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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.
14/02/2020As per tradition each year, December is when we look back at the amazing work published on CAN. From ingenious machines and installations to mesmerising experiences that leverage new mediums for artistic inquiry – we added scores of projects to CAN’s archive in 2019. Here are some highlights.
23/12/2019HOLO curates a series of critical conversations and hands-on exercises as part of the 20th Edition of MUTEK Monreal, Aug 20-25.
05/08/2019Report from the inaugural CAN-curated event series ‘Document #.’ examining new forms of cross-disciplinary art and design practice.
25/07/2019Learn 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.
30/04/2019CAN has joined forces with UAL Creative Computing Institute to present the first in a series of events that examine new forms of cross-disciplinary art and design practice. Entitled “Document 1.”, it’s comprised of a workshop, seminar, and symposium, and takes place March 11th–13th at UAL’s Camberwell College of Art in London.
25/02/2019As 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 projects have been added to the CAN archive! With your help we selected some favourites.
31/12/2018As 2017 comes to a close, we take a moment to look back at the outstanding work done this year. From spectacular peformances, large scale installations, devices and tools to the new virtual spaces for artistic exploration – so many great projects are being added to the CAN archive! Here are a just few, 25 in total, that we and you enjoyed the most this year.
22/12/2017At its best, creative inquiry offers intellectual nourishment, empowerment and solace. At the end of 2016, we need all of those, which is why remembering – and celebrating – the outstanding work done this year is all the more important. Over the past twelve months we’ve added more than 100 projects to our archive – and with your help we’ve selected the favourite ones!
24/12/2016In 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.
Tags: Addie Wagenknecht / ai / Ala Tannir / Alan Warburton / artificial intelligence / Bianca Berning / Bianca Berning (Dalton Maag) / Cathy O’Neil / Christian Kaegi (Qwestion) / Christian Mio Loclair (Waltz Binaire) / cloud computing / Davide Fornari / Dev Joshi / ecal / ECAL Research Day / EPFL+ECAL Lab / Fabrice Aeberhard (Viu) / featured / ghosts / Haunted Machines / Hugues Vinet (IRCAM) / Impakt Festival / IRCAM / James Bridle / Kai Bernau / Kate Crawford / machine learning / Mario de Vega / Matthew Plummer-Fernandez / max bense / Natalie D Kane / Natalie Kane / Neri Oxman / Nicolas Henchoz / Nicolas Nova / Patrick Keller / Random International / skylar tibbits / sustainability / Thilo Alex Brunner / Tobias Revell / v&a / Waltz Binaire
As per tradition each year, December is when we look back at the amazing work published on CAN. From ingenious machines and installations to mesmerising experiences that leverage new mediums for artistic inquiry – we added scores of projects to CAN’s archive in 2019. Here are some highlights.
Tags: Akshat Prakash / Anouk Zibault / automato / Bjørn Karmann / featured / features / fragmentin / François Quévillon / Harsh Kedia / Jacqueline Wu / Mapping Festival / Mathias Maierhofer / mediated matter group / Michael Sedbon / moovel / MUTEK / radical norms / Richard Vijgen / rndr / Semiconductor / Soonho Kwon / Tore Knudsen / UAL / Valentina Soana / Waltz Binaire
HOLO curates a series of critical conversations and hands-on exercises as part of the 20th Edition of MUTEK Monreal, Aug 20-25.
Tags: audiovisual / Bill Posters / Dietrich Squinkifer / education / electronic music / Ellie Irons / Heather Davis / holo / Ingrid Burrington / Joanie Lemercier / Julia Kaganskiy / Julian Oliver / monolake / montreal / MUTEK / MUTEK_IMG / Paolo Cirio / Ryan Stec / Ryoichi Kurokawa / Sava Saheli Singh / Tim Maughan / workshops
Report from the inaugural CAN-curated event series ‘Document #.’ examining new forms of cross-disciplinary art and design practice.
Tags: aadrl / Andreas Gysin / art / can / can event / cci / creative computing institute / cross-disciplinary / design / document / Eva Rucki / Events / Gysin & Vanetti / London / Matthew Plummer-Fernandez / Minimaforms / Revital Cohen / student / Theodore Spyropoulos / Troika / UAL
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.
Tags: bauhaus / Benjamin Gaulon / Carmen Salas / Coralie Gourguechon / Daniel Bisig / featured / Geneva / head / Jan Schacher / Joana Moll / Johanna Jaskowska / Klara Ravat / Leander Herzog / mapping / Mapping Festival / Marc Garrett / Maria Yablonina / Michael Ang / Mitchell Akiyama / MXZEHN / Nathalie Bachand / neeeu / Nora Al-Badri / normals / Regine Debatty / SmellLab / Tatiana Bazzichelli / Ted Davis / touchdesigner / TUNDRA / workshop / ZHdK
CAN has joined forces with UAL Creative Computing Institute to present the first in a series of events that examine new forms of cross-disciplinary art and design practice. Entitled “Document 1.”, it’s comprised of a workshop, seminar, and symposium, and takes place March 11th–13th at UAL’s Camberwell College of Art in London.
Tags: aadrl / Andreas Gysin / art / can / can event / cci / creative computing institute / cross-disciplinary / design / document / Eva Rucki / Events / Gysin & Vanetti / London / Matthew Plummer-Fernandez / Minimaforms / Revital Cohen / student / Theodore Spyropoulos / Troika / UAL / workshop
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 projects have been added to the CAN archive! With your help we selected some favourites.
Tags: 2018 / 3d printing / Adrien Kaeser / algorithm / automation / automato / blockchain / cloud / drawing / EEG / film / furniture / fuse / Giulia Tomasello / interactive / iot / Jessica In / Kimchi and Chips / LUST / machine / machine learning / Maria Smigieska / Matteo Zamagni / Matthias Dörfelt / Mediated Matter / near-future / performance / Philipp Schmitt / Pierre Cutellic / projection / Ralf Baecker / Refik Anadol Studio / rndr / Sound / speculative / Steffen Weiss / tool / Waltz Binaire / weather
As 2017 comes to a close, we take a moment to look back at the outstanding work done this year. From spectacular peformances, large scale installations, devices and tools to the new virtual spaces for artistic exploration – so many great projects are being added to the CAN archive! Here are a just few, 25 in total, that we and you enjoyed the most this year.
Tags: ai / Andrej Boleslavský / AR / artificiel / automato / autonomous / Benedikt Groß / Bjørn Karmann / creativeappsnet / cryptocurrency / Damian KulashJr / dance / David Colombini / David OReilly / Denial of Service / device / Dimitri Gelfand / Dries Depoorter / Evelina Domnitch / Games / glitch / Google Data Arts Team / installation / James Paterson / Jeremy Rotsztain / Joey Lee / Johannes Lohbihler / Jonas Eltes / Julian Oliver / Kimchi and Chips / laser / light / Mária Júdová / Moniker / MR / music / music video / NEOANALOG / neural network / onformative / performance / Push 1 stop / Raphael Reimann / Refik Anadol Studio / rhizomatiks / Ryoichi Kurokawa / Ryoji Ikeda / Sound / studio puckey / Ted Davis / tools / vehicles / vr / Woulg / Yusuke Tanaka
At its best, creative inquiry offers intellectual nourishment, empowerment and solace. At the end of 2016, we need all of those, which is why remembering – and celebrating – the outstanding work done this year is all the more important. Over the past twelve months we’ve added more than 100 projects to our archive – and with your help we’ve selected the favourite ones!
Tags: 2016 / 3d printing / aadrl / Amy Whittle / artscience / arttech / automato / AV&C / Benjamin Bratton / Benjamin Maus / best of / books / can / Christopher Bauder / Claire Hentschker / creative applications / creative technology / creativeappsnet / Daniel Rourke / Daniel Shiffman / David Newbury / digital art / experimental / experimental art / field / field notes / fuse / Games / Gene Kogan / Generative Design / Georg Nees / Giorgia Lupi / Golan Levin / Haavard Tveito / Harold Cohen / interactive architecture lab / Interface / internet of things / John Russell Beaumont / Kadenze / Kyle McDonald / laser scanning / light installation / Luiz Zanotello / machine learning / media art / media design / mediaart / Mediated Matter / Molleindustria / Morehshin Alllahyari / new media / new media art / performance / Peter Buczkowski / projection mapping / Prokop Bartoníček / Quadrature / R. Luke Dubois / Ralf Baecker / Robert Henke / robotics / software art / Stefanie Posavec / Takashi Torisu / technology / top media art / united visual artists / virtual reality / Waltz Binaire