Speculative fashion, revisionist history, and a blending of old and new are a few key starting points to begin considering the work of Str4ngeThing. The anonymous artist with backgrounds in photography and fashion has adopted AI as his tool of choice to conjure new visions for contemporary culture.

RO4DM3N & H0RS3S is the latest in the artist’s two years of AI production and adeptly merges influences of Renaissance art and current-day streetwear trends. The series uniquely imagines a world in which RO4DM3N, iconoclasts of contemporary street fashion, flex with horses while cars don’t exist. The resulting works nod to ideas of a Black cultural Renaissance that meshes climate-forward ideals with a fusion of high fashion and streetwear.

The main art collection WR0ng ER4 is based on the popular conspiracy of the Mandela effect and how these logos (Nike ETC), clothing styles, and even sometimes tech items have always been part of the culture throughout the ages but we are just starting to notice it now in these renaissance masterpieces. The fashion design side is where he is experimenting with AI fashion inspired by the Renaissance period, from color ways and architecture to masters of the arts. He is in no way trying to be Nike or these brands to deceive, but to celebrate being part of the culture for so long as we celebrate the renaissance alongside; this is all art and falls under fair use.