This visual effects project is inspired by Adoration of the Shepherds by Nicolas Maes, reinterpreting a classical religious painting through contemporary digital visual systems.

By transforming a static painting into a dynamic visual experience, the project explores how technology can amplify, reinterpret, or expose the cognitive mechanisms behind religious imagery. It raises questions about whether the sense of the “sacred” originates from spiritual belief itself, or from deeply ingrained visual and psychological patterns shaped by human perception and cultural conditioning.