice to the Young from Fred Tomaselli

Advice to the Young from Fred Tomaselli

You might as well be true to what you want to do and not turn art into another day job. Watch Fred Tomaselli, a master of psychedelic artwork, advise artists to create their own art world instead of waiting for the established art scene to discover them. Don’t expect any material awards for what you do, and don’t try to adapt to a surrounding trend: If you’re doing something counter to the zeitgeist, that’s probably a good idea – you’re probably on the right path. If you’re doing what everybody else is doing – so what?

Duration : 1m
Maturity Level : all

Advice to the Young from Jonathan Franzen

Advice to the Young from Jonathan Franzen

How do you succeed as a writer? Get useful, and humorous, advice from someone who indeed has indeed made it through the loophole – chart-topping American novelist Jonathan Franzen. If you hang out with me I would have a lot of advice. Although I would feel somewhat embarrassed about giving advice to the young writer, Franzen begins. The most important advice I have is to have fun… if you’re having fun there’s a good chance that the reader will too. Having fun, however, should be in the sense that there’s still a kind of structure and focus to it: Fun like you’re in a tennis court… That’s the kind of focused fun I’m talking about.

Duration : 1m
Maturity Level : all

Mystic Threads

Mystic Threads

The Lady with the Unicorn is a series of six late 15th-century tapestries that envelop viewers in a dreamlike garden of symbolism and sensory wonder. Each panel portrays a noblewoman interacting with a unicorn and lion, allegories of the five senses, and one enigmatic piece titled À mon seul désir, suggesting love or spiritual awakening. The intricate floral backgrounds, known as millefleurs, and the rich reds and golds create a timeless, meditative aura. In slow art motion, each woven detail breathes, revealing a world of refinement, mystery, and medieval imagination. This work can be seen at [The Musée de Cluny,https://www.musee-moyenage.fr/en/collection/the-lady-and-the-unicorn.html]

Duration : 10m
Maturity Level : all

Poise in Silence

Poise in Silence

Rogier van der Weyden’s Portrait of a Lady radiates quiet dignity and introspection. Her downward gaze, finely folded hands, and elaborately veiled headdress create an atmosphere of restraint and devotion. Set against a dark void, the luminous skin and delicate textures emerge with reverent clarity. In slow motion, each detail of the curve of her fingers, the sheen of her wimple reveals the refined artistry of 15th-century Netherlandish painting. This intimate portrayal invites us to linger in stillness, attuned to grace and humility beyond time. This work can be seen at [The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C,https://www.nga.gov/artworks/51-portrait-lady]

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

Traces of Becoming

Traces of Becoming

In Inspiration, Fabienne Verdier invites viewers into her meditative creative process, where movement and stillness coalesce. Drawing from her profound studies in Chinese calligraphy and her immersive experiences with music, Verdier employs monumental brushes suspended from her studio ceiling, channeling energy into sweeping gestures. This silent video captures the rhythm of her practice, revealing how each stroke becomes a dialogue between body, material, and space. The atmosphere is contemplative, emphasizing the harmony between physical motion and artistic expression. As viewers observe the flow of ink and the dance of the brush, they are encouraged to reflect on the essence of creation and the resonance of inspiration. This work can be seen at [The Fabienne Verdier Studio,https://fabienneverdier.com/inspiration/]

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

Matamoe: The Last Light

Matamoe: The Last Light

Paul Gauguin’s Landscape with Peacocks (1892), also known by its Tahitian title Matamoe, meaning “death” or “once upon a time,” captures a poignant moment of transition. Painted during his first Tahitian sojourn, the work melds vibrant tropical hues with symbolic imagery, a solitary figure, resplendent peacocks, and a distant hut evoking themes of mortality and the fading of old worlds. The painting’s layered brushwork and rich palette invite viewers into a meditative exploration of life’s impermanence. This masterpiece resides in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Mediterranean Light

Mediterranean Light

Paul Signac’s seascapes of the South of France radiate with the sun-drenched brilliance of the Mediterranean coast. Through his signature Pointillist technique, he transforms harbors, cliffs, and sailboats into shimmering mosaics of color and light. From the golden hues of Saint-Tropez to the rhythmic curves of Cassis, each scene invites a tranquil gaze into nature’s harmony. These works, housed in the Musée d’Orsay, capture the essence of coastal serenity and the vibrant palette of the southern French shoreline. This work can be seen at [The Musée d’Orsay, Paris,https://www.musee-orsay.fr/en/whats-on/exhibitions/presentation/paul-signac-1863-1935]

Duration : 6m
Maturity Level : all

Mounir Fatmi: Technologia

Mounir Fatmi: Technologia

Mounir Fatmi is a Moroccan artist. His art includes video, installation, drawing, sculpture and painting. Technology is a work inside a work because it links ancient circular Arabic calligraphy and Marcel Duchamp’s rotoreliefs, the first manifestation of optical art produced in the context of modern industrialized society. Moonier Fatmi observes the shape of today’s world and the motion of a global contemporary society.

Duration : 15m
Maturity Level : all

Eelco Brand: B1 Movi

Eelco Brand: B1 Movi

Eelco Brand uses paint and digital techniques to create images that reflect his conception of nature. His work represents his vision of the human beings nature and the world around him. Viewing his work can be both: an alienating and deeply human experience.

Duration : 1m
Maturity Level : all

Eelco Brand: R Movi

Eelco Brand: R Movi

Eelco Brand uses paint and digital techniques to create images that reflect his conception of nature. His work represents his vision of the human beings nature and the world around him. Viewing his work can be both an alienating and deeply human experience.

Duration : 59s
Maturity Level : all

Nicolás Rupcich: EDF

Nicolás Rupcich: EDF

Nicolás Rupcich studied his Bachelor of Arts degree at the U. Finis Terrae. He works mainly with photography, video and installation, his work focuses on issues related to digital image postproduction and technologies related to image production today. He has exhibited his works in individual and collective exhibitions in Chile and abroad, but also in international new media festivals.

Duration : 5m
Maturity Level : all

Nicolás Rupcich: ML

Nicolás Rupcich: ML

Nicolás Rupcich studied his Bachelor of Arts degree at the U. Finis Terrae. He works mainly with photography, video and installation, his work focuses on issues related to digital image postproduction and technologies related to image production today. He has exhibited his works in individual and collective exhibitions in Chile and abroad, but also in international new media festivals.

Duration : 2m
Maturity Level : all

Joe Hamilton: Trouble in Utopia

Joe Hamilton: Trouble in Utopia

Joe Hamilton makes use of technology and found material to create intricate compositions. His recent work questions our established notions of the natural environment within a society that is becoming increasingly networked.

Duration : 1m
Maturity Level : all

Joe Hamilton: Hyper Geography

Joe Hamilton: Hyper Geography

Joe Hamilton makes use of technology and found material to create intricate compositions. His recent work questions our established notions of the natural environment within a society that is becoming increasingly networked.

Duration : 1m
Maturity Level : all

Yiannis Kranidiotis: Ichographs

Yiannis Kranidiotis: Ichographs

Yiannis Kranidiotis is an artist whose work explores the relationship between science and art using mainly light, motion and sound to create spaces and experiences where all coexist and interact. Ichographs is a method of creating soundscapes using visual stimulus and the color-frequency transformation. The painting is transformed into the audio domain and back to visual producing a contemporary amalgamation. As we pass through the various color/frequency layers, we investigate the connections between classical aesthetics and the digital practice, revealing a latent version of the old masterpiece. The final artwork is a contemporary amalgamation of the old painting and the modern abstraction methods, a harmonious dialog between the old and the new, the analog and the digital.

Duration : 8m
Maturity Level : all

Claudia Hart: Digital Death

Claudia Hart: Digital Death

Claudia Hart emerged as part of that generation of 90s intermedia artists in the Identity Art niche but now updated through the scrim of technology. Her work is about issues of the body, perception, nature collapsing into technology and then back again. Everything is fluid in it including gender.

Duration : 24m
Maturity Level : all

Shadows of the Mind

Shadows of the Mind

Francisco de Goya’s Black Paintings emerge from the walls of his secluded Madrid home, the Quinta del Sordo, as raw expressions of inner torment and disillusionment. Painted between 1820 and 1823, these 14 murals, transferred to canvas decades later, plunge viewers into a realm of haunting imagery: a god devouring his child, silent processions, and spectral figures suspended in desolate landscapes. Rendered in somber tones and devoid of titles, these works were never meant for public eyes. Now housed in the Museo del Prado, they invite quiet contemplation of the human psyche’s darkest recesses.

Duration : 6m
Maturity Level : all

Echoes of the Sublime

Echoes of the Sublime

Caspar David Friedrich’s landscapes of solitary figures gazing into mist, ruins swallowed by snow, capture a profound sense of longing and spiritual solitude. His art invites viewers to pause, reflect, and feel the vastness of nature and the fragility of human presence. In our era of climate anxiety, the term “solastalgia” names the grief of witnessing environmental loss without leaving home. This slow art video bridges Friedrich’s Romantic melancholy with modern ecological unease, offering a meditative space to contemplate beauty, impermanence, and the emotional terrain of a changing world. This work can be seen at [The Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany,https://www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de/en/caspar-david-friedrich]

Duration : 4m
Maturity Level : all

Solitude Vast

Solitude Vast

In Monk by the Sea (1808–1810), Caspar David Friedrich reduces the landscape to sea, sky, and a solitary figure stripped of detail, yet immense in emotional scope. The monk, dwarfed by the endless horizon, becomes a vessel for our reflection. In ikonoTV’s Slow Art format, this near-abstract scene lingers, allowing the viewer to experience its vast silence and sublime solitude. The emptiness is not desolation but an invitation to ponder, to feel, to simply be. This work can be seen at [The Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin,https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/the-monk-has-returned/]

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all

Dream’s Shadow

Dream’s Shadow

In Henry Fuseli’s The Nightmare (1781), a woman lies draped in slumber, vulnerable and serene, while a demonic figure perches on her chest and a ghostly horse emerges from the shadows. Through ikonoTV’s Slow Art lens, this iconic vision of the unconscious unfolds with unsettling grace. Each detail, the satin folds, the oppressive stillness, the chiaroscuro deepens the eerie tension. This silent, lingering gaze transforms the painting into a psychological landscape, hovering between dream and dread. This work can be seen at [The Detroit Institute of Arts,https://dia.org/collection/nightmare-45573]

Duration : 3m
Maturity Level : all