AI & A.Life, Interviews, Sound
GREG FOX, new shapes of drumming
There is a certain type of drummer who has never seen eye to eye with technology. Rhythm and drum beats relate to something primal,…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists, The CLOTcasts
JOE DAVIS, from Microvenus to Astrobiology
Joe Davis is one of the seminal figures in Biomedia. His work has shocked and polarised the artistic community while at the same time…
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…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
AMANDA BAUM & ROSE LEAHY, a view on multispecies experience
I came across the work of Amanda Baum and Rose Leahy for the first time last year in Barcelona. We did not have a…
BEAU WANZER, molecular biology and synths
It is not easy to find artists, especially musicians, with a scientific background and even less frequent, that they are trained as molecular biologists….
Biomedia, CTM, Interviews, Series
EVELINA DOMNITCH & DMITRY GELFAND, a phenomenology of art and physics
For Evelina Domnitch and Dmitry Gelfand, an artistic duo based in Amsterdam, perception and observation are central processes in their practice. Observation is the…
Curators, Interviews, Thinkers
DR CHARISSA N. TERRANOVA, writer and Professor of Aesthetic Studies
Dr. Charissa N. Terranova is a U.S. based writer and educator currently an Associate Professor of Aesthetic Studies at the Edith O’Donnell Institute of…
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…
ASVOFF, Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics
NEIL MENDOZA, on the relationship human beings have with technology
In the video accompanying the artwork Fish Hammer, a small goldfish – dubbed Smashie by UK-born, New media artist Neil Mendoza – can be…
Interviews, Series, The CLOTcasts, Unsound
HARM VAN DEN DORPEL, art beyond the internet era
Harm van den Dorpel is a Berlin-based Dutch conceptual artist regarded a key figure in the post-internet art movement. Alongside with other contemporaries, they developed…
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…
Interviews, The CLOTcasts, Unsound
MARCEL WEBER (MFO), playing with the limits of perception
Marcel Weber better know as MFO is a renowned German lighting and visual artist. Marcel has been creating and directing audiovisual performances, installations, and…
KUAI SHEN, exploring the sociality of ants through human technology
Humans have always been fascinated with ants and their social behaviour. These creatures have commonly been the focus of science fiction movies and comics,…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
REN RI, investigating the relationship between bees and humanity
Ren Ri is a Beijing-based biomedia artist and beekeeper whose work investigates the relationship between humanity and nature. While Ri now considers himself more…
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…
SAšA SPAčAL, technological ecosystems in the post-media era
Living in the era of digital technology and art revolutions is leading to the appearance of new forms of dialogue that re-explore our relationship…
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…
FERRAN ADRIA, sublime food deconstruction
“From time to time, Catalan good sense closes its eyes dnd lets things be”i Nicolau M. Rubió i Tudurí (Prologue to Viatges d’Alí Bei, 1932)…