skadw- / Space woven by shadows
skadw- is an immersive audiovisual installation exploring how shadows influence our perception of space.
The Light Named You – Resetting Earth’s gravity
The Light Named You is an installation that utilises an ultrasonic levitation system within the ring space and assigns a tiny physical particle as the photon's proxy to resonate with your gravity.
Terrae Motus – Seismic data as an audiovisual ecosystem
Terrae Motus transforms comprehensive earthquake data recorded in Türkiye from 1900 to the present into an interactive and multi-sensory experience through a real-time, data-driven custom software system.
(moth) in relay – Cinematic net-art about internet infrastructure
(moth) in relay conjures a world where the moth is trapped in the computer and searches for a way out of the machine by autonomously flying across global internet infrastructure.
Open Call: The 7th VH AWARD for Media Artists
The 7th VH AWARD welcomes applications from media artists whose work engages with the context of Asia. Share your artistic experiments and push the boundaries of audiovisual artworks on Asia’s diverse cultures, histories and sensibilities.
Sisyphus – Condemned by the gods to endless repetition
Sisyphus are two autonomous robots hover over the granite grit, leaving behind sharp, fleeting traces of water.
Space Odradek – Dive into the spooky invisible
Space Odradek explores zombie satellites — defunct but still transmitting — and abandoned space objects, questioning whether things that have lost their purpose are truly dead or can emerge as entirely new forms of existence.
730 Hours of Violence – Materialising systemic oppression
730 hours of Violence represents and physicalises different forms of violence that exist and evolve in our modern society, taking the shape of new paradigms and ideas that aren't yet as visible, but ever-present and affecting our everyday.
DRIFT – A song in a shifting cinematic universe
DRIFT is a browser-based generative audiovisual work created by WAAVE Orchestra, the musical and visual project of Brazilian director and artist Manuel Nogueira.
Why Creativity Cannot Be Interpolated
AI systems can produce individually novel outputs, but novelty alone is not creativity. They argue that genuine creativity requires respect for constraints and that current AI systems lack this capacity.
Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI
Amnesty International brief examining how standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, are in conflict with international human rights law (IHRL) and standards through their design, development and deployment.
V6 Development Log (05/2026)
Activity iOS V2 is out! Members can join CAN, manage, and renew accounts in-app. Non-members can browse the feed without an account. Plus, seamless logins, instant loading, data export, plus many bug fixes and UX improvements.
Creative Tech New York 2026 – Where Creative Technology, DesignOps, and CreativeOps Converge
Creative Tech New York 2026 is shaping up to be one of the most exciting gatherings for professionals working at the intersection of creativity, technology, operations, and innovation. CAN member discount included.
Dreamrs Studio — Open alpha and a founding cohort for natural-language AV authoring and live performance
Dreamrs is in open alpha. We are seating a cohort of artists and engineers from the CAN community — practitioners who would use the studio to build real work and shape what the platform becomes next.
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Notations Lab & Festival 2026 Open Call
International call for artists is open for Notations Lab & Festival 2026, a twelve-day interdisciplinary laboratory, taking place in Yerevan, Armenia under the theme of Rituals. Notations is created & curated by hosq. Practitioners from around the world with at least five years of experience, working across sound, music, visual...
Terra Ephemera at Silosi Beograd
Terra Ephemera, an immersive experience featuring multimedia works by artists Aizek, Ivan Solod and Sasha Snova, brings projection, light and digital scenography into dialogue with monumental terracotta sculpture. Curated by Lightscape Ventures, it will be presented at Silosi Beograd on 12 June 2026. For one night only Terra Ephemera becomes...
Creative Tech New York 2026
Creative technologists, innovators, and curious minds meet in New York for Creative Tech New York 2026, a day dedicated to the ideas, tools, and talent shaping the next era of creative innovation. This is where creativity meets code, where experimentation drives transformation, and where the boundaries between art, technology, and...
Sónar+D 2026
Sónar+D explors the shared spaces between the creative industries, innovation and technology. A three-day programme fully integrated into Sónar by Day, is where you’ll find talks and panel discussions, performances, and interactives.
Disruptive Cultures: Affect and Effects of Social Media
"Disruptive Cultures: Affect and Effects of Social Media" explores how social media can provoke strong emotional reactions in users and has significant cultural and social implications. Featuring Lauren Lee McCarthy & Kyle McDonald, Jennifer Gradecki & Derek Curry, Casey Kauffmann, Maya Man, Sarah Rothberg, and Ben Grosser. Curated by David...
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algorithmAlgorithm is a finite sequence of rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation – Wikipedia.
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artificial-intelligenceArtificial Intelligence describes a field that develops and studies methods and software which enable machines to perceive their environment and uses learning and intelligence to take actions that maximize their chances of achieving defined goals – Wikipedia.
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automationAutomation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines – Wikipedia.
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cameraA camera is an instrument used to capture and store images and videos, either digitally via an electronic image sensor, or chemically via a light-sensitive material such as photographic film – Wikipedia.
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data-visualisationData visualisation is an interdisciplinary field that deals with the graphic (or physical) representation of data.
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environmentEnvironment, or built world, refers to the human-made environment that provides the setting for activity, ranging in scale from installations to buildings.
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filmA film is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
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generativeThe term 'Generative' describes a process, in whole or in part, that is created using an autonomous system. An autonomous system in this context is generally non-human and can independently determine features that would otherwise require decisions made by the author/creator.
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installationInstallation describes large-scale, mixed-media constructions, often designed for a specific place or for a temporary period of time.
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interactiveThe term 'Interactive' describes a process/exchange between users and computers and other machines through an interface (physical or spatial).
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interfaceAn interface is a shared boundary across which two or more separate components of a system of exchange information. The exchange can be between software, computer hardware, peripheral devices, humans, animal-world, nature and combinations of these.
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kinectKinect is a discontinued line of motion sensing input devices produced by Microsoft and first released in 2010. The devices generally contain RGB cameras, and infrared projectors and detectors that map depth through either structured light or time of flight calculations, which can in turn be used to perform real-time gesture recognition and body skeletal detection, among other capabilities.
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machine-learningMachine learning (ML) is a field of study in artificial intelligence concerned with the development and study of statistical algorithms that can learn from data and generalize to unseen data, and thus perform tasks without explicit instructions.
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networkA network may describe any form of an interconnected group or system, whether in computation or nature.
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nftA non-fungible token (NFT) is a non-interchangeable unit of data stored on a blockchain, a form of digital ledger, that can be sold and traded. Types of NFT data units may be associated with digital files such as photos, videos, and applications.
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objectAn object is a thing that has physical existence but is not alive.
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opencvOpenCV is a library of programming functions for real-time computer vision.
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particlesIn the physical sciences, a particle is a small localized object which can be described by several physical or chemical properties, such as volume, density, or mass. In computation, it is mostly used as a point that may have a position and vector.
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patternA pattern is a regularity in the world, in human-made design, or in abstract ideas. As such, the elements of a pattern repeat in a predictable manner.
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processA process is a series or set of activities that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or be recurrent or periodic. On CAN we use it to describe workflows or how a project came to be.
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projectionA projection is a design technique used to display a three-dimensional object on a two-dimensional surface. Similarly it describes a way of displaying two-dimensional information in a physical space by using light.
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roboticsRobotics is an interdisciplinary branch of engineering and science that includes mechanical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, computer science, and others.
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sculptureSculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth.
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simulationA simulation is an imitative representation of a process or system that could exist in the real or speculative world.
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socialOn CAN we refer to things as "social" when they facilitate the creation, sharing and aggregation of content, ideas, interests, and other forms of expression through different forms of communities and networks.
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theoryA theory is a rational type of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the results of such thinking.
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typographyTypography is the technique of arranging type to make written language legible, readable and appealing when displayed.
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Director, Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) at Yale College
CCAM in New Haven are looking for a Director to provide strategic and operational leadership, articulating a compelling vision for the center at Yale College and beyond.
Creative Researcher in XR 60% (Junior Researcher) at Zurich University of the Arts
Zurich University of the Arts are looking for a Creative Researcher to represent the field of Extended Reality (XR) within the Immersive Arts Space’s interdisciplinary core team.
Lecturer – Computing Applications at Texas Tech University
The School of Professional Studies at Texas Tech University Online invites applications for a full-time, 12-month Lecturer position in Computing Applications to begin Spring 2026.
Freelance Producer/Director – Museum Media at RLMG
RLMG is seeking a visionary Producer/Director to lead the creative development of cinematic, story-driven media experiences for museums and cultural institutions.
Recursive Apologies – Janet Zweig
In the early 1990s, artist Janet Zweig created prescient sculptures marrying early computers, algorithms, and dot-matrix printers.
Digital Tools – Slanted Magazine 47
Slanted Magazine 47 examines the instruments that shape contemporary creative practice. The Issue dives into the global creative scene and shows how digital tools are used to create, question, and rethink design itself.
Border Tuner – Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Border Tuner documents Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s participatory art installation composed of powerful search-lights forming bridges of light that opened live channels for direct communication across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Digital Occultism
Tracing fictions from early internet cultures to contemporary platforms, this book examines how they produce material realities, how politics operate as psychological warfare, and how algorithmic feedback engineers desire.
Kick Drum Circuit Design Guide
This illustrated guide walks you through designing an analog kick drum circuit from scratch – starting with a simple five-component bridged-t oscillator and building up to a fully featured percussion voice.
Poetry in Motion – St Marie φ Walker’s Reflective Sculptures
“Reflective Sculptures: A Critique of Binary Beliefs” is a pair of kinetic sculptures by the Ontario-based artists St Marie φ Walker. Produced as part of their MFA show, the motorized devices sit halfway between poems and machines.
F3 [Form From Function] – Playful and powerful 3D design using signed distance functions
Created by Reza Ali, F3, [Form From Function], is a playful and powerful 3D design app that enables you to live code 3D form, rapidly iterate on its design, and export for 3D printing, rendering and animation. F3 uses signed distance functions (SD...
WiFi Impressionist – City as an electromagnetic landscape
Created by Richard Vijgen, 'WiFi Impressionist' is a field installation inspired by the cityscapes of William Turner that imagines the city as an electromagnetic landscape.
MIMPI – Mobile interactive multiparametric image
Created by Moscow based duo Stain, MIMPI (mobile interactive multiparametric image) is an experiment combining abstract generative image and simple multiuser interactivity.
Omnipresenz: Explore the world as a human avatar
Omnipresenz is an online system in which you can guide the actions of a real human avatar located anywhere in the world.
CAN 2018 – Highlights and Favourites
As 2018 comes to a close, we take a moment to look back at the outstanding work done this year. From spectacular machines, intricate tools and mesmerising performances and installations to the new mediums for artistic enquiry – so many great new p...
Icons – Our cultural “imaginarium” of digital gestures
Created by panGenerator, "Icons" is an exhibition exploring our shared cultural "imaginarium" of digital gestures, symbols, and artefacts, dragging them out onto a physical space, enabling audiences a direct, tactile confrontation and – also liter...
Kykeon – a virtual reality trilogy that aims to expand audience perceptions through shamanism, dance and data
Kykeon is an immersive experience that intersects contemporary dance, art and VR technology to offer glimpses of a hidden world––through the eyes of a shaman.
Aura – Transforming sound into a beam of light
Aura is a live installation that translates the sounds of the cathedral’s rituals into pulsating light. It listens to the sounds, voices and music generated in each ritual and transforms their frequency spectrum into a spectral aura of light proje...
Block’hood – Vertical city simulator with focus on ecology, decay and coexistence
Created by a small team of architects turned game designers, Block’hood is a vertical city simulator with emphasis on ecology and decay. As a player, you take control of a neighborhood and develop your community within limited space. The challenge...
11 Executions – Armed violence and modern terrorism meet video games AI
Created by Hugo Arcier, 11 Executions is a recreation of scenes of terror and violence within Grand Theft Auto V. Inspired by Alan Clarke's short film Elephant (1989), Hugo stages, using similar techniques, the scenes of modern terrorism.
