Considering Technology and the State of the Art(s) at Sónar+D
CAN’s report on Sónar+D, the Sónar Festival’s sidebar congress on ‘creativity, technology & business’ that took place June 18th-20th in Barcelona.
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Flashing Forward at ELEKTRA 16
The sixteenth edition of Montréal’s ELEKTRA festival took place from May 13th-17th and delivered a range of audiovisual performances and installations addressing the notion of ‘post-audio’ or perception beyond sound—CAN was on hand to have our retinas singed and eardrums buzzed by the ‘POST-AUDIO’-themed programming.
Deep Lab, Deep Dive – Book Sprint at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
This past December a dozen artists, activists, and researchers converged at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry for a book sprint. Led by Addie Wagenknecht, the all-women cadre convened under the collective moniker Deep Lab, and examined how privacy, security, surveillance, and large-scale data aggregation are problematized in the arts, culture and society.
Elektra 2013 – Meditations on Anti/Matter
Montreal, the beginning of May, a dark performance space illuminated by an otherworldly glow; this combination of factors could only mean one thing – Elektra! CAN was on hand at the 14th edition of the venerable Canadian digital arts festival to soak up the proceedings and we’ve prepared the following overview of some of the (well, our) highlights.
“Nature of Code” by Daniel Shiffman – Member Giveaway
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“Generative Design” – A Computational Design Guidebook
“The main change in the design process achieved by using generative design is that traditional craftsmanship recedes into the background, and abstraction and information become the new principal elements.”
“Make It So” – A Compendium of Science Fiction Interfaces
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“Nature of Code” by Daniel Shiffman – Natural systems using Processing
Processing enthusiasts rejoice! There is a new book coming by Daniel Shiffman and it’s called Nature of Code. As it’s title implies this book takes phenomena that naturally occur in our physical world and shows you how to simulate them with code.
Voice Array and Last Breath by Rafeal Lozano-Hemmer
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Miebach and Posavec – Data, Visualization, Poetry and Sculpture
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Beyond the Pixel Sculpture – V2_’s New Aesthetic, New Anxieties
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Eyeo 2012 – Afterthoughts and asides
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