Artist Marius Watz delivers a brief survey of the state of computational aesthetics from early pioneers to the recent boom in creatives working with code. From “infoporn” to data sculpture and generative landscape painting, what new ideas are coming out of this new movement? And how do you deal with algorithmic clichés anyway? The eyeo [...]
Looking at his work makes me want to start drawing while listening to mum or Emeralds albums. Jer Thorp is an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada, currently living in New York. Coming from a background in genetics, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science and art. Recently, his work has been featured [...]
Tele-Present Water By David Bowen, story from our friends at Triangulation Blog. This work or installation draws information from the intensity and movement of the water in a remote location. Wave data is being collected in real-time from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data buoy station 46246 (49°59’7″ N 145°5’20″ W) on the Pacific Ocean. The [...]
A game designed to make you fall asleep? 2SLEEP1 is a playlist of audiovisual performances in text mode, designed to make you fall asleep. The idea is to show the music being composed in real-time along with typewriter-style animations. Both the music interface and the graphics are built up from text symbols. This means that the [...]
I found a great website about design technology called LUST, Graphic and Interactive Design / Grafisch en Interactief Ontwerp. Here is a recent story example. POLYARC, media installation, 2011 poster festival Chaumont. During the 22nd International Poster and Graphic Design Festival of Chaumont, LUST (NL) took over the Chapelle des Jésuites with an in-situ piece [...]
music video / visuals made for the louise alenius project “dark days” together with thea sikker remin. Animations made in animata: animata.kibu.hu/ Video programmed in processing: processing.org/ sequenced via midi from ableton live: ableton.com/ Recorded real time from a 2.53ghz macbook pro. thanks to obscura for recording help! Great job Jacob! “Pushforward” [...]