{"id":8289,"date":"2020-08-17T15:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T15:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/?p=8289"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:01:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:01:15","slug":"tal-wagner-creativity-rooted-in-curiosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niio.com\/blog\/tal-wagner-creativity-rooted-in-curiosity\/","title":{"rendered":"Tal Wagner: creativity rooted in curiosity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pau Waelder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:61px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17153728\/Tal-Wagner-796x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8290\" width=\"181\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17153728\/Tal-Wagner-796x1024.jpg 796w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17153728\/Tal-Wagner-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17153728\/Tal-Wagner-768x987.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17153728\/Tal-Wagner-1195x1536.jpg 1195w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17153728\/Tal-Wagner-1593x2048.jpg 1593w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17153728\/Tal-Wagner-1568x2016.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17153728\/Tal-Wagner.jpg 1792w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 181px) 100vw, 181px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>London-based artist <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talwagner.art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tal Wagner<\/a> <\/strong>is engaged in a fruitful and limitless exploration of nature through digital media. Using AI as a creative partner, she develops a solid visual language that adapts to a different aesthetic in every series, reflecting on her evolving exploration and an expanding artistic vocabulary. Her work\u2014featured on public media screens in Seoul and in immersive exhibits in Tel Aviv\u2014invites viewers to slow down and discover the hidden beauty of the natural world. In this interview, Wagner shares her shift into digital art, her intuitive creative process, and how curiosity drives her work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:52px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 56.25% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1.11\/index.html?showinfo=false&amp;urlType=share&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mute=true&amp;hidefullscreen=true&amp;controls=true&amp;hideinfobtn=true&amp;artworkid=67564&amp;portrait=false&amp;key=3FEUSBPLPJ&amp;invitationCode=yvp940ewfweg6mi\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"tal-wagner-prism-of-spring-2025\">Tal Wagner. <em>Prism of Spring, 2025<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:111px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You have a background in graphic design, particularly focused on web design. How has your knowledge of visual communication shaped your artistic practice?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working as a graphic and web designer has had a profound influence on my artistic practice. As a designer, my role is to develop unique visual languages for different clients and constantly search for creative visual solutions. Over the years, I have been exposed to a wide range of aesthetics, artistic styles, and design approaches, which has made me very flexible and open in the way I think about image-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I carry with me a kind of mental visual library\u2014 a collection of references, compositions, colors, textures, and visual worlds that I draw upon intuitively when I create. Alongside that, I&#8217;ve always been deeply fascinated by color, harmony, and the natural world, which have become central themes in my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m also naturally drawn to technology. I enjoy learning new creative tools and experimenting with emerging technologies, so working with AI felt like a natural evolution. It simply became another medium through which I could explore my ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cI&#8217;ve always been deeply fascinated by color, harmony, and the natural world, which have become central themes in my work.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>You have mentioned that the widespread use of AI has driven your transition into digital art. Why is that so? Didn\u2019t you consider creating artworks with the tools you already mastered as a graphic designer?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The truth is that alongside my career as a graphic designer, I was always making art. I&#8217;ve always considered myself an artist. Before AI, I worked with drawing, photography, and especially abstract painting. My background is rooted in fine art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, I needed a stable career while raising my children, and web design became my main focus for many years while art making remained a parallel practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cWith AI, the visual possibilities feel almost limitless, and every new project becomes an opportunity to explore territories that simply weren&#8217;t available before.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When AI emerged in 2023, everything changed, not only for me, but for many creatives. It felt like we&#8217;d suddenly been given wings. I couldn&#8217;t resist exploring what this new medium could unlock. It opened up an entirely new creative playground where I could express ideas that had previously been difficult or impossible to realize: from surrealism and humor to influences from art history and entirely new visual aesthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI also allowed me to bring together many of my passions: my love of nature, animation, music, and video art. Before AI, producing animated artworks was a long and expensive process that required mastering highly complex software. Today, many of those technical barriers have disappeared. AI has made these forms of expression much more accessible, dramatically speeding up the execution process, allowing me to focus on creativity rather than technical execution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For me, that&#8217;s the real revolution. The visual possibilities feel almost limitless, and every new project becomes an opportunity to explore territories that simply weren&#8217;t available before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 56.25% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1.11\/index.html?showinfo=false&amp;urlType=share&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mute=true&amp;hidefullscreen=true&amp;controls=true&amp;hideinfobtn=true&amp;artworkid=67276&amp;portrait=false&amp;key=045JBYB89O&amp;invitationCode=z3w8j27vr4y7kvr\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:12px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"tal-wagner-animus-botanica-v-2026\">Tal Wagner. <em>Animus Botanica V,&nbsp;2026<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>You describe AI as a \u201ccreative partner.\u201d Can you tell us more about how this creative collaboration takes place? What do AI systems bring to it, and in which cases do you feel either inspired or constrained by their output?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AI is simply another creative tool, another brush. For me, everything begins with visuals. Through experimentation in Midjourney, I occasionally come across an image that immediately captures my imagination. That&#8217;s when I begin to think about how it could evolve into a larger body of work, a group of images that leads to a story. The first visual is the trigger for everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One strong image takes me down the rabbit hole, and that&#8217;s where the real creative journey begins. I research, experiment, animate with different AI tools, build mood boards, collect references, and compare different approaches. Gradually, I weave the entire artwork around those initial visuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I begin a project, I don&#8217;t always know exactly where it will end up, and that&#8217;s one of the things I love most about working with AI. Sometimes the results are completely different from what I expected. Occasionally they&#8217;re even better than what I had imagined, and I happily follow that new direction. The process is highly intuitive and incredibly rewarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t believe in having complete control over AI. There&#8217;s beauty even within the limitations of the tool. A creative process should leave room for improvisation, spontaneity, glitches and happy accidents. Just as we appreciate visible brushstrokes and imperfections in a painting, I believe digital art should also preserve a sense of experimentation and discovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cI don&#8217;t believe in having complete control over AI. There&#8217;s beauty even within the limitations of the tool.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>You express your interest in both organic and artificial systems, and this is made evident by your choice of subject matter in series such as Animus Botanica or Prism of Time, as well as the use of generative AI. How do you approach your study of these systems? What determines the choice of elements in each composition, and how do you decide to conclude a series and move to a different theme or style?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nature has been the common thread running through all of my work so far. I&#8217;m endlessly fascinated by its beauty, by botany, and by the remarkable intelligence of natural systems. The more I explore, the more I discover\u2014 from the sophisticated mechanisms of plants to the complexity of entire ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each series is really a different conversation with nature. In <em>Germinative AI<\/em>, I explored the parallels between the information stored within a seed and the data that fuels artificial intelligence. In <em>Animus Botanica<\/em>, I became interested in ecological relationships and the delicate balance between different living organisms. In <em>Prism of Time<\/em>, I reflected on the fleeting nature of beauty and the cycles of growth, bloom, and decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The choice of elements in each composition is very intuitive. It develops through visual research and experimentation. I continue exploring a theme until I feel I&#8217;ve taken the idea as far as I can, and that&#8217;s usually when I know it&#8217;s time to begin a new series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 56.25% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1.11\/index.html?showinfo=false&amp;urlType=share&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mute=true&amp;hidefullscreen=true&amp;controls=true&amp;hideinfobtn=true&amp;artworkid=67226&amp;portrait=false&amp;key=REF2YE8JAK&amp;invitationCode=c8nodckzyqlajti\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"tal-wagner-echoes-of-hue-2026\">Tal Wagner. <em>Echoes of Hue,&nbsp;2026<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>You describe your visual language as \u201crooted in curiosity.\u201d This seems to imply working more with exploration than systematization, more doubts than certainties. What drives your curiosity, and how do you balance open exploration with constructing a distinct visual language that remains consistent across artworks in the same series?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My curiosity comes from staying open to new ideas that emerge through experimentation with AI tools. Nature is always the central theme of my work, but I&#8217;m constantly discovering new ways of looking at it. Sometimes it&#8217;s a scientific concept that captures my attention, sometimes the history of botanical art, and sometimes it&#8217;s simply the leafy, green neighborhood where I live in North London. I never know exactly what will spark the next series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although my process is very open, each body of work is built around a clear concept and a distinct visual language. Once I discover the aesthetic that best expresses that idea, I continue exploring within that framework. This allows each series to evolve organically while maintaining a strong visual identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cAlthough my process is very open, each body of work is built around a clear concept and a distinct visual language.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Prism of Time <\/em><\/strong><strong>features almost abstract compositions, dominated by the interplay between blooming flowers and crystal cubes, creating a flowing rhythm of expansion and contraction. At times, there is a hint of a human presence. Can you elaborate on the concepts behind this series and the affinities and tensions between the elements?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prism of Time<\/strong> was inspired by the fleeting beauty of flowers and our desire to preserve it. In this series, flowers are enclosed within blocks of ice and crystalline prisms, as if their moment of full bloom could be frozen in time. Yet nature is in constant motion, moving through endless cycles of growth, bloom, decay, and renewal. The vibrant colour palette, inspired by the rainbow, symbolizes hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a background in abstract painting, I enjoy working with abstraction. By interweaving it with recognizable forms, I create a tension between the abstract and the familiar. Even within an almost entirely abstract composition, we as viewers instinctively search for something familiar to recognize and hold on to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In these animations, the interplay between recognition and ambiguity is not just an aesthetic choice, but an essential part of the experience I want to create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Occasionally, a human figure appears as a quiet witness. It offers a human perspective within this ever-changing world, reminding us that we too are part of the same cycles of growth, bloom, and decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 178% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1.11\/index.html?showinfo=false&amp;urlType=share&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mute=true&amp;hidefullscreen=true&amp;controls=true&amp;hideinfobtn=true&amp;artworkid=67272&amp;portrait=true&amp;key=WT6B0ACL2Y&amp;invitationCode=92ofhaogfqixiru\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"995.5555555555555\" style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"tal-wagner-ripples-of-colour-2026\">Tal Wagner. <em>Ripples of Colour,&nbsp;2026<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Animus Botanica consists of a series of morphing arrangements of flowers, with the occasional presence of birds and insects. Compared to Prism of Time, this series is aesthetically more sober and contained, at times evoking Baroque still life and also X-Ray images. Can you tell us about the inspiration behind this series and what you describe as \u201cthe hidden vitality of the natural world\u201d?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Animus Botanica<\/em> was inspired by a combination of botanical arrangements and X-ray botanical photography. I&#8217;ve always been fascinated by the way X-ray images reveal the hidden architecture of plants: the veins, petals, and internal structures that are invisible to the naked eye. I love that these images are both scientifically fascinating and visually beautiful. By layering textures and botanical forms, I create flowers that feel rich, delicate, and fragile, inviting viewers to appreciate the intricate beauty hidden beneath the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your comparison to Baroque flower paintings also feels very natural to me. I&#8217;ve always admired their dramatic lighting, dark backgrounds, and composed botanical arrangements. Looking back at artists throughout the history of art has always been my source of inspiration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I talk about &#8220;the hidden vitality of the natural world,&#8221; I&#8217;m referring to the extraordinary relationships that exist beneath the surface. Plants, insects, birds, and entire ecosystems depend on one another in delicate and often invisible ways. That sense of interdependence, harmony, evolution and quiet intelligence is what I try to express in this series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 178% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1.11\/index.html?showinfo=false&amp;urlType=share&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mute=true&amp;hidefullscreen=true&amp;controls=true&amp;hideinfobtn=true&amp;artworkid=67170&amp;portrait=true&amp;key=75ZVLQNJ6Q&amp;invitationCode=9haal7siisvc5zg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"995.5555555555555\" style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"tal-wagner-animus-botanica-l-2026\">Tal Wagner. <em>Animus Botanica l,&nbsp;2026<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:123px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ocean Flora follows Animus Botanica in its exploration of the natural world, yet in this case the flora seems more surreal, at times suggesting jellyfish or even extraterrestrial beings from a 1950s science fiction illustration. What inspired you to explore this subject?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ocean Flora<\/em> was a natural continuation of my exploration of the natural world, but this time I wanted to expand it into the underwater environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series was inspired by artists throughout the history of art who studied and documented marine organisms, blending aesthetic vision with documentary accuracy. Their work reveals the remarkable geometry and architecture of these living forms, which often appear almost surreal despite being completely real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I began interpreting these references through AI, the results became even more unexpected and otherworldly. The process reinforced my fascination with the intelligence and beauty of nature, including the underwater world, and reminded me that organic forms offer an endless source of inspiration and discovery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cThe more I explore nature, the more questions I discover, and I feel that I&#8217;ll never run out of things to investigate or express through my work.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Germinative AI is the seed of your other projects and actually consists of a process of translating and interpreting an image of a real seed through AI models. Can you explain the process behind this work and how it informs your other series?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Germinative AI<\/em> began with a simple question: what would happen if I gave AI a real seed as its starting point? I scanned seeds into Midjourney and allowed AI to interpret them step by step. From these images, ChatGPT generated fictional botanical descriptions, which then became the basis for creating entirely new, imaginary plant species. It was a process of translation: from a real object into machine imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What fascinated me wasn&#8217;t only the strange and beautiful images themselves, but the parallels between natural and artificial intelligence. A tiny seed contains all the information needed for a plant to grow, while AI generates new forms from the vast amount of information it has been trained on. Both systems transform stored information into something new, although in very different ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More importantly, this project sparked my curiosity. I love research, and <em>Germinative AI<\/em> made me realize that nature is the subject I keep returning to. The more I explore it, the more questions I discover, and I feel that I&#8217;ll never run out of things to investigate or express through my work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"position: relative;height: 0;overflow: hidden; padding: 0 0 56.25% 0;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"niio-media-frame\" id=\"niioWidget1\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.niio.com\/1.1.11\/index.html?showinfo=false&amp;urlType=share&amp;autoplay=false&amp;mute=true&amp;hidefullscreen=true&amp;controls=true&amp;hideinfobtn=true&amp;artworkid=67256&amp;portrait=false&amp;key=GMGPM6QWO9&amp;invitationCode=vlo215zap2d45bz\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"position: absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height: 100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"tal-wagner-chromatic-gaze-2026\">Tal Wagner. <em>Chromatic Gaze<\/em>, 2026<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Ambient sound is an important element in your work. How does it come into play? Do you create it after the video is complete, as an element that supports the visual output? Or does it shape what we see on the screen in any way?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a meditative quality that runs through all of my work.&nbsp; You can feel it in the slow movement, the gentle flow, and the atmosphere I want to create. My goal is to invite the viewer to slow down and become immersed in the experience. If the movement of the artwork is more dynamic, I add a sound that will reflect that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I often listen to ambient music while I&#8217;m creating on my computer. Sometimes I&#8217;ll hear a unique sound that feels like a perfect match for the animation I&#8217;m working on, and that&#8217;s when I realize what kind of sound the artwork needs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17155436\/tal-wagner-media-facade-1024x590.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17155436\/tal-wagner-media-facade-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17155436\/tal-wagner-media-facade-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17155436\/tal-wagner-media-facade-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dkrxqpdgyal83.cloudfront.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/17155436\/tal-wagner-media-facade.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Tal Wagner&#8217;s work has been exhibited in media facades in Seoul (South Korea)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>While your artistic career is relatively short, you have already exhibited your work in art spaces, commercial environments, and on large public screens. What is your experience of these different showcases?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each setting creates a different relationship between the artwork and its audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immersive exhibitions allow viewers to step inside the work. Seeing my animations projected across a 270-degree space was an unforgettable experience and made the work feel much more powerful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p><strong><em>\u201cI love exhibiting in public and commercial spaces because they bring art into everyday life.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watching my artwork displayed on a large public screen in the heart of Seoul was another important milestone for me. It was incredible to see something I had created just three months earlier become part of the city&#8217;s visual landscape and be experienced by thousands of people in their everyday lives. It felt surreal and deeply rewarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also love exhibiting in public and commercial spaces because they bring art into everyday life. Through movement, color, and sound, digital art has the ability to transform the atmosphere of a space and create a quiet moment of reflection. 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