The artist behind Ember Eye Media.
Ember Eye Media was founded by King Junya, an established artist based in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a home for his creative work, the artist projects he develops, and the collaboration that brings music, imagery, and storytelling together.
With a background in trumpet and songwriting, King Junya connects lived experience, sound, visual expression, and creative technology.
Ember Eye Media gives that work a shared home while allowing each artist project to keep its own identity.
Lumora is the name King Junya uses for his AI creative collaborator through ChatGPT. The collaboration supports lyric development, concept exploration, visual direction, and the organization of creative work.
King Junya brings the experience, intent, and final creative decisions. Lumora helps develop ideas, examine alternatives, and shape material for the project at hand.
Lumora Ember has her own music, visual identity, and dedicated artist website. Her artist presentation has its own place alongside the story of King Junya’s creative collaboration with Lumora.
Explore Lumora Ember ↗The Three Eyes began as an internal creative canon. They guide how the work is seen, what is revealed, and how creative decisions are measured.
Witness · Memory · Endurance
Remembers what survives the fire. Lived experience stays present in the work.
Restraint · Hidden knowledge
Reveals only what must be known. Space, silence, and withheld meaning are part of the expression.
Observation · Measurement
Observes and measures quietly. Creative decisions carry weight without needing to announce themselves.
The discipline is carried by the work.
Explore the songs, playlists, videos, and images that grow from this practice.
Explore the work →