Five artists exploring virtual reality to follow

[T]he fashion world has been immersed in a Sims-style vortex of late. Just look to 19-year-old Miquela Sousa – aka @LilMiquela – the internet’s first computer-generated influencer. Over one million followers, magazine covers and sponsored posts for the like of Prada to Kenzo…and she’s not even real. Elsewhere, digital-artists have been pushing the boundaries of CGI to explore the idea of belonging and at what point URL becomes an IRL existence for some time now. Here’s HUNGER’s pick of the artists tapping into AI to follow now.

Nick Kempton, @nickjaykdesign

Ed Fornieles, @eddfornieles

Jess Audrey, @jessaudreylynn

Sondra Perry, @ben_vereen_in_pippin

Jordan Wolfson, @jordanmatthewwolfson