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current_state – World’s mood, each day, as generated music
current_state is a fictional-functional product that analyzes daily news from major regions worldwide to understand global sentiment, then generates music that represents the world's mood each day.
Adaptables Media Timer – An open-source media player for creative code
An open-source media player that supports all the standard audio-visual formats while also being capable of running dynamic formats like web applications and generative coding outputs.
Tech Mining – E-Waste Workshop at HEAD
Results from the recent Tech Mining workshop held in March 2025 at HEAD in Geneva. Ran by Benjamin Gaulon, this workshop represents the culmination of two decades of Benjamin's exploration with electronic waste (e-waste) as a resource for art making.
Software for Artists Book: In Poetic Coalition
This publication is a coalition — it brings together experiences of combined action. With a focus on labor organizing within the arts and tech industries, In Poetic Coalition explores the potential of creating alternative networks of education and...
  • D01/12/2023
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  • Animas – Music co-creation with AI
    Anima is an interactive installation that facilitates a musical jam session between humans and machines. Operating much like a sequencer, Anima uses open-source AI algorithms to generate musical sequences.
    Digital Fabrications – Designer Stories For A Software-Based Planet
    ‘Digital Fabrications’ is a collection of essays and half-true stories about design software and hardware. Each piece expands on emerging trends, devices, foibles, and phenomena engendered by an increased reliance on interactions with interfaces i...
  • D01/11/2019
  • CBook
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  • Touch Board Starter Kit by Bare Conductive
    Make, hack, design, and code with the easiest-to-use Arduino device on the market, the Touch Board by UK based Bare Conductive is now available in the CAN shop.
    Conversations On Chaos by Fito Segrera
    Created by Fito Segrera, Conversations On Chaos is a project that explores the idea of order as an emergence from chaos. It uses chaos theory and elements from dynamic system studies and experimentation in order to create a system where two machi...
    Phillip Stearns – Evident Material at Transfer
    Transfer Gallery in Brooklyn, NY is pleased to present Evident Material. This new series of work from Phillip David Stearns will be on view from November 15 through December 13, 2014.
  • D14/11/2014
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  • Durr – Shivering bracelet that investigates our perception of time
    Durr is designed to create a haptic rhythm to make us notice the changing tempo of time and become more aware of both actions we take and the time we spend on things.
  • D19/12/2013
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  • Polybius by James Houston – Dead media played as a musical instrument
    Scottish artist and filmmaker James Houston utilises dead media as a musical instrument in this latest video with Julian Corrie who wrote and performs the song.
    Words of a Middle Man – Human to machine and machine to machine dialogues
    People, devices and servers – their messages and their activities are translated into "natural" language, making it human-readable and understandable.
    The Immortal – Life-support machines modified to ‘breathe’ in a closed circuit
    A number of life-support machines are connected to each other, circulating liquids and air in attempt to mimic a biological structure. This is an installation by Revital Cohen who modified and connected organ replacement machines together to have ...
    PING! Augmented Pixel [Tutorials, Games]
    'PING! – Augmented Pixel’ is a seventies style videogame, that adds a layer of digital information and oldschool aesthetics to a video signal: A classic rectangular video game ball moves across a video image.
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  • Scan Processor Studies [Inspiration]
    The Scan Processor Studies are a collection of works by Woody Vasulka & Brian O'Reilly.
    current_state – World’s mood, each day, as generated music
    current_state is a fictional-functional product that analyzes daily news from major regions worldwide to understand global sentiment, then generates music that represents the world's mood each day.
    Adaptables Media Timer – An open-source media player for creative code
    An open-source media player that supports all the standard audio-visual formats while also being capable of running dynamic formats like web applications and generative coding outputs.
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  • D23/05/2025
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  • Tech Mining – E-Waste Workshop at HEAD
    Results from the recent Tech Mining workshop held in March 2025 at HEAD in Geneva. Ran by Benjamin Gaulon, this workshop represents the culmination of two decades of Benjamin's exploration with electronic waste (e-waste) as a resource for art making.
    Software for Artists Book: In Poetic Coalition
    This publication is a coalition — it brings together experiences of combined action. With a focus on labor organizing within the arts and tech industries, In Poetic Coalition explores the potential of creating alternative networks of education and challenging the material conditions that prevent us from enacting new realities with dignity and se...
  • D01/12/2023
  • CBook
  • Animas – Music co-creation with AI
    Anima is an interactive installation that facilitates a musical jam session between humans and machines. Operating much like a sequencer, Anima uses open-source AI algorithms to generate musical sequences.
    Digital Fabrications – Designer Stories For A Software-Based Planet
    ‘Digital Fabrications’ is a collection of essays and half-true stories about design software and hardware. Each piece expands on emerging trends, devices, foibles, and phenomena engendered by an increased reliance on interactions with interfaces in the discipline.
  • D01/11/2019
  • CBook
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  • Touch Board Starter Kit by Bare Conductive
    Make, hack, design, and code with the easiest-to-use Arduino device on the market, the Touch Board by UK based Bare Conductive is now available in the CAN shop.
  • D25/05/2017
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  • Conversations On Chaos by Fito Segrera
    Created by Fito Segrera, Conversations On Chaos is a project that explores the idea of order as an emergence from chaos. It uses chaos theory and elements from dynamic system studies and experimentation in order to create a system where two machines hold a chaotic conversation about chaos.
    Phillip Stearns – Evident Material at Transfer
    Transfer Gallery in Brooklyn, NY is pleased to present Evident Material. This new series of work from Phillip David Stearns will be on view from November 15 through December 13, 2014.
  • D14/11/2014
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  • Durr – Shivering bracelet that investigates our perception of time
    Durr is designed to create a haptic rhythm to make us notice the changing tempo of time and become more aware of both actions we take and the time we spend on things.
  • D19/12/2013
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  • Polybius by James Houston – Dead media played as a musical instrument
    Scottish artist and filmmaker James Houston utilises dead media as a musical instrument in this latest video with Julian Corrie who wrote and performs the song.
  • D22/08/2013
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  • Words of a Middle Man – Human to machine and machine to machine dialogues
    People, devices and servers – their messages and their activities are translated into "natural" language, making it human-readable and understandable.
    The Immortal – Life-support machines modified to ‘breathe’ in a closed circuit
    A number of life-support machines are connected to each other, circulating liquids and air in attempt to mimic a biological structure. This is an installation by Revital Cohen who modified and connected organ replacement machines together to have them 'breathe' in a closed circuit.
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  • PING! Augmented Pixel [Tutorials, Games]
    'PING! – Augmented Pixel’ is a seventies style videogame, that adds a layer of digital information and oldschool aesthetics to a video signal: A classic rectangular video game ball moves across a video image.
  • D07/08/2011
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  • D07/03/2011
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  • Scan Processor Studies [Inspiration]
    The Scan Processor Studies are a collection of works by Woody Vasulka & Brian O'Reilly.
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    Titles current_state – World’s mood, e...
    current_state is a fictional-functional product that analyzes daily news from major regions worldwide to understand global sentiment, then generates music that represents the world's mood each day.
    , Adaptables Media Timer – An open-sour...
    An open-source media player that supports all the standard audio-visual formats while also being capable of running dynamic formats like web applications and generative coding outputs.
    , Transparent Flex Boards by JLC
    Transparent Flex ESP32 Development Board, manufactured by JLC. Features integrated NeoPixels, 2 Bosch sensors, and a LiDAR proximity sensor. See also their Arduino UNO (transparent) range.
    , The Internet of Dead Things – Benjami...
    The Internet of Dead Things is a collective book that takes as its starting point the MinitelSE project by Jérôme Saint-Clair, ex-artist, and Benjamin Gaulon, French artist, professor and cultural producer. MinitelSE is an Open Source operating sy...
    , Tech Mining – E-Waste Workshop at HEAD
    Results from the recent Tech Mining workshop held in March 2025 at HEAD in Geneva. Ran by Benjamin Gaulon, this workshop represents the culmination of two decades of Benjamin's exploration with electronic waste (e-waste) as a resource for art making.
    , Software for Artists Book: In Poetic ...
    This publication is a coalition — it brings together experiences of combined action. With a focus on labor organizing within the arts and tech industries, In Poetic Coalition explores the potential of creating alternative networks of education and...
    , Animas – Music co-creation with AI
    Anima is an interactive installation that facilitates a musical jam session between humans and machines. Operating much like a sequencer, Anima uses open-source AI algorithms to generate musical sequences.
    , Digital Fabrications – Designer Stori...
    ‘Digital Fabrications’ is a collection of essays and half-true stories about design software and hardware. Each piece expands on emerging trends, devices, foibles, and phenomena engendered by an increased reliance on interactions with interfaces i...
    , Touch Board Starter Kit by Bare Condu...
    Make, hack, design, and code with the easiest-to-use Arduino device on the market, the Touch Board by UK based Bare Conductive is now available in the CAN shop.
    , Conversations On Chaos by Fito Segrera
    Created by Fito Segrera, Conversations On Chaos is a project that explores the idea of order as an emergence from chaos. It uses chaos theory and elements from dynamic system studies and experimentation in order to create a system where two machi...
    , Phillip Stearns – Evident Mater...
    Transfer Gallery in Brooklyn, NY is pleased to present Evident Material. This new series of work from Phillip David Stearns will be on view from November 15 through December 13, 2014.
    , Durr – Shivering bracelet that ...
    Durr is designed to create a haptic rhythm to make us notice the changing tempo of time and become more aware of both actions we take and the time we spend on things.
    , Polybius by James Houston – Dea...
    Scottish artist and filmmaker James Houston utilises dead media as a musical instrument in this latest video with Julian Corrie who wrote and performs the song.
    , Denki Puzzle by Yuri Suzuki + Technol...
    Now on display at the Design Museum in London as a part of the “designers in residence program”, is the ‘Denki Puzzle’ created by japanese designer Yuri Suzuki and Technology Will Save Us. Using a kit of bespoke printed cir...
    , Kindle as an Art Object – Two P...
    Affordable hardware has it’s benefits and problems. As cheap electronics become widespread and more available, we become less protective of them. No longer we purchase cases or try to protect them. Kindle, costing mere $7o  is one of those d...
    , Words of a Middle Man – Human t...
    People, devices and servers – their messages and their activities are translated into "natural" language, making it human-readable and understandable.
    , Sprint “The Dream” Making...
    This ‘making of’ documentary shows how the “Dream” was created – new campaign to encourage moviegoers to turn off their mobile device in exchange for a custom mobile phone “dream.” Artisan (part of UVA) used...
    , The Immortal – Life-support mac...
    A number of life-support machines are connected to each other, circulating liquids and air in attempt to mimic a biological structure. This is an installation by Revital Cohen who modified and connected organ replacement machines together to have ...
    , ‘Affection Station’ by Sa...
    (ARL) Affection Research Lab: Affection Stations is a thesis project by Salvador Orara searching for ways to reconnect to our devices to facilitate revelations. They are designed as immersive installations which listen, and transcode a device̵...
    , Crackle Canvas [Environment, Sound]
    [Photo: Anne Helmond] Crackle-canvas is an ongoing electronics project of the Netherlands-based media artist Tom Verbruggen (aka token). This endeavour playfully challenges the conventions of artistic consumption by reimagining gallery space as an...
    , Upverter [News]
    Upverter is a web service, similar to GitHub that allows you to discover, share and work on hardware. Taking full advantage of HTML5, the included editor has all the basics you have come to expect such as undo, redo, rotating, versioning, and shar...
    , Lumenoise [Objects]
    Developed during the few days residency at La Gaîté Lyrique, Lumenoise is a project by Niklas Roy that enables you to turn your old CRT-TV into an audiovisual synthesizer. Using a specially devised pen, you paint abstract geometric patterns and so...
    , PING! Augmented Pixel [Tutorials, Games]
    'PING! – Augmented Pixel’ is a seventies style videogame, that adds a layer of digital information and oldschool aesthetics to a video signal: A classic rectangular video game ball moves across a video image.
    , Muze [Arduino, Sound]
    Muze is the latest creation of Teaugue Labs, a collective operating alongside Teague, a long established industrial design agency and a name behind products for companies such as samsung and microsoft. The device itself is a musical instrument tha...
    , Playing with a flat screen from the t...
    Back in 2010, trying to find a flat screen for his final project, Ishac Bertran found one on the trash that seemed ok. Unfortunately the VGA connector was broken but he managed to use the DV only to realise that the screen was also cracked. As it ...
    , Scan Processor Studies [Inspiration]
    The Scan Processor Studies are a collection of works by Woody Vasulka & Brian O'Reilly.
    , Karl Klomp [Inspiration]
    Karl Klomp (’79 – NL), media artist – vj – theater technician. His research focus on live audiovisual expressions and interfacing with a fasination for glitch-art, hyperkinetic audio visuals and glitch grabbing. Dealing wit...
    , Sticky Light – Smart Laser [Env...
    Daito has just posted this amazing video of smart laser tracking (see below). Laser is projected onto paper and at the same time can read constraints as well as obstacles in physical world. Examples include being able to contain the laser using ha...
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