Meet the Maker

My name is Babak, and I'm a multimedia and digital media artist. I create experimental, interactive games and VR installations using 3D tools and game engines like Blender and Unreal Engine. 

In my artistic practice and research, I play around with themes like: identity, the subconscious, nostalgia, memory, memes, and internet culture. I often employ non-linear narratives, which are central to both my creative process and the final pieces.

I begin with a small frame, event, or story and build around it through an investigative process—iteratively reframing ideas or leaving them as open, ever-growing sketches. My methodology is fluid; I find myself moving between sketching (2D or 3D), reading, watching, listening, reusing, reforming, and continually creating.

I have a deep appreciation for absurdity and parody. I don't aim to deliver a grand message or enlighten my audience. Instead, I believe that the path to any form of truth or knowledge involves acknowledging the complexity of our existence and letting go of the pretense of absolute understanding. My work is about the pursuit of "wanting to know" rather than claiming to know.

Agamben argues that the most complex method by which to move objects from the sacred to the profane is to 'play' with them, to 'use' them in an 'entirely inappropriate' way. In this spirit, I invite my audience to join me on explorations that may seem nonsensical. These journeys don't conclude with a definitive meaning or statement to uncover. I enjoy the dynamic interplay between the work and its audience, leaving space for them to find and create their own interpretations and meanings.