SIMON PARK, the art of revealing microbial life
Dr Simon Park, a bacteriologist by training, creates artistic works using the natural creativity of these powerful microorganisms. Park, a senior lecturer in Molecular Biology…
Biomedia, Interviews, Scout & Trends
ROB St JOHN, experimenting with stillness and emergence
Human impact has caused mass extinctions of animal and plant species and altered the environment in such a way that, according to a paper published…
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…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
OSCAR TOMICO, how our clothes will change our lives
Barcelona-born but based in the Netherlands, designer Òscar Tomico is one of these young academics with a beyond impressive curriculum. Dr Tomico is an Assistant…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
PAULINE VAN DONGEN, exploring interaction through responsive materials
For Dutch fashion designer Pauline Van Dongen, technology is ‘a means to create dynamic expression within fashion. [Technology] offers ways to enhance our senses…
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,…
NURIT BAR-SHAI, changing what we know about bacteria
‘I was fascinated by the scientific methods of control setting, protocols and measurable situations versus spontaneous outcomes.’ says Nurit Bar-Shai, an interdisciplinary artist and…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
KATIA VEGA, proposing novel ways of interacting with the world
When we think about cosmetics, the first words that come to our mind are lipstick, rouge, foundation, eyeshadow or mascara, to name just a few….
Interviews, Series, Sound, Unsound
TOM ELLARD, making music from heterotopic spaces
Tom Ellard is a multi-faceted Australian musician, media artist and researcher. In his own words, he’s ‘made jingles, soundtracks, muzak, hit singles, noise installations,…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
ANDREW PELLING, growing ears on apples
From unusual and extraordinary perspectives is how projects get started in the laboratory of Andrew Pelling, a place where the highest values are curiosity…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
MARINA CASTÁN, translating signs and symbols into a new e-language
Designer and researcher Marina Castán has been always interested in ‘how design can bring [smart] technology to society in a meaningful way’. From Barcelona…
ASVOFF, Digital Culture, Interviews, Series
RICARDO O’NASCIMENTO, sensorial experiences through digital interaction
To bring about sensorial experiences through digital interaction: that’s one of the main creative aims of Ricardo O’Nascimento. An artist and researcher in the…
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…
RYOICHI KUROKAWA, digitally colliding with all the senses
Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second one. Synesthetes can…
ASVOFF, Body Sculptures, Interviews, Series
VIKTORIA MODESTA, body architectures and new paradigms
If we would have had to choose only one word to define Viktoria Modesta, a Latvian-born English singer-songwriter, and bionic artist, it would be…
YOLANDE HARRIS, techno-intuition and sonic consciousness
Yolande Harris, is a composer, visual artist and academic, who aims to reinterpret from a post-humanist perspective the techno-ecological spaces we are meant to…
Interviews, Series, Sónar, Sound
MARTIN MESSIER, electroacoustic music by objects and bodies
As electronic technology impact on music becomes more prominent, we wonder if we are aware where sounds derive from; especially those from the natural…
JANA WINDEREN, haunting a palette of deep sea sounds
Seas and oceans, and the strange creatures that they sustain life in have fascinated human beings for thousand of years. And some people have…
Biomedia, Interviews, Key Artists
ORON CATTS, confronting and re-evaluating what life is
Reflections into materiality of life, the core of existence itself, has been the creative motor of Oron Catts* (along with his partner and main…
Biomedia, CTM/transmediale, Interviews
NATHAN THOMPSON, exploring the relationship between man and robots
One of the most exciting moments as a cell biologist probably is when, for the first time, you see through the microscope lenses, cardiac…