Description

In Drone Saint, Miss AL Simpson captures the new mythology of machine devotion — a cinematic still from her Drones of Suburbia: NYC film, Drone Driver. The work depicts a punk-futurist woman raising a drone like a relic or offering, her expression poised between reverence and rebellion. Behind her, the projected visage of another woman — perhaps a memory, perhaps an algorithmic echo — becomes both idol and observer.

Rendered in stark monochrome, the scene feels suspended in slow time — an atmosphere reminiscent of early Bill Viola, where gesture becomes ritual. The drone, once a tool of surveillance, is transformed into a symbol of female autonomy: a modern halo of control and power. The mirrored silhouettes and cinematic haze evoke both worship and resistance, suggesting a future where women reclaim the machinery that once watched them.

This still embodies Simpson’s recurring themes of control, gaze, and rebirth through technology — a sacred image for the post-human age.

Available in two collector editions:

Digital Couture Edition (NFT + Signed Print) – £850 - 0.33 ETH – 25 editions (this print comes with a limited edition NFT of the same, minted on Ethereum). Web3 Collectors may prefer to purchase the Digital Couture Edition on-chain in ETH - if so, please click this link - VIEW "DRONE SAINTS" NFTS HERE.

Signed Print Only – £450 – 25 editions

Both printed on Hahnemühle Metallic Rag (340gsm) and accompanied by Certificates of Authenticity.

Part of the acclaimed Drones of Suburbia series — exhibited and sold at Sotheby’s Contemporary Discoveries, New York (2025).