Festival: Sonica Festival of Sonic and Multimedia Arts
The fourth edition of Sonica Festival of Sonica and Multimedia Arts has arrived in Glasgow and will end on the 5th of November. This fascinating…
NORIMICHI HIRAKAWA, the juxtaposition between human imagination and coding
Looking at the artwork datum from 2017 by Japanese media artist Norimichi Hirakawa, the viewer is presented with an audiovisual installation consisting of a…
HENRY DRIVER, digital image or physical surface?
Technology is evolving fast, and we can only wonder whether we are able to adapt quickly or predict the implications of its exponential growth…
Computing Art, Interviews, Sónar
TARIK BARRI, a journey of sound and light
Since he was a kid, programmer and audiovisual artist Tarik Barri knew what he loved: telling computers what to do. Barely aware that programming…
Computing Art, Interviews, Series, Sónar
ABSOLUTE RELATIVE, how our senses are linked to reality
How are our senses linked to reality? Can we trust our senses? How does our brain parse out contradictory sensory information? Exploring these questions…
Computing Art, Interviews, Sound, Unsound
EWA JUSTKA, enquiries into the materiality of sound and light
With one of the best live shows at the moment, Ewa Justka, a polish electronic and noise artist, is challenging audiences with her the…
Computing Art, News, Scout & Trends
Programme: alt.barbican
Barbican and The Trampery have launched alt.barbican, an arts accelerator that will encompass work across artificial intelligence, radio manipulation, wearable tech and more. They…
AI & A.Life, Computing Art, Series, Sónar
Sónar+D 2017: The Day After
Sónar’s 24th edition has, for another year, closed with great success. In terms of numbers at least, with 123,000 attendees – the highest in the…
FLORENCE TO, tailoring the space with light and shapes
Textile design graduate Florence To creates architectural designs in space using light and shapes as the fabrics for her creations. As she grew interested…
Computing Art, Interviews, Series, Sónar
SOLOMON ROGERS, a tangible world of speculative fictions
Affordable and easily available Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) are starting to become more than a plausible possibility, with reports estimating 56 million VR…
AI & A.Life, Computing Art, Series, Sónar
Sónar+D 2017: Highlights
With only 5 years of existence, Sonar+D is becoming a world reference showcase of the latest trends in digital art and creative technologies –…
AI & A.Life, Computing Art, Op & Ed
ICCMR and Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music Festival Voice 2.0
Computing technology is nowadays present in all aspects of music. For some, like Professor Eduardo R. Miranda, understanding the relationship between musical creativity and computing…
Computing Art, CTM, Series, Sound
CTM 2017: The Day After
Fear:[noun] an unpleasant emotion or thought that you have when you are frightened or worried by something dangerous, painful, or bad that is happening…
Biomedia, Computing Art, Interviews, Key Artists
DREW BERRY, molecular visual appeal
Molecular and cell biology are disciplines that seek to understand biological processes at molecular and cellular levels. When it comes to explaining these mechanisms,…
Computing Art, Interviews, Sónar
TEAMLAB, digital art transcending boundaries
teamLab is a Japanese collective and creative group that aims to blur the boundaries between art, science, technology and creativity, through co-creative activities. This…
Computing Art, Interviews, Series, Sónar
SERGI JORDÀ, leading the team that invented the ReacTable
We met Sergi Jordà on a cold and sunny winter day last March in Barcelona. And while we shared thoughts about common interests, careers…
Biomedia, Computing Art, Interviews
THERESA SCHUBERT, unfolding human existence in relation to other life forms
Generative art is the kind of art created with the use of a (generally) non-human autonomous system which can independently determine features of the art…
KODE9, devoiding of content an empty circle
Steve Goodman (better known as Kode9) is an artist, DJ and founder of the influential record label Hyperdub. Born in Glasgow and resident in London,…
Computing Art, Interviews, Series, Sónar
LAWRENCE LEK, building enigmatic and paradoxical spaces
Lawrence Lek is a German-born, Malaysian-Chinese artist that creates speculative architectural scenarios and uncanny simulations. He builds enigmatic and paradoxical spaces, using gaming software,…
Computing Art, Interviews, Scout & Trends
HANNA HAASLAHTI, on gestalt psychology and computer vision
Hanna Haaslahti is a media artist based in Helsinki (Finland). With a background in photography and set design, her work encompasses interactive installations, projections…