The Body as System

The Body as System extends the body beyond representation into architecture, atmosphere, and symbolic terrain. Central to this practice is the artist’s own likeness, recast as data: I.M. Devi transforms identity into a living dataset that is continually reshaped. This is not self-portraiture but an experiment in authorship: how the personal can become universal material, and how individual data can function as an open system.


The guiding principle of this approach is what the artist terms Aesthetic Intelligence — a design practice where beauty operates as infrastructure. Beauty here is not ornament but a programmable layer that converts data into atmosphere, light, colour, and shared affect. Streams of information unfold as gradients of shadow and luminosity; inputs reorganise memory and emotion in real time. Authorship itself is distributed, co-produced by the data and activated by the presence of those who enter the space.

The Body as System extends the body beyond representation into architecture, atmosphere, and symbolic terrain. Central to this practice is the artist’s own likeness, recast as data: I.M. Devi transforms identity into a living dataset that is continually reshaped. This is not self-portraiture but an experiment in authorship: how the personal can become universal material, and how individual data can function as an open system.

The guiding principle of this approach is what the artist terms Aesthetic Intelligence — a design practice where beauty operates as infrastructure. Beauty here is not ornament but a programmable layer that converts data into atmosphere, light, colour, and shared affect. Streams of information unfold as gradients of shadow and luminosity; inputs reorganise memory and emotion in real time. Authorship itself is distributed, co-produced by the data and activated by the presence of those who enter the space.

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ADDRESS

Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

CONTACT

visit@load-gallery.com

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OPENING HOURS

4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

@Load Gallery 2023-2025

ADDRESS

Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

CONTACT

visit@load-gallery.com

SIGN UP FOR UPDATES

OPENING HOURS

4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

@Load Gallery 2023-2025

ADDRESS

Carrer Llull, 134, 08005 Barcelona, Spain

CONTACT

visit@load-gallery.com

SIGN UP FOR UPDATES

OPENING HOURS

4 PM — 8 PM, Thursday–Saturday

Gallery admission is free

For collectors, artists and potential collaborators visits are available by appointment—please email us to arrange a private viewing

@Load Gallery 2023-2025