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Making digital art is quite a lengthy process and even moreso if you’re using non standard processes or making your own software. For awhile I’ve wanted to write about my processes and how I’ve overcome the bugs and problems. In what will hopefully be a regular series of blog posts I’m going to give…
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On Friday 29th March 18:30 – 22:00 I’ll be showing two new videos at Copy / Paste at V&A. Human culture is built on a history of replication. We copy to learn, to assimilate, to preserve and to magnify. How is this behaviour being transformed by advances in technology and what is the value…
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Algorave is heading to South By Southwest! From 10th – 12th we’ll be doing two showcases at the festival: Dancing to Algorithms: How to Algorave This session will discuss Algorave: a global movement focussed on creating dance music through the writing and editing of algorithms. At an Algorave, performers live code and project their…
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It was recently announced that after four years of leading Black Hole Club and seven years total of working with Vivid Projects (and previously VIVID) I’ve decided to leave to focus on my own artistic and curatorial practices. I’ve really enjoyed curating exhibitions there and working with the Black Hole Club artists to develop…
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What a busy year! I think compared to previous years 2018 was filled with more (Algorave) performances and projects and less exhibitions and gifs. 2018 was also the year that Vivid Projects became one of Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisations, which basically means that the gallery has funding for the next four years.…
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On Saturday 1st September I’m organising a meetup for visualists as part of Livecode Festival #2 at Access Space in Sheffield: A session for live coding visualists (at any level) lead by Antonio Roberts (aka hellocatfood), to talk about their tools and how they perform, with focus on Algorave visuals. A core part of…
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I have been commissioned by Decoy Magazine to produce a new artwork for Bcc: their subscription programme for unique digital art: Bcc: is a monthly digital art subscription curated by Decoy Magazine. By subscribing to Bcc: you will receive a newly commissioned artwork to your inbox each month, in the form of a small…
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Over the last few months I’ve been working with a-n to organise Assembly Birmingham, which will be taking place on 15th June at the newly reopened Eastside Projects. The second a-n Assembly event for 2018 will take place at Eastside Projects in Birmingham, an artist-led gallery space established in 2008. Working in collaboration with…
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On 12th, 26th and 29th May I’m going to be running a three-part workshops series focusing on how to use Blender. Blender is a popular free and open source 3D modeling program used by professionals and amateurs for 2D/3D animation, making assets for games, video editing, motion graphics, compositing and more. Blender school will…