Why “Spoluna”?
The name Spoluna combines Spoliarium and its painter, Juan Luna.
The idea behind the name is simple:
“The artist and the art can never be separated.”
A creation may be sold, commissioned, licensed, shared, or transformed, but the identity of who created it remains part of that work.
Spoliarium also carries a deeper meaning for Spoluna. Its imagery of fallen gladiators being stripped after the battle reflects a problem creators still face in a different form today.
After putting everything into their hard-earned work, artists can see it taken, exploited, or profited from by others—with AI making that exploitation easier and faster.
Spoluna helps artists and creators assert their rights and establish a record of what is theirs.
A work should carry a record of where it came from, who made it, who owns it, what rights were granted, and how others are permitted to use it.
Because when a creation leaves an artist’s hands, the artist’s connection to it—and the rights attached to it—should remain.