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…
Architectures, Interviews, Key Artists
LEO VILLAREAL, deploying technology to engender entrancing light experiences
Add a sculpture to a town square and you still have a town square. Put the same sculpture in an empty room and you have…
Architectures, Interviews, Key Artists
JENNY E. SABIN, crossing boundaries in architecture research collaboration
When we think to Jenny E. Sabin, we think about the background and ambitions that have cross boundaries in research collaboration. Her extraordinary motivation drove…
Interviews, Key Artists, Sound
SUSO SÁIZ, a giant in ambience, timbre and texture
Not many outside of Spain knew about Suso Sáiz’s music before 2016, only hardcore ambient fans and niche record collectors. Even in the country he…
Interviews, Key Artists, Sound
JUAN ATKINS, reinventing the future with techno
In The Last Angel of History (1996), a film-essay by John Akomfrah that deals with concepts of Afrofuturism tracing de deployments of science fiction within…
Computing Art, Interviews, Key Artists, Sound
JULIEN BAYLE, exploring audiovisual creativity in live performance and installations
Julien Bayle works through art and code. In the age of posthumanism, he deals with matters of interaction between human and technology, using this one…
Computing Art, Interviews, Key Artists
MICHA CÁRDENAS, algorithms and poetics of trans people of colour
micha cárdenas is an artist, theorist, poet and assistant professor at UC Santa Cruz working with the algorithms and poetics of trans people…
Interviews, Key Artists, Sound
RICHARD DEVINE, pushing sound to its furthest limits
Sound design is the [maybe no to so obvious but] intricate art to create soundtracks for a variety of disciplines from filmmaking to television production,…
Biomedia, Body Sculptures, Interviews, Key Artists
ORLAN, beyond any conception of the body
There aren’t any artists that have explored matters concerning beauty and aesthetics of the body so profoundly as ORLAN has. The French performance artist does…
JEAN-MICHEL JARRE, the excitement of exploring new concepts
Jean-Michel Jarre. Where to begin? A goodwill ambassador for Unesco, president of the CICAC (the global body for authors’ societies), recipient of the Stephen…
Digital Culture, Key Artists, News
Editor’s Pick: ‘Equinoxe Infinity’, Jean-Michel Jarre
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre is releasing his brand new studio album Equinoxe Infinity, the sequel of his 1978 album Equinoxe. Jean-Michel Jarre has always…
Interviews, Key Artists, Sound
LAWRENCE ENGLISH, the philosopher of sound
Where does one start with when attempting to write about Lawrence English? With a career spanning almost over 20 years and using a broad…
Digital Culture, Key Artists, News, Sound
Performance review: Ryoji Ikeda at the Barbican
Ryoji Ikeda was back at the Barbican for a dual show. Both parts contrasting but complimentary of the work of the groundbreaking Japanese audiovisual composer. Ikeda…
Biomedia, Computing Art, Fort Process, Interviews, Key Artists, Series, Sound
URSULA DAMM, a cybernetic look on our public spaces
Ursula Damm is a media artist working at the intersection of art, science and technology on a delicately balanced ground. Besides, she is a…
Performance: ‘Two’, Alva Noto and Ryuichi Sakamoto at the Barbican
Pioneering Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto and experimental electronic musician Alva Noto were together again to offer their new show called “Two” at the Barbican….
Digital Couture, Key Artists, News
Exhibition: Joan Jonas at TATE Modern
Joan Jonas, a veteran of the late 1960s downtown New York scene, is one of the most significant artists in the history of video…
AI & A.Life, Computing Art, Interviews, Key Artists
COLDCUT, a journey through cut n’ paste and audiovisual innovation
There’s a particular type of artist (or musician) who, no matter how many years active, still possess an immense drive for discovery and experimentation….
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…
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…