Erika Ruiz
Founder at PLEM | visual tales
Visualisation, photography, and storytelling meet in a practice shaped by architecture, visual culture, and a deeply personal point of view.
The Chaos Campus Live Show
A monthly live event celebrating creativity across the CG world—bringing groundbreaking artists, designers, studios, and industry pioneers into one shared conversation.
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The best creative conversations reveal more than process. They uncover the turning points, doubts, references, ambitions, and human experiences that shape a body of work.
The Chaos Campus Live Show creates space for those stories—openly, live, and with the global creative community in the room.
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Antonio Spataro is an award-winning Creative and Film Director specialising in architectural visualisation and cinematic storytelling. At Tecma Solutions, he leads high-end CGI marketing projects for global real estate developments, blending cinema, fashion, contemporary art, and architecture.
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Each episode opens a different window into the creative industry—from image-making and studio culture to technology, business, community, and the future of visual communication.
Visualisation, photography, and storytelling meet in a practice shaped by architecture, visual culture, and a deeply personal point of view.
A conversation about art direction, brand, community, and the cultural spaces that connect creative people, give ideas room to grow, and move the industry forward.
Storytelling, the character of place, and the creative thinking behind award-winning architectural imagery and community building.
Twenty years of visual craft distilled into a discussion about narrative, atmosphere, emotion, creative leadership, and the responsibility of guiding a visual team.
A career across architecture, high-end visualisation, mentorship, and the future of interactive spatial experiences—seen through decades of industry change.
Bespoke artistry, technology, and the thinking behind visual campaigns made for architecture, hospitality, and place—where craft and commercial storytelling meet.
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One show · Many creative worlds
The ideas, references, and decisions that turn technical craft into work people remember.
How artists and studios build teams, shape culture, and protect a distinctive point of view.
Honest conversations about emerging tools, how they reshape creative practice, and the judgment needed to use them with purpose.
A shared room for experiences, questions, and perspectives from across the global CG world.
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Watch the story unfold live, bring your questions, and connect with a community curious about where creativity is going next.
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Founder & Creative Director
Nikos hosts each conversation with curiosity, warmth, and a deep understanding of the visual world. His questions connect creative craft with the personal journeys, studio realities, and wider cultural shifts behind it.
Through Creative Lighting and his long-standing collaboration with Chaos, he has helped build an open global platform for learning, exchange, and genuine creative connection.
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