Digital Ecosystem

Digital Ecosystem

Digital Ecosystem is a collective of young queer disabled multimedia inter-artists based in Ottawa, Canada. Their work emerges from the intersections of identity, body, and memory, weaving tactile fragments of the surreal and the deeply personal into a shared vision of radical, transformative art.
Rooted in experimental practices, the collective explores the juxtapositions between the sacred and the profane, the mechanical and the organic, and the humorous and the macabre. The textures of their work—often chaotic, layered, and unapologetically vulnerable—reflect the fractured beauty of living as outsiders in a world built without them in mind.
Driven by curiosity and a passion for storytelling through non-linear, multi-sensory approaches, Digital Ecosystem draws from a broad palette of mediums, including textiles, found objects, digital media, and experimental visual art. They strive to dismantle binaries, confront ableist structures, and amplify narratives of queerness and disability.
Digital Ecosystem is composed of the artist duo Vern Martin-Ivie and Fred Urbisci Gervais.