Kitel is the pseudonym of a Ukrainian generative artist and engineer. Following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, he was forced to leave the town of his birth, Kharkiv, and is currently living and working in Kyiv. His creations, made using p5.js, blend themes of nature with human-made structures. The descriptions of his works and the inspirations behind them often carry a philosophical and nostalgic undertone. Kitel’s art on fx(hash) includes projects such as Fields of the Abandoned Homeland (2023), a collaboration with Blind Gallery x Feral File Vistas Edition titled Idem Locus (2023), and a generative AI collaboration with the artist @harmonywrennn called Edge (2023), which marked the launch of fx(hash) 2.0.

His work, The Longest Night, blends philosophical sci-fi and speculative fiction with allegories reflecting today’s realities. The story is about a city where, one morning, people woke up and found that it was still dark outside. Despite the time on the clock indicating the sun should have already risen, it never did: not in an hour; not in a day; not in a year. Meanwhile, in other places, in other cities, the day-night cycle continued as usual. The Longest Night is a work about resilience, hope, and faith in the future.