In a world suspended in stillness—where memory clings to abandoned structures and time has stopped—one figure remains. They do not move or speak, but within them loops a single question: What was I meant to become? “Shadow City” imagines a future where identity dissolves into data and humanity slowly slips into quiet erasure. It explores the fragile boundary between progress and disappearance, where selfhood risks being overwritten by the very systems we’ve created.

This haunting vision of post-humanity comes from Angelo “Ali” Diaz Alejandro (AADA), a Filipino artist whose practice blends illustration, video graphics, and mixed media. With roots in traditional fine arts and a background in graphic design, AADA’s work evolved through experimentation—melding painted surfaces with projection mapping, digital animation, and augmented reality. Influenced by Op-Art and Video Art, he operates within the realm of New Media, using shifting forms and digital glitches to question how we perceive, connect, and remember.

“Shadow City” is a quiet warning: if we surrender too much of ourselves to the artificial, we risk forgetting what it means to be alive.