Art with a message
DEMBAI isn't just art pour l’art — it’s a brand with a message AND mission to open eyes and SHIFT MINDS
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FROM doomsday scenario TO way out
Mission
Our world is under existential threat by humanity itself. Climate change, large-scale pollution, demolition of habitat, war, radicalism, and inequality. Despite all good efforts, the outlook for our future generation seems more bleak than ever. Art can’t bring a halt to all this. But art can inspire us to see things differently. Dembai is a creative brand—with a mission to create awareness, change minds, and ultimately, improve the world through a positive cycle of creative thinking. Dembai connects art and art products with topics related to the big issues of our time. Generating attention, sparking discussion, and at the same time, raising funds.
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digital waste and visual upcycling
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Recent works
Dembai’s most recent works showcased in the Doomsday and Infobesity series, explore the impact on our psyche of the information overload and the influx of social media. On a deeper level, these high-end and large-scale printed artworks address a globalized world where capitalist consumerism is fueled by digitization. Working with a wide spectrum of digital tools utilized by the advertising industry, Dembai mixes and combines techniques until the works become abstract digital paintings. A blend of drawings, layers of digital paint, photographs, and textual elements, form a visual symphony resonating with depth and introspection.
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lifelong dedicated founder
Founder
Artist, creative director and founder of Dembai Boris Thorbecke has a long track record working on a broad spectrum of creative projects for brands such as Nike and Greenpeace. And as an artist, he now uses his background to make statements about the topics advertising doesn’t want to talk about. And as a founder of Dembai, he’s fully dedicated to bringing his lifelong purpose to reality.
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