2020
NIGHT EMPERORS
Role
Creative director and visual artist
Description
NIGHTLIFE EMPERIORS
For the first time in my life, we have seen the city that never sleeps, asleep. Millions of New Yorkers.
No more people in the streets.
No more hugs.
No more smiles.
No more parties.
No more disco.
No more nightlife.
Still. Memories, art and hope.
This how NIGHT EMPERORS was born. It is a series of illustrations that pay tribute to the most iconic faces and clubs of Manhattan (The Box, Lola, Soho Grand, Le Bain, Baby Grand, Casablanca, China Chalet, Etal).
During four months of quarantine, I created more than 350 drawings. At night. I drew all people and places by hand, then scanned and organised my drawings. As the scene curator, @orson___ helped me by researching and documenting each place and crowd. This tremendous work was a huge challenge, but also a therapeutic way to escape the heavy reality and remember. How it was. How it could be. Because insomniacs dream too!
NIGHT EMPERORS was born. These high-realistic yet fantasied nocturnal scenes that I created show the beauty, diversity and singularity of NYC’s nightlife and night owls.
It is for all the other hopeless insomniacs that make this city live.