Ascended Intelligence
Storytelling as Spirit. Storytelling as Ascension.
Diriyah Art Futures marks a turning point. A shift in frequency. It’s the moment where Storyteller from the Future pivots — from warning about surveillance and control to activating the systems that come next.
As Wakanyi would say, this is Ubuntu.
As Mophat would say, this is stewardship.
Through my lens — this is storytelling as spirit.
Storytelling as ascension.
Storytelling as ritual.
Storytelling as transformation.
With Ascended Intelligence, we use immersive storytelling not to simulate crisis — but to amplify our humanity.
My earlier works like Consensus Gentium used your gaze to reflect how the system sees you. But this? This work listens. It listens to your voice, to your tone, to your frequency. It responds to your presence.
Because in a world flooded with AI outputs, the deepest technology we have is still the human being. And the stories we tell are not just narratives. They’re mirrors. They show us who we’re becoming — and what else we could be.
Presenting this work in Saudi Arabia, at Diriyah Art Futures, was not just about location — it was about alignment. When I arrived, even in the quietest spaces — through the people, the language, the land — I could feel something spiritual. Something rooted. A presence.
That presence shaped the work. This wasn’t just about interacting with tech. It was about sensing the environment — the dust, the rhythm of breath, the energy in the stone. It was about building a system that responds not only to voice, but to the truth of being there.
Diriyah was my first creative connection in the Gulf region — a relationship I hope is just beginning. But even in that first chapter, something deeper came through:
This is not about spectacle.
It’s about source.
It’s about building sacred technology that helps us remember — and recalibrate.
Ascended Intelligence is the ritual architecture for what comes next.