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“Evolution” is an immersive audio-visual installation and performance that celebrates the vitality of inorganic materials. The project takes its inspiration from the physics phenomenon of Cymatics, which has demonstrated that certain substances can autonomously form complex patterns in response to vibrations.
14/03/2023A series of three pictures exploring tension and harmony. Each unique edition was created using algorithms, calculating each pixel in relation to the next one. An interplay between tension and harmony, opposing each other in the first two editions and finally merging into a beautiful complexity in the third artwork “Interconnection”. Available as exclusive NFTs…
17/05/2021Created by panGenerator, “Apparatum” is a custom made apparatus with digital interface that emits purely analogue sound. It is inspired by the heritage of the Polish Radio Experimental Studio – one of the first studios in the world producing electroacoustic music.
25/07/2018Review of the exhibition last month at the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, South Korea – a collection of 12 works questioning the essential meaning and significance of the data world.
04/04/2018Created by Luiz Zanotello, Habitat of Recognition explores the material dimensions of digital technologies by examining the intra-active tensions between the distinction and convergence of matter.
21/03/2018Created by the artist collective WERC, “Pixi” is a digital organism located in a dutch forrest, inspired by the complex patterns that exist in nature and questions whether a technical natural phenomenon can imitate the complex aesthetics of nature or interact with it.
20/12/2017CG artist Alan Warburton recently created an incisive video essay that describes the contemporary digital image as “spectacle, speculation, spam” and points at a few related practitioners and studios worth considering.
03/01/2017The latest iteration of a decade-long investigation into modular construction systems by Canadian Artist Jesse Jackson, Marching Cubes is an algorithm-inspired syntax for building volumes from 3D printed blocks.
14/12/2016Created by Diogo Tudela, Athletics of Transcendence explores how traditional craftsmanship can appear to legitimise and provide depth to otherwise flat computational constructs.
04/10/2016In a little over a week, the 6th edition of TADAEX festival (Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition) takes place at Mohsen Gallery in Tehran, Iran. It’s a strong manifestation of the digital scene in Tehran and the people who make it possible, it features Iranian digital artists as well as far reaching international network of collaborators thanks to an ongoing residency program with NODE Forum for Digital Arts.
14/09/2016CAN reviews “Digital Design Theory,” a recent Princeton Architectural Press text compiling writing from over five decades of thought on computation and design.
26/08/2016In the countryside surrounding the town of Modena, immersed in peace and silence, a big luminous country farmhouse is home to one of the most up and coming protagonist on the Italian digital art scene: fuse*. We were lucky enough to have the chance to meet up with Mattia, to ask him about his, and his team’s, passion for using innovative techniques and aesthetics used in their work, continually seeking new ways and means: the secret of their relentless and overwhelming success.
11/02/2016As 2015 winds down we look back at almost 200 extraordinary projects we’ve covered this year on CAN. And as is the case every year, picking the ten ‘best’ is hard if not impossible, as each of them has driven the conversation around the state of art and design in their own unique way. And yet, the following ten works stuck with us and, if anything, make great starting points for reflection and inspiration as we head into the new year. Until we continue our coverage in early January: happy holidays and thank you all for a great 2015!
23/12/2015Created by Refik Anadol in collaboration with Kilroy Realty Corporation and SOM Architects, Virtual Depictions: San Francisco is cinematic and site-specific data-driven sculpture consisting of 90 minutes long dynamic visuals projected in the building lobby’s 40-foot-tall screen and visible from the street.
07/12/2015Created by James Boock, Sound Revival is a range of objects and a custom 3-Way sound system that uses the analogue means of materials and mechanical movements to manipulate sound.
10/07/2015At CAN we don’t really care for lists. But as we look back as the year winds down, we’re known to make an exception. To keep up with our tradition, we present our most memorable projects of the year.
18/12/2014Will digital technologies make an impact on democracy? Is the future museum an online environment? Could an app redefine past and present? What more can online participation involve? How does cultural exchange take place online?
10/11/2014Jeremy Rotsztain takes you on a virtual safari across an infinite painting where with each gesture you encounter new species of brush strokes and colorful patterns which endlessly redraw, connect and change colour.
22/05/2013Perception of Consequence project represents two fluid-evolving forms are placed in a reversible entropic system and simulated to resemble evolving human states and emotions.
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21/12/2012Over the last 4 weeks you’ve served us a potent cocktail of enthusiasm, affirmation and disbelief. Each morning we woke up to surpassed expectations. When the 456th pledge pushed us over the 100% mark only five days into our campaign..
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10/10/2011“Evolution” is an immersive audio-visual installation and performance that celebrates the vitality of inorganic materials. The project takes its inspiration from the physics phenomenon of Cymatics, which has demonstrated that certain substances can autonomously form complex patterns in response to vibrations.
Tags: Ableton Live / acrylic / algorithm / analog / audiovisual / behaviour / Cymatics / Digital / HD Live Moving Image / immersive / Infinite Duration / LED strip / Luminous Powder / material / materials / performance / physics / projection / Quadraphonic / Quadraphonic Sound / Sound art / touchdesigner / Transducers / White Sand
A series of three pictures exploring tension and harmony. Each unique edition was created using algorithms, calculating each pixel in relation to the next one. An interplay between tension and harmony, opposing each other in the first two editions and finally merging into a beautiful complexity in the third artwork “Interconnection”. Available as exclusive NFTs…
Tags: Computational / Data Painting / Digital / generative / NFT / print / Processing
Created by panGenerator, “Apparatum” is a custom made apparatus with digital interface that emits purely analogue sound. It is inspired by the heritage of the Polish Radio Experimental Studio – one of the first studios in the world producing electroacoustic music.
Tags: analogue / Digital / featured / gui / installation / Interface / microcontroller / motor / nodejs / panGenerator / Polish Radio Experimental Studio / printer / Sound / teensy++ / touch screen
Review of the exhibition last month at the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju, South Korea – a collection of 12 works questioning the essential meaning and significance of the data world.
Tags: ACT / ACT Festival / Asia Culture Center / Daito Manabe / data / database / Digital / Evala / Events / exhibition / featured / Gwangju / Harshit Agrawal / information / Jeon Joonho / Jonas Jongejan / Kazunao Abe / knowledge / Kyle McDonald / Lauren McCarthy / learning / making / Marko Peljhan / Matthew Biederman / Moon Kyungwon / Pierce Warnecke / privacy / review / Ryoji Suzuki / Ryuichi Sakamoto / Sang-won Leigh / Satoshi Furuya / security / Sho Miyake / south korea / technology / Tomas Saraceno / visualization
Created by Luiz Zanotello, Habitat of Recognition explores the material dimensions of digital technologies by examining the intra-active tensions between the distinction and convergence of matter.
Tags: arduino / bremen / Digital / drawing / featured / information / installation / instrument / Luiz Zanotello / machine / materiality / Processing / sand / student / system / value
Created by the artist collective WERC, “Pixi” is a digital organism located in a dutch forrest, inspired by the complex patterns that exist in nature and questions whether a technical natural phenomenon can imitate the complex aesthetics of nature or interact with it.
Tags: arduino / coexistence / Digital / Environment / featured / flock / installation / led / light / nature / organism / pixel / process / WERC
CG artist Alan Warburton recently created an incisive video essay that describes the contemporary digital image as “spectacle, speculation, spam” and points at a few related practitioners and studios worth considering.
Tags: Alan Warburton / animation / CGI / Digital / edge of frame / representation / whitechapel
The latest iteration of a decade-long investigation into modular construction systems by Canadian Artist Jesse Jackson, Marching Cubes is an algorithm-inspired syntax for building volumes from 3D printed blocks.
Tags: 3d printing / algorithm / c++ / Digital / Environment / featured / geometry / grasshopper / Jesse Colin Jackson / modular / Pari Nadimi Gallery / rhino / sculpture / Speculative Prototyping Lab / voxel
Created by Diogo Tudela, Athletics of Transcendence explores how traditional craftsmanship can appear to legitimise and provide depth to otherwise flat computational constructs.
Tags: analogue / critique / Digital / Diogo Tudela / print making / process
In a little over a week, the 6th edition of TADAEX festival (Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition) takes place at Mohsen Gallery in Tehran, Iran. It’s a strong manifestation of the digital scene in Tehran and the people who make it possible, it features Iranian digital artists as well as far reaching international network of collaborators thanks to an ongoing residency program with NODE Forum for Digital Arts.
Tags: Ali Panahi / Amir Bastan / Ashkan Ghadimkhani / culture / development / Digital / documentation / festival / making / Mohsen Gallery / programme / scene / Tehran
CAN reviews “Digital Design Theory,” a recent Princeton Architectural Press text compiling writing from over five decades of thought on computation and design.
Tags: Ben Fry / book / Casey Reas / Digital / featured / Heather Armstrong / history / Ivan Sutherland / John Maeda / Jonathan Puckey / Keetra Dean Dixon / Khoi Vin / Moniker / Muriel Cooper / Paola Antonelli / Princeton Architectural Press / Theory
In the countryside surrounding the town of Modena, immersed in peace and silence, a big luminous country farmhouse is home to one of the most up and coming protagonist on the Italian digital art scene: fuse*. We were lucky enough to have the chance to meet up with Mattia, to ask him about his, and his team’s, passion for using innovative techniques and aesthetics used in their work, continually seeking new ways and means: the secret of their relentless and overwhelming success.
As 2015 winds down we look back at almost 200 extraordinary projects we’ve covered this year on CAN. And as is the case every year, picking the ten ‘best’ is hard if not impossible, as each of them has driven the conversation around the state of art and design in their own unique way. And yet, the following ten works stuck with us and, if anything, make great starting points for reflection and inspiration as we head into the new year. Until we continue our coverage in early January: happy holidays and thank you all for a great 2015!
Tags: 2015 / art / best of / Digital / interaction / interaction design / interactive arts / performance / projects / science / software / virtual reality / vr
Created by Refik Anadol in collaboration with Kilroy Realty Corporation and SOM Architects, Virtual Depictions: San Francisco is cinematic and site-specific data-driven sculpture consisting of 90 minutes long dynamic visuals projected in the building lobby’s 40-foot-tall screen and visible from the street.
Tags: architecture / data sculpture / Digital / fluids / media screen / particles / Refik Anadol / simulation / vvvv
Created by James Boock, Sound Revival is a range of objects and a custom 3-Way sound system that uses the analogue means of materials and mechanical movements to manipulate sound.
Tags: design product / Digital / effects / featured / james boock / object / objectification / RCA DP / Sound / synthesis / visualization
At CAN we don’t really care for lists. But as we look back as the year winds down, we’re known to make an exception. To keep up with our tradition, we present our most memorable projects of the year.
Tags: 2014 / art / best of / conceptual art / Digital / featured / Games / interaction / interactive arts / iPad / performance / projects / science / software
Will digital technologies make an impact on democracy? Is the future museum an online environment? Could an app redefine past and present? What more can online participation involve? How does cultural exchange take place online?
Jeremy Rotsztain takes you on a virtual safari across an infinite painting where with each gesture you encounter new species of brush strokes and colorful patterns which endlessly redraw, connect and change colour.
Perception of Consequence project represents two fluid-evolving forms are placed in a reversible entropic system and simulated to resemble evolving human states and emotions.
Tags: Air / animation / arduino / composition / Digital / physical / projection / rendering / Sound / touchdesigner / volvoxlabs / wind
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Tags: 3d printing / Digital / ModelBuilder / music / Processing / record player / Sound / tangible
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Tags: 3d / Cinema 4D / Digital / Elliot Woods / exhibition / Kimchi and Chips / light / Mimi Son / openFrameworks / projection / projection mapping / structured light / vvvv
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