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)…
Audio & Visual, Interviews, Series, Sónar, The CLOTcasts, Unsound
MATMOS, the domesticity of concréte sounds
The American experimental electronic duo Matmos are M.C. Schmidt and Drew Daniel. Both artists are the main core of the outfit but they are…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews, Series
GINKGO BIOWORKS, biology by design
Synthetic biology is believed to be one of our best chances to address some of the global issues of an expanding world population such as…
Audio & Visual, Interviews, Series, Sound, The CLOTcasts, Unsound
ROBERT LIPPOK & LILLEVAN, music from the glaciers
CLOT Magazine got the chance to talk to musician Robert Lippok and video artist and live performer Lillevan during 2016 edition of Unsound Festival: Dislocation…
ÓSCAR MARTÍN, sounds born out of algorithms and microorganisms
Óscar Martín is a sound artist and programmer working in the field of generative art. Typically, generative works are systems that, when set in…
Architectures, Biofabricate, Design, Interviews
DUMOLAB*, fabricating a path to sustainable product design
Architect and Bio-practitioner Laia Mogas-Soldevila is at the forefront of developing tools that incorporate biology into the fabrication process. Her research studio, DumoLab*, a…
Audio & Visual, Curators, Interviews, Series, The CLOTcasts, Unsound
KRISTEN GALLERNEAUX, on sonic sounds
Media historian and artist Kristen Gallerneaux is the Curator of Communications and Information Technology at The Henry Ford Museum (Detroit, USA), where she takes…
DR BEN WOODARD, Philosopher
During German Romanticism (the dominant intellectual movement in the philosophy, the arts, and the culture of German-speaking countries in the late-18th and early 19th centuries)…