Steve Zafeiriou (b. 1998, Thessaloniki, GR) is a New Media Artist, Technologist, and Founder of Saphire Labs. His practice investigates how technology can influence, shape, and occasionally distort the ways individuals perceive the external world. By employing generative algorithms, electronic circuits, and interactive installations, he examines human behavior in relation to the illusory qualities of perceived reality, inviting observers to reconsider their assumptions and interpretations.

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Audiovisual performance titled Qualia, cover image showing 3 people partying with digital AI effects
July 4, 2026
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Artistic Research (Essays)

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How interactive systems, human behavior, and cultural meaning shape the future of contemporary art.

This category explores research-driven methodologies behind my interactive installations, from perception and attention studies to behavioral modeling, sensor systems, and the aesthetics of emergence.

Here you’ll find essays that connect artistic practice with cognitive science, HCI, systems thinking, and museum-grade technical engineering.

If you are a museum, gallery, innovation lab, or cultural researcher, this category provides a rigorous, transparent view into how high-reliability installations are conceived, tested, and deployed.

Nostalgie world generative universe illustration of the main character falling from the sky

Bonded Studio grew from years of artistic research into attention, intimacy, behavior, and the "connected but disconnected" generation paradox.

Now, that research is becoming a real two-person connection app designed to help people move beyond small talk, share more meaningful moments, and feel more present with one another.

Join the waitlist to get early access, product updates, and the opportunity to help shape Bonded before its public launch.

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Technology should help us become more present, not more performative.