Tag: Generative Art
Noworkflow is a new project by artist Sam Newell responds to Brad Troemel’s 2013 New Inquiry essay “Athletic Aesthetics,” which discussed… Athletic aesthetics are a by-product of art’s new mediated environment, wherein creators must compete for online attention in the midst of an overwhelming amount of information. Artists using social media have transformed the notion of a “work” from a series […]
In the future, everything will be automated–even milquetoast painting. Case in point: digital artist Kenichi Yoneda (aka Kynd) has created an algorithm that emulates the natural bleed and unpredictability of watercolor paints. And though he didn’t use watercolors himself, Kynd says he was inspired by that venerated master of the magnificently milquetoast: Bob Ross. Kynd says […]
To create Eyes on the Sky, the art book pictured above, Jed Carter took inspiration from an unlikely source: weather apps. To offer an alternative to the deluge of information on our phones about temperature, air pressure, chances of precipitation, and the like, Carter created these simple images that elegantly map the weather across Europe. Each piece compiles […]
If you don’t actively use the virtual currency Bitcoin, it can be difficult to truly understand some basic facts about it: Just how widely is Bitcoin really used? How often do people make transactions using the currency, and how big is the average payout? Are we talking about the equivalent of petty cash transactions or […]
