arielko

Ariel Kotzer (arielko) is a Jerusalem-based artist, designer, and creative director. After 20+ years in branding and advertising — including Pentagram NY and ECD roles at TBWA\Digital — he now works across AI art and film, exhibition and art direction, and wayfinding and signage through his studio, K&CO.His AI films have been awarded globally, at festivals including Seoul AI Film Festival, Artefact AIFF Paris, All That Moves, Altera, OMNI, and Chroma Awards. He created two official music videos for Peter Gabriel. Currently working on a film for Arte, the European culture TV channel.His practice is grounded in "non-prompting" — minimal direction, maximum curatorial selection — treating AI as an unpredictable collaborator. Across mediums, the throughline is the same: clarity over spectacle.He also teaches AI filmmaking, most recently at the St. Petersburg HSE Art and Design.