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  • Installing Bcc: at Vivid Projects part 2

    The next artwork that was challenging to install was Monuments: Psychic Landscapes by Scott Benesiinaabandan. I won’t be showing the full artwork as all of the artworks were exclusive to Bcc: and it’s up to the artists whether they show it or not. On a visual level the basic premise of the artwork is…

  • Installing Bcc: at Vivid Projects part 1

    I took a bit of a break from writing the Development Updates. September was pretty busy with Bcc: (more on that below) and then I was completing a commission for Will’s Kitchen/The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and preparing for my solo exhibition, We Are Your Friends. With all of that now completed I’m writing a…

  • What’s happening on Twitter

    The following is compiled from a bunch of Tweets that I made in December 2018. After reading you’ll see why I have to write it here! While it is not directly related with programming or making art, it does help with Getting Things Done, so I decided to include it here. Like many people…

  • Select objects of similar size in Inkscape

    For the AlgoMech 2019 festival in June I created a new performative drawing piece, A Perfect Circle. The piece is about how we interface with computers that analyse our activities. It consists of a video and accompanying plotter drawings. Making A Perfect Circle presented me with a few challenges. The make the video element…

  • Departure from Vivid Projects

    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…

  • </2018>

    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.…

  • Livecode Festival #2 – Visualists Meetup – 1st September 2018

    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…

  • Bcc:

    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…