In 1998, while creating my website, I looked for a concise domain name that would reflect my art and artistic philosophy. That’s how the term ioverse was born. This neologism combines the computing term I/O (input/output) with the suffix -verse. In computing, I/O refers to the exchange of information between a system, such as a computer, and the external world—whether that be a human or another system. The suffix -verse implies movement or transformation, as seen in words like reverse, transverse, or inverse. At the same time, verse also means a line in a poem, adding another layer of meaning.
From the very beginning, my digital artworks have had a distinctive characteristic: they are never fully predefined but evolve—either through the viewer’s interaction or by processing existing data streams and signals. As a result, the artwork extends beyond its visible surface; it also includes the underlying mechanism that translates incoming signals into an output. The source code of this “machine” is thus an integral part of the artistic concept. Ioverse perfectly captures this idea.