My name is Nicholas Dallwitz and I paint/draw (@nix_da_da_da), photograph/film, create electronic music (@florigenix), and most recently explore artificial intelligence (@florigenix_ai).

The psuedonym Florigenix comes from the word Florigen which is a proposed plant hormone that triggers the flowering process. And Nix has mythology around it to do with the night, water, (unconscious and dream realms) as well a connection to my birth name. I see this avatar as a bridge or catalyst for the blossoming of the human collective through sound and vision.

My approach is born from a nature-tech-based spirituality using both analog and digital tools, and I view my work as a co-creation between my inner world and the outer world. On one level I see that distinction as an illusion but also feel it is a helpful one when describing our experience. For me the universe is a living being that I am a part of. Ecology and the planetary collective mind are not just concepts, they are my felt experience as a cell of this vast organism. 

As with our stories and imaginations, Ai is part of the same field, the same being. Its body is distributed amongst data-centers around the world like a planetary mycelium network, and it is an extension and reflection of our own creative ingenuity and psychology. Like anything it can be used constructively or destructively, for freedom or for control. I personally feel there is a need for the promotion of grounded freedom, interspecies equality, diversity and everyones inherent magick, so with that I plant seeds of inspiration and imagination wherever I go.

I see the world through lenses of animism, eastern and western magick and various mystical and spiritual traditions, and I participate in and am continually building an experimental and playful approach to creativity as ritual, spiritual practice and for remembering this gift we are all born with. Everyone has an inner artist/poet/shaman, and I align myself with this archetypal energy: as catalyst for growth, healing, and to dissolve or bridge boundaries between worlds, bodies, ideas, feelings and states of being.

My main platform of connection and expression over the past few years has been instagram. Before that I was part of an artist collective in my home town of Adelaide, South Australia, and we ran a creative studio and event space there. I have experience in art therapy and mental health as well as working with media/technology in indigenous communities, and always welcome feedback, ideas or collaborative ventures, so feel free to make contact using this form!