Insight: ‘Duel’ Kinetic installation by VOLNA Collective
VOLNA is an art collective from St Petersburg whose visual art installations revolve around the interplay of light and darkness. The group first came together…
A First-Hand Retrospective of the World’s First International Conference on Robotic Art, by Jenny Yang and Donatello T. Fletcher
Derived from the Czech word for “hard work” or “slavery”[1], the robot is a powerful concept that allows us to explore themes such as aliveness,…
Design, Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics
CHRISTOPHER BAUDER, unfolding the allure of light and motion
Christopher Bauder is a media artist and interaction designer living and working in Berlin. His work in large scale spatial art installations began following his…
News, Robotics & Kinetics, Scout & Trends
Exhibition: ‘QUANTUM’ at CCCB in Barcelona
Since its first discovery in the early 20th century, quantum mechanics has become a fundamental theory onto which all modern science builds, imperative not only…
Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics, Scout & Trends
JONGHONG PARK, creation by observation
A broad range of humans who have access to any type of 21st-century machinery have gotten used to doing a broad range of things…
Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics
Insight: MORITZ SIMON GEIST & techno robots
Moritz Simon Geist is a media artist and robotic musician. As a robotic musician, he uses everything from the clicking of failing hard drives,…
Biomedia, Design, News, Robotics & Kinetics
Insight: ‘Elowan’ and plant augmentation, Harpreet Sareen
Lots have been said and written about human enhancement, robotic prosthetics, cyborgs and even human-animal communication augmentation. But what about plants? What if machines…
Biomedia, News, Robotics & Kinetics
Exhibition: The new State of the Living, PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art
Between 28th November 2018 and February 17th, 2019, the PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art welcomes a large scale international project: THE NEW STATE OF THE…
Digital Culture, News, Robotics & Kinetics, Sound
Perfomance: Martin Messier and Yro at MUTEK Japan
ASHES is a new visual and sound performance originating from the first collaboration between Montreal artistMartin Messier and French artist Yro (Élie Blanchard). There…
Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics
YUNCHUL KIM, making technology the ultimate form of art
His name is Yunchul Kim and he is probably not an earthly being. He lives in Berlin and Seoul and creates art somewhere in…
Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics, Sónar
NICOLE L’HUILLIER, playing music in zero gravity conditions
One week after receiving a degree in architecture with maximum distinction from the University of Chile, in search of novel creative inspiration, Nicole L’Huillier…
Computing Art, News, Robotics & Kinetics
Post-event: Arte Robotica V1.0 DesignMorphine
DesignMorphine is a creative hub, promoting and supporting digital design through workshops, lectures, projects and explorations in the fields of architecture, design and arts….
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…
Workshop: Arte Robotica V1.0 DesignMorphine
DesignMorphine is a creative hub for design through workshops, lectures, projects, and explorations in the field of architecture, design, and arts. Their goal is to provide…
Biomedia, CTM, Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics, Series
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…
Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics
ROBERT HENGEVELD, visions of the future of nature
Robert Hengeveld is a multi-media artist living and working in Toronto (Canada). Hengeveld is that kind of visual artist that not only tells…
Biomedia, Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics
GILBERTO ESPARZA, robots to stimulate a critical discussion about environment
Gilberto Esparza is a mexican visual artist whose works explore the interaction and impact of human technology with our environment through electronics, robotics and…
Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics, Sound
COD.ACT, when sound and movement become mechanical poetry
In an age when the virtual world is becoming so prominent in our lives, especially in western cultures, where for example, less and less…