A cold unfeeling world. A dispassionate universe concerned only with logical outcomes. A society that criminalizes emotion in favor of technological advancements.

Such is the setting depicted in XX-Machina, a neo-noir retro anime styled exhibition by Stephanie Priscillia.

In a completely original series debuted in collaboration with simpleArte, viewers can delve into a dystopian civilization facing an existential crisis. A city without dreams, love, lust, passions, society without personality.

In such an emotionless society, are its citizens even capable of experiencing loneliness? Better yet, experiencing at all?

Through XX-Machina, Stephanie explores the often irrational emotive minds of humans, in a world that scoffs at the idea of illogicality.

“I am often fascinated by the possibilities of technology extending human limits.”

“It’s a wonder to be where we are now in time, at what I believe to be a crucial turning point. What does the future really hold?”

“A world without emotion is a world without a soul.”