MARGHERITA PEVERE, the leaky character of the performative biomatter
Art practices that employ biological cells, tissues and organisms, habitually called “bioart”, are artistically most significant not because of their “usage” of this kinds of…
RROSE, a sinuous sound veil between the avant-garde and the darkness
Death as a creative driving force; with such a bold statement experimental artist and musician Rrose closes this interview and sets forth a most conspicuous…
Architectures, Design, Interviews
MAXIM ZHESTKOV, dissecting the source code of nature in intricate CG simulations
The creative horizon of media artist-slash-motion designer Maxim Zhestkov spans several disciplines from all across the artistic spectrum, combining art, music, architecture, design and computer…
Architectures, Interviews, Key Artists
PHILIP BEESLEY, the divine technology
From the Buddhist concept of completeness in Nirvana to James Hilton’s Shangri La, a utopian place of perfection, to the biblical depiction of heaven, to…
AI & A.Life, Interviews, STATE Studio
Kim Albrecht for ‘Dynamic Nodes’, January 23 at STATE Studio Berlin
The Distinction Machine in its most basic form is an experimentation on the language of machines. Not necessarily the language of code, which we use…
Body Sculptures, Interviews, STATE Studio
Rosana Antolí for ‘Dynamic Nodes’, January 23 at STATE Studio Berlin
Rosana Antolí’s work defies categorisation by media, moving between traditional and new media in order to understand and re-present the natural, rhythmic kineticism of the…
ARIANE KOEK, disentangling our realities with Art and Physics
The world’s largest and most prominent particle physics research centre sits just outside Geneva and made the headlines in 2012 with the discovery of the…
CHRISTINA J. CHUA, creative director at so-far Singapore’s art and technology platform
Gallerist and art writer, Christina J. Chua began her career in the visual arts while still in high school in Singapore, publishing her first art…
MAX COOPER, the aesthetic meaning of physical laws
Studying sciences at school, it seemed like nature was something that could be mastered through knowledge. We could calculate the weight of a star, reverse…
HAROON MIRZA, playing with waveforms, light, and our conscious relationship to existence
Artist Haroon Mirza’s interest includes physics, shamanism, artificial intelligence and astrology. There are many things in between such as music and sound theory, art and…
AI & A.Life, Interviews, Sound
SOLAR X, from electro incursions to AI research
For anyone that follows the daily press, it’s easy to fall for the piling news that Russia is consolidating as a global antagonist of democracy….
Interviews, Scout & Trends, Sound
KEPLA, meditations on the malleability of material experience
My introduction to Kepla’s work came through DeForrest Brown Jr. An artist I’ve recently written about for CLOT Magazine and an article that might make…
AI & A.Life, Interviews, Scout & Trends
ANKITA ANAND, exploring technology and spirituality
Ankita Anand is an Indian artist with a professional background in experimental moving image. The currently London based creative used to combine documentary film and…
NIKITA ZABELIN, art and music through the shape of electricity
Nikita Zabelin, a Russian techno luminaire, is the founder of the label and artist collective Resonance Moscow that connects artists, audiences, promoters, labels and clubs….
Computing Art, Interviews, Sound, Unsound
SAM ROLFES, L’Enfant terrible of digital arts
American artist Sam Rolfes plays musical chairs, switching between the roles of an experimental electronic musician, 3-D animator, VR performer, graphic designer, director and also…
GILLES RETSIN, reinterpreting the digital through architecture
What we talk about when we talk about architecture is what Gilles Retsin is actually doing. In the era of coding, robots, VR, AR and…
QUIET ENSEMBLE, a sympathetic relationship between the natural and unnatural
Quiet Ensemble is an Italian art collective comprised of Fabio di Salvo and Bernardo Vercelli. Founded in 2009, they aimed to explore the relationship between…
Biomedia, Digital Culture, Interviews
Insight: Into Ami Clarke’s exhibition ‘The Underlying’
The work in The Underlying utilises live sentiment analysis of online news production and social media, relating to BPA’s (Bisphenol A*) to consider how surveillance,…
Architectures, Design, Interviews, Key Artists
GREG LYNN, applying technology in architecture and design
The nature of technology is explored in Greg Lynn’s practice, in a way in which technology changes the way we perceive architecture and how we…
Interviews, Key Artists, Sound
SUZANNE CIANI, a conversation on technology and timbre
If one would be forced to consider base level categorisations of musical instruments, it would perhaps feel instinctive to look to the contrasting nature of…