I’ve come to believe that technology empowers the low, barely affects the high… and wipes out the middle. Nowhere is that more visible than in today’s creative landscape.
AI now writes, paints, sings.
Beginners—people who might never have pursued a creative path—suddenly have the most powerful tools at their fingertips.
Top-tier artists—those with a name, a following, and market credibility—only get stronger, or remain unimpacted at worst.
But the creative middle? Freelancers. Semi-pros. Commercial artists. Content designers.
Many will be squeezed out. Automated. Undercut.
As someone who’s worked across sound, photography, painting, and now modular 3D art—I’ve seen the shift across the board.
That’s why I chose to build Kura Curiosa at both ends of the spectrum:
-A free, downloadable, 3D-printable art collection—radically open, empowering anyone with curiosity and a printer.
-And a set of exclusive, investment-grade works—created for collectors and institutions seeking uniqueness, narrative, and cultural depth.
In a world where the middle collapses, the only sustainable space for a creator may be to operate at the extremes:
→ Democratize.
→ And offer high-concept exclusivity.
One feeds community. The other fuels vision and value.
Art doesn’t vanish in the face of automation.
But it fractures—and those fractures are where new forms emerge.
