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BAlexander Scholz is a Berlin-based writer, artistic director, cultural worker, and publicist. As the founder and creative director of HOLO, an editorial and curatorial platform interested in emergent creative practice, he helps produce and disseminate knowledge on disciplinary interstices, artistic research, and cultural transformations in the digital age. Over the past few years, he curated exhibitions, conferences, and educational programmes for organizations and festivals including A.C.C. (Gwangju, KR), Mapping (Geneva, CH), MUTEK (Montréal, CA), and NODE Forum for Digital Arts (Frankfurt, DE).
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Beyond Smoke and Mirrors – Reflections on the ECAL Research Day 2019
In November 2019, CAN joined the biannual ECAL Research Day to find out how methodologies borrowed from science and engineering can strengthen creative practice—and drive the conversation.
  • D14/02/2020
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  • T23 min read
  • Untangling technology and research at the ECAL Research Day on November 8th
    CAN will join (and report from) the ECAL Research Day, an eclectic symposium where artists, designers, and scholars will discuss the entanglement of technology and research.
    Exercises in visual audio and deviant electronics: CAN to host 12 workshops at Mapping Festival 2019
    Learn how to prototype post-screen interfaces, examine network infrastructures, hack museums, and transplant scents with leading artists, designers, and researchers at this year’s Mapping Festival.
  • D30/04/2019
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P,
  • Deep Learning: CAN to co-host Mapping LAB at Mapping Festival 2018
    At the upcoming (14th!) edition of Geneva’s Mapping Festival (May 9 – 12), CAN is proud to co-host Mapping LAB – a one-day educational program of 13 workshops run by leading artists, designers, and researchers in our field. Join us!
  • D21/04/2018
  • A@alexander
  • C,
  • P
  • Plug, play and learn at the TouchDesigner Summit 2018 in Berlin
    This weekend, February 3rd to 4th, we will join 230 TouchDesigner users at Derivative’s second ever TouchDesigner Summit in Berlin for an 48-hour marathon of workshops, masterclasses, and presentations.
    HOLO 2 – Aftermath
    About a year ago HOLO 2 came rolling off the press and we’ve spent the last twelve months shipping it and presenting it all over the world. We compiled a pretty massive report that collates all the crucial facts, figures, and feedback we’ve receiv...
  • D22/11/2017
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • Ad Inifitum – A machine parasite that harvests human energy
    Hatched at the Human Computer Interaction Lab at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, Germany, "Ad Infinitum" is a “parasitical” machine that, quite literally, lives off of human-generated energy.
    HOLO 2 – The Future is (Out) Now
    From the paradoxical nature of our impending quantum (computing) future to the enduring mystery of the Big Bang – the ideas explored in HOLO 2 could not be any bigger. We think it shows.
  • D23/11/2016
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • Call for Entries: ZKM’s App Art Award 2016
    Attention iOS and Android developers: win 10,000 EUR in five different categories by entering ZKM | Center for Art and Media’s 6th annual AppArtAward. Submission deadline: May 23d!
  • D10/05/2016
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • HOLO 2 – The Grand Tour
    226 pages, 42 contributors, 22 features, HOLO 2 is ready to go to press: the magazine about emerging trajectories in art, science, and technology is back with another issue. Take a tour and order your copy at today.
  • D11/12/2015
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • OFFF MX 2015 – Form and Future
    CAN and Swiss artist and designer Jürg Lehni will join an eclectic cast of international creators at this year’s OFFF MX (24 - 26 September) to “feed the future”.
  • D17/09/2015
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • T
  • NO_THING – An infrared light framework that turns (almost) anything into a device
    Developed by the Innovation Lab of Milla & Partner GmbH, a German interaction and spatial design agency based in Stuttgart and Berlin, NO_THING is a tracking and mapping framework that uses infrared light to turn portable physical objects into int...
    Short Cuts – CentrePasquArt Maps 50 Years of Invention and Influence in Art and Design
    CentrePasquArt’s super-group show Short Cuts invites viewers to trace ideas, influences, and positions across five decades of work by merely taking a few steps.
  • D01/06/2015
  • A@alexander
  • C,
  • Catching the Light: Semiconductor remap the sky (as telescopes see it)
    The latest work of Brighton-based artist researcher duo Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt) pulls back the shiny veneer of cosmology by collaging thousands of raw telescope images into a sculptural projection.
    HOLO 2 – Back to the (not-so-distant) future
    Learn more about the making of HOLO 2. Featuring over 30 contributors from a dozen countries and a hefty 200 pages of premium print, HOLO returns and endeavours to be smarter, more substantive, and more special than our first issue.
  • D11/02/2015
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • Bright Matter: Afterglow – Joanie Lemercier on light, craft, and the sublime
    From November to January 2014, Muriel Guépin Gallery in NY was the home to 'Bright Matter', an exhibition of enigmatic works by five international artists widely recognized for their spatial-aesthetic research, creative engineering, and stunning p...
    Bright Matter – A group show exploring light, space, and perception
    Illusive rear-projections, flickering moirés, fluorescent puzzle boxes: opening this Friday, November 21st, at Muriel Guépin Gallery in New York City is ‘Bright Matter’, a dazzling group show that’ll bend, warp and (if only briefly) break the way ...
    Smile TV – It works only when you smile
    Recent Royal College of Art (RCA) design graduate David Hedberg’s Smile TV turns the medium’s engagement pattern on its head: instead of making you smile at on-screen silliness, you have to “smile to watch”.
    HOLO 1 – “The magazine I always wanted to read!”
    With HOLO 1 being in the world for a little more than two months, the conversations about the first issue of CAN’s 226-page magazine are beginning to shift. Instead of “Congratulations!” people now ask “How’s the magazine doing?”
  • D05/06/2014
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • 36 ventilators whirl 4.7m3 of packing chips – Zimoun unleashes a plastic storm
    Opening this Saturday (April 26) and presented by the Art Museum of Lugano in Switzerland, 36 ventilators, 4.7m³ packing chips is the new installation by Zimoun, swiss born and Bern based artists known for his architecturally-minded platforms of s...
  • D23/04/2014
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • HOLO 1: A first look
    226 pages, 34 contributors from 8 different countries, 12 months of blood, sweat and tears – the first issue of HOLO magazine, CAN's exciting print spin-off that is "more a book than a magazine," is near.
  • D18/12/2013
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • HOLO – Almost there!
    In the wake of our latest Kickstarter campaign update – and the new 'magazine' space here on CAN – it is time for us to report back home.
  • D01/05/2013
  • A@alexander
  • C
  • P
  • KIHOU – A bowl of liquid light
    Design studio tangent: fixes LEDs and a pump to bowl of sticky liquids, creating a brew of blinking ooze.
    Beyond Smoke and Mirrors – Reflections on the ECAL Research Day 2019
    In November 2019, CAN joined the biannual ECAL Research Day to find out how methodologies borrowed from science and engineering can strengthen creative practice—and drive the conversation.
  • D14/02/2020
  • A@
  • C, ,
  • P,
  • T23 min read
  • Untangling technology and research at the ECAL Research Day on November 8th
    CAN will join (and report from) the ECAL Research Day, an eclectic symposium where artists, designers, and scholars will discuss the entanglement of technology and research.
    Exercises in visual audio and deviant electronics: CAN to host 12 workshops at Mapping Festival 2019
    Learn how to prototype post-screen interfaces, examine network infrastructures, hack museums, and transplant scents with leading artists, designers, and researchers at this year’s Mapping Festival.
  • D30/04/2019
  • A@
  • C
  • P,
  • D24/04/2018
  • A@
  • C
  • P,
  • Deep Learning: CAN to co-host Mapping LAB at Mapping Festival 2018
    At the upcoming (14th!) edition of Geneva’s Mapping Festival (May 9 – 12), CAN is proud to co-host Mapping LAB – a one-day educational program of 13 workshops run by leading artists, designers, and researchers in our field. Join us!
  • D21/04/2018
  • A@
  • C,
  • P
  • Plug, play and learn at the TouchDesigner Summit 2018 in Berlin
    This weekend, February 3rd to 4th, we will join 230 TouchDesigner users at Derivative’s second ever TouchDesigner Summit in Berlin for an 48-hour marathon of workshops, masterclasses, and presentations.
  • D02/02/2018
  • A@
  • C,
  • T
  • HOLO 2 – Aftermath
    About a year ago HOLO 2 came rolling off the press and we’ve spent the last twelve months shipping it and presenting it all over the world. We compiled a pretty massive report that collates all the crucial facts, figures, and feedback we’ve received. Thanks to our readers, partners, and contributors alike for your support—HOLO is a tribute to th...
  • D22/11/2017
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • Ad Inifitum – A machine parasite that harvests human energy
    Hatched at the Human Computer Interaction Lab at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, Germany, "Ad Infinitum" is a “parasitical” machine that, quite literally, lives off of human-generated energy.
    HOLO 2 – The Future is (Out) Now
    From the paradoxical nature of our impending quantum (computing) future to the enduring mystery of the Big Bang – the ideas explored in HOLO 2 could not be any bigger. We think it shows.
  • D23/11/2016
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • Call for Entries: ZKM’s App Art Award 2016
    Attention iOS and Android developers: win 10,000 EUR in five different categories by entering ZKM | Center for Art and Media’s 6th annual AppArtAward. Submission deadline: May 23d!
  • D10/05/2016
  • A@
  • C
  • HOLO 2 – The Grand Tour
    226 pages, 42 contributors, 22 features, HOLO 2 is ready to go to press: the magazine about emerging trajectories in art, science, and technology is back with another issue. Take a tour and order your copy at today.
  • D11/12/2015
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • OFFF MX 2015 – Form and Future
    CAN and Swiss artist and designer Jürg Lehni will join an eclectic cast of international creators at this year’s OFFF MX (24 - 26 September) to “feed the future”.
  • D17/09/2015
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • T
  • NO_THING – An infrared light framework that turns (almost) anything into a device
    Developed by the Innovation Lab of Milla & Partner GmbH, a German interaction and spatial design agency based in Stuttgart and Berlin, NO_THING is a tracking and mapping framework that uses infrared light to turn portable physical objects into interactive displays.
  • D18/06/2015
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • Short Cuts – CentrePasquArt Maps 50 Years of Invention and Influence in Art and Design
    CentrePasquArt’s super-group show Short Cuts invites viewers to trace ideas, influences, and positions across five decades of work by merely taking a few steps.
  • D01/06/2015
  • A@
  • C,
  • Catching the Light: Semiconductor remap the sky (as telescopes see it)
    The latest work of Brighton-based artist researcher duo Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt) pulls back the shiny veneer of cosmology by collaging thousands of raw telescope images into a sculptural projection.
    HOLO 2 – Back to the (not-so-distant) future
    Learn more about the making of HOLO 2. Featuring over 30 contributors from a dozen countries and a hefty 200 pages of premium print, HOLO returns and endeavours to be smarter, more substantive, and more special than our first issue.
  • D11/02/2015
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • Bright Matter: Afterglow – Joanie Lemercier on light, craft, and the sublime
    From November to January 2014, Muriel Guépin Gallery in NY was the home to 'Bright Matter', an exhibition of enigmatic works by five international artists widely recognized for their spatial-aesthetic research, creative engineering, and stunning perceptual hacks. We check in with the event's instigator, curator, and participating artist Joanie L...
  • D19/12/2014
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • Bright Matter – A group show exploring light, space, and perception
    Illusive rear-projections, flickering moirés, fluorescent puzzle boxes: opening this Friday, November 21st, at Muriel Guépin Gallery in New York City is ‘Bright Matter’, a dazzling group show that’ll bend, warp and (if only briefly) break the way we see.
    Smile TV – It works only when you smile
    Recent Royal College of Art (RCA) design graduate David Hedberg’s Smile TV turns the medium’s engagement pattern on its head: instead of making you smile at on-screen silliness, you have to “smile to watch”.
  • D09/07/2014
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • T
  • HOLO 1 – “The magazine I always wanted to read!”
    With HOLO 1 being in the world for a little more than two months, the conversations about the first issue of CAN’s 226-page magazine are beginning to shift. Instead of “Congratulations!” people now ask “How’s the magazine doing?”
  • D05/06/2014
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • 36 ventilators whirl 4.7m3 of packing chips – Zimoun unleashes a plastic storm
    Opening this Saturday (April 26) and presented by the Art Museum of Lugano in Switzerland, 36 ventilators, 4.7m³ packing chips is the new installation by Zimoun, swiss born and Bern based artists known for his architecturally-minded platforms of sound.
  • D23/04/2014
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • HOLO 1: A first look
    226 pages, 34 contributors from 8 different countries, 12 months of blood, sweat and tears – the first issue of HOLO magazine, CAN's exciting print spin-off that is "more a book than a magazine," is near.
  • D18/12/2013
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • HOLO – Almost there!
    In the wake of our latest Kickstarter campaign update – and the new 'magazine' space here on CAN – it is time for us to report back home.
  • D01/05/2013
  • A@
  • C
  • P
  • KIHOU – A bowl of liquid light
    Design studio tangent: fixes LEDs and a pump to bowl of sticky liquids, creating a brew of blinking ooze.

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    Titles Beyond Smoke and Mirrors – Reflection...
    In November 2019, CAN joined the biannual ECAL Research Day to find out how methodologies borrowed from science and engineering can strengthen creative practice—and drive the conversation.
    , Untangling technology and research at...
    CAN will join (and report from) the ECAL Research Day, an eclectic symposium where artists, designers, and scholars will discuss the entanglement of technology and research.
    , Exercises in visual audio and deviant...
    Learn how to prototype post-screen interfaces, examine network infrastructures, hack museums, and transplant scents with leading artists, designers, and researchers at this year’s Mapping Festival.
    , Meandering River – onformative’s newe...
    Next week, Berliners are in for a real (if brief) treat: from July 28 to 30, onformative’s newest audiovisual installation will take over the halls of the Funkhaus Sound Chamber. Here’s what we know: at once dynamic simulation and vibrant, painter...
    , Into the Great Beyond – Inventing Fut...
    The future is calling (again): in just a few short days, Barcelona’s IAM Weekend returns to the nexus of internet culture and cybernetic serendipity with an exciting mix of talks, workshops, and masterclasses. Join us as we attempt “The Subversion...
    , Deep Learning: CAN to co-host Mapping...
    At the upcoming (14th!) edition of Geneva’s Mapping Festival (May 9 – 12), CAN is proud to co-host Mapping LAB – a one-day educational program of 13 workshops run by leading artists, designers, and researchers in our field. Join us!
    , Plug, play and learn at the TouchDesi...
    This weekend, February 3rd to 4th, we will join 230 TouchDesigner users at Derivative’s second ever TouchDesigner Summit in Berlin for an 48-hour marathon of workshops, masterclasses, and presentations.
    , HOLO 2 – Aftermath
    About a year ago HOLO 2 came rolling off the press and we’ve spent the last twelve months shipping it and presenting it all over the world. We compiled a pretty massive report that collates all the crucial facts, figures, and feedback we’ve receiv...
    , Ad Inifitum – A machine parasite that...
    Hatched at the Human Computer Interaction Lab at the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) in Potsdam, Germany, "Ad Infinitum" is a “parasitical” machine that, quite literally, lives off of human-generated energy.
    , HOLO 2 – The Future is (Out) Now
    From the paradoxical nature of our impending quantum (computing) future to the enduring mystery of the Big Bang – the ideas explored in HOLO 2 could not be any bigger. We think it shows.
    , Call for Entries: ZKM’s App Art Award...
    Attention iOS and Android developers: win 10,000 EUR in five different categories by entering ZKM | Center for Art and Media’s 6th annual AppArtAward. Submission deadline: May 23d!
    , Deep Web – Christopher Bauder and Rob...
    A much anticipated collaboration between two Berlin-based greats, Deep Web is a feat of spatial programming that combines the luminous kinetics of Christopher Bauder’s fluidic with the laser orchestra of Robert Henke’s Lumière. Originally commissi...
    , HOLO 2 – The Grand Tour
    226 pages, 42 contributors, 22 features, HOLO 2 is ready to go to press: the magazine about emerging trajectories in art, science, and technology is back with another issue. Take a tour and order your copy at today.
    , OFFF MX 2015 – Form and Future
    CAN and Swiss artist and designer Jürg Lehni will join an eclectic cast of international creators at this year’s OFFF MX (24 - 26 September) to “feed the future”.
    , NO_THING – An infrared light framewor...
    Developed by the Innovation Lab of Milla & Partner GmbH, a German interaction and spatial design agency based in Stuttgart and Berlin, NO_THING is a tracking and mapping framework that uses infrared light to turn portable physical objects into int...
    , HOLO 2 – An Illustrated Countdown
    The thrill of wrapping up! As HOLO 2 nears completion, a world of detail falls into place. Excited yet? Here are ten (more) reasons why we are. The restless (color coded) loop of featured artist Jürg Lehni’s Flood Fill – Clock (2009) shown above c...
    , Short Cuts – CentrePasquArt Maps 50 Y...
    CentrePasquArt’s super-group show Short Cuts invites viewers to trace ideas, influences, and positions across five decades of work by merely taking a few steps.
    , Catching the Light: Semiconductor rem...
    The latest work of Brighton-based artist researcher duo Semiconductor (Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt) pulls back the shiny veneer of cosmology by collaging thousands of raw telescope images into a sculptural projection.
    , HOLO 2 – Back to the (not-so-distant)...
    Learn more about the making of HOLO 2. Featuring over 30 contributors from a dozen countries and a hefty 200 pages of premium print, HOLO returns and endeavours to be smarter, more substantive, and more special than our first issue.
    , Bright Matter: Afterglow – Joanie Lem...
    From November to January 2014, Muriel Guépin Gallery in NY was the home to 'Bright Matter', an exhibition of enigmatic works by five international artists widely recognized for their spatial-aesthetic research, creative engineering, and stunning p...
    , Bookmarks and Milestones: An Annual R...
    By publishing (and many other) standards, HOLO just took itsfirst steps. Yet nine months after the magazine’s launch, we look backand can’t believe how far we’ve come. What happened? Here’sa stocktaking, a travelogue, and a teaser. ...
    , Bright Matter – A group show explorin...
    Illusive rear-projections, flickering moirés, fluorescent puzzle boxes: opening this Friday, November 21st, at Muriel Guépin Gallery in New York City is ‘Bright Matter’, a dazzling group show that’ll bend, warp and (if only briefly) break the way ...
    , Smile TV – It works only when y...
    Recent Royal College of Art (RCA) design graduate David Hedberg’s Smile TV turns the medium’s engagement pattern on its head: instead of making you smile at on-screen silliness, you have to “smile to watch”.
    , HOLO 1 – “The magazine I always...
    With HOLO 1 being in the world for a little more than two months, the conversations about the first issue of CAN’s 226-page magazine are beginning to shift. Instead of “Congratulations!” people now ask “How’s the magazine doing?”
    , 36 ventilators whirl 4.7m3 of packing...
    Opening this Saturday (April 26) and presented by the Art Museum of Lugano in Switzerland, 36 ventilators, 4.7m³ packing chips is the new installation by Zimoun, swiss born and Bern based artists known for his architecturally-minded platforms of s...
    , HOLO 1: A first look
    226 pages, 34 contributors from 8 different countries, 12 months of blood, sweat and tears – the first issue of HOLO magazine, CAN's exciting print spin-off that is "more a book than a magazine," is near.
    , HOLO – Almost there!
    In the wake of our latest Kickstarter campaign update – and the new 'magazine' space here on CAN – it is time for us to report back home.
    , KIHOU – A bowl of liquid light
    Design studio tangent: fixes LEDs and a pump to bowl of sticky liquids, creating a brew of blinking ooze.
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