Endless summer 3.0

A series of digital mosaics inspired by the brightest season. Images of summery nostalgia created with pieces of memories and experiences. Reconstructed moments of happiness to decorate our present and our future.

The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." 
So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.

― Milan Kundera

My "Endless Summer" series has been an ongoing project since 2016. But I was probably always working on that, as summer is my favorite season and my almost permanent state of mind.
Here you can see the last 10 of my Endless Summer mosaics. As in the 2 preview collections (1.0 and 2.0), I am using stereotypical images of summer people, full of positive feelings. Memories and nostalgia play the main role in exploring these pieces. The viewer can discover hundreds of references to summer. These are fractions of memories, cut into quickly cut polygons, like moments of bittersweet dreams. Photos, ads, ephemera... Superficial captures or summer activities? Only time can tell.

 
These 10 images were created during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some of them during the quarantine, and most of them in this strange summer of 2020. A summer full of great experiences was always lived with the threat of the virus present, somehow. I believe the viewer can notice the mixed emotions of despair and hope, especially when compared with my previous two collections. Sometimes I feel nostalgic for these. They were more naive and maybe brighter. Kundera was right after all. The Greeks were right. Nostos and Algos. Return and suffer. These are the roots of nostalgia.
But on the other hand, I know that the best thing about memories is making them. The same is valid for art. Time flies. But every moment is a great opportunity to create a memory. And another art piece.​​​​​​​

Will you love me tomorrow?

We’ll run away

Hot Fun In The Summertime

I'll take you there

I only have eyes for you

Sandy

Hey good lookin'

Pink summer

I saw her again

Take The Ride

The details:
These artworks are huge. They are created to be printed in large sizes and cover entire walls. So I always like to share some close-ups where you can see clearly the details.

A huge THANK YOU to all the known and unknown photographers, designers, typographers, sign creators, etc., who produced all this material used as tesserae for my mosaics. A huge THANK YOU to all the people and institutions who shared all these under the Creative Commons license scheme. Without them, I wouldn't be able to create these artworks.

More summer: Endless summer | Endless Summer 2.0

You can purchase limited-edition, numbered fine art prints, hand-signed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, in my online shop.