Biomedia, Body Sculptures, Interviews, Key Artists
LYNN HERSHMAN LEESON & Thomas Huber, anti-body or antibody?
“The immune system is a plan for meaningful action to construct and maintain the boundaries for what may count as self and other in the…
Architectures, Interviews, Scout & Trends
SOLVEIG SETTEMSDAL, studies in sculptural fluidity
dune The fascination with fluidity and the potential and transience of materials came to Norwegian visual artist Solveig Settemsdal as a dream. A…
Body Sculptures, Contributors, Interviews
COLLEEN THOMAS-YOUNG, the art of learning and creating through dance
Dance is experiential. So many complex psychological processes occur when you move your body and the moving body is so extremely dynamic; I wonder…
Interviews, Scout & Trends, Sound
PETE SAVILLE & VIK GUDI, maths, sound and sculpture
“We tried to make a record label that was art-focused”, that was the starting point of Re·search, a new experimental music record label…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
ANI LIU, navigating the divergent connections between art and science
Issues related to women’s reproductive health rights, like birth control and abortion regardless of religion, culture or socioeconomic levels are some of the most issues…
Biofabricate, Design, Interviews, Series
SUZANNE LEE, pioneering the world of biofabrication
Suzanne Lee needs little introduction as a pioneer in the fabrication of consumer materials from biomedia. Since the early aughts, Lee has carved herself…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
NEUS TORRES TAMARIT, making art about genetics
Neus Torres Tamarit is an artist and art director that explores the interaction between art and genetics. Her aim is to evoke curiosity and…
Interviews, Scout & Trends, Sound
FOUL-UP with Beastie Respond and Eva Papamargariti
Foul-up: [noun] an occasion when something is spoiled by a stupid mistake -English Oxford Dictionary Mistakes often have a significant influence on…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
BERNDNAUT SMILDE, breaking light and making clouds
“Everything is temporary,” says Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde, who uses the ephemeral nature of things as inspiration for his work. He makes perfect miniature clouds…
ADAM PEACOCK, tackling consumer psychology through genetic design
Adam Peacock wears many hats. At times an architect, at others a furniture and car designer, and yet still an editor and marketing guru. His…
JULIA BOROVAYA, exploring the states of the matter
Moscow-based artist Julia Borovaya is fascinated with substances and their chemical and physical qualities. Her pieces of art fuse technology with molecules and add…
Interviews, Key Artists, Sound
JEFF MILLS, the wizard who came from space
The cosmos and what lays beyond our planet have fascinated human minds for thousands of years and have inspired a whole artistic and literary…
Computing Art, Interviews, Key Artists
CLEARY & CONNOLLY, the art of looking
The work of artistic couple Anne Cleary and Dennis Connolly revolves around the intriguing art of looking. According to them, how we look at…
VISIBLE CLOAKS, transcending culture through sound
In a shaker, place 1 ½ parts of computerised exotica, ½ part of linguistics, 1 part of ethnography and transculturalism and ¼ part of…
Design, Interviews, Scout & Trends
AIWU, exploring a future society driven by technology
Ruiheng Sun, as known as AIWU, holds two BE degrees; one in Facility Agricultural Science and Engineering, and the other in Industry Design (Hohai University,…
HYPHEN-LABS, human-centred design, progressive politics and technology
Last year the National Center for Women and Information Technology presented a report on the gender divide within technology. It revealed that the number of…
Computing Art, Contributors, Interviews
KATY CONNOR, the body, vertigo and the scientific sublime
“I’m always trying to challenge the fixed point of view, its security and the political, military and techno-scientific systems that uphold the privilege of…
Computing Art, Interviews, Scout & Trends
COMMON TASK, a cybernetic Russian eutopia
This November marks the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, the overthrow of the Provisional Government in Russia and the installation of the first…
Computing Art, Interviews, Series, Sónar
ALEIX FERNANDEZ, visual illusions for the digital era
Barcelona has always been a place for design and experimentation. Digital design and visual arts have flourished in the last 20 years, but more…
Interviews, Sónar, The CLOTcasts
KENRIC MCDOWELL, bringing together humans and machines
Machine learning – a method of data analysis that automates analytical model building, or the science of getting computers to act without being explicitly…