Our webzine reimagines Michelangelo's David through the lens of contemporary digital culture. No longer confined to marble and museums, this classical symbol of idealized masculinity is reborn in the playful, chaotic, and deeply expressive world of the internet. From vibrant pop aesthetics to ironic memes and glitchy digital art, we explore how David has evolved into a canvas for collective reinterpretation—spanning fan edits, absurd remixes, AI experiments, and viral imagery.
In this project, we gather and celebrate the many ways people have creatively recontextualized David, transforming him from a symbol of Renaissance perfection into a mirror of today's fast-moving visual language. Whether he's striking a TikTok pose, rendered as a 3D low-poly model, or plastered in emoji stickers, each version reflects our culture's shifting values, humor, and obsession with remixability. Our webzine is both a tribute and a critique—an archive of the ways this ancient icon continues to shape and be shaped by modern imagination.
Cartoon Sculpture
Each sculpture student maintains the tradition of sketching David, and in a way the statue of David can be considered part of the academy of fine art. In this way the plaster dolls, David and the gallery are linked together, bringing the public and art school closer together.
@Yimo Xiao 2019
Chinese Opera
Adopting projection and animation technology, the projector uses the heads of ancient and modern Chinese and foreign celebrities, theater faces and through transformation to form a new vision of David's face structure. The different elements are transformed and fit each other.
@WuyaLin 2015
Flattened David
Times have changed, but the standard of reference remains the same? Chen Ke thus begins to digitally and technologically forcefully edit and remodel the statue of David. Heflattens the whole image of David, bringing about a strong sense of repression, passivity and even vertigo.
@Chen Ke 2006
