Eye of Providence

Created in collaboration with AI using a large set of AI-generated images, video footage, and original artwork by Lucho Poletti; mixing and merging these elements into a storytelling animation.

Concept: The Eye of Providence is commonly depicted as an eye surrounded by rays of light, enclosed in a triangle. It’s associated with divine providence, the idea that a higher power is watching over and guiding the affairs of humanity. The Eye of Providence has a long and varied history, and its use and meaning have evolved over time.

Eye of Providence continues in the same conceptual direction as my last piece, Surveillance State. I used a number of eyes - on top of pyramids, on drones, and other structures to depict a society where there are eyes watching and surveilling in all directions.

Some members of this society are not subject to the eye of providence, physically standing above the round structure in the center of the artwork; symbolizing that they are also hierarchically above the rest of the subjects.

A child stands looking in front of a burning cityscape, with riot police standing in the way. A meteor impacts an earth-like planet behind a dark moon with a large robotic eye centered on it.

Creative process: the base image was generated using Midjourney. Individual characters and elements were generated separately using Midjourney and Stable Diffusion, composited in layers over the original image in photoshop, and animated in after effects.

Sound Design: Eye of Providence uses licensed music: The Portal by Oragami Pigeon. For the sound design, I edited a section of the track down to make the loop, added in sound effects: explosions, ravens crowing, thunder, etc.

Eye of Providence by Lucho Poletti