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Ultimate dictator mural


Using freedom & democracy rankings to visualize combined features of 40 leading autocrats.

The Antidote Community, a group of independent electronic music producers and DJs from Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, released an electronic music album as a statement against all of the world’s dictators. Titled Sound of Freedom, the record mixes soundbites from various autocratic rulers with techno music beats, which have been historically used in protests against undemocratic regimes for years.


The album and its cover image were unveiled in Vilnius’ Open Gallery — a unique open-air art gallery in the New Town of the city. Named The Ultimate Dictator, the artwork is a composite portrait generated using an AI that combined the faces of 40 dictators.



We wanted to identify the face of evil. To do that, we ranked countries using data from a few independent freedom and democracy indexes. Forty countries with the worst results were picked. Then, using an AI visual tool, we morphed these dictators’ faces into one to get the ultimate dictator, which was used as a basis to create the artwork.


The artwork was painted by Pijus Čeikauskas, with the portrait emerging from a brick wall, evoking images that feel similar to George Orwell’s “Big Brother” from the dystopian novel 1984. Unpolished yellow markings cover the image, a reference to how protesters defacing images of autocratic rulers have to act quickly to avoid being caught.



The newest artwork displayed in Open Gallery has been presented as part of the Loftas fest’22 event, which takes place from the 8th to the 11th of September. It features a wide array of performances from different musicians and various art installations held in a repurposed factory and industrial zone. Loftas also features the largest display of street art in Vilnius, which is constantly expanded with new artwork from globally-renowned muralists.


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