Description

Empire captures the quiet theatre of control at the heart of Miss AL Simpson’s dystopian New York. A woman stands poised against the Empire State Building — a modern oracle wrapped in ink and light, her drones orbiting like jeweled sentinels.

In this imagined future, women have replaced human companionship with intelligent machines — guardians, lovers, and silent witnesses. The city becomes both fortress and stage; affection becomes surveillance. The metallic sheen of her dress mirrors the skyline’s geometry, blurring couture and circuitry into one seamless organism.

Rendered through Simpson’s AI training of Ink Interventions — part film still, part hallucination — Empire embodies the essence of Digital Couture: the intersection of beauty, isolation, and machine consciousness.

Available in two collector editions:

Digital Couture Edition (NFT + Signed Print) – £425 / 0.145 ETH – 20 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 "EMPIRE" NFTS HERE.

Signed Print Only – £295 – 15 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).