About Me
I am a multidisciplinary artist from London, England with a BA in Photography and a MArch in Design for Performance and Interaction. I use code and other technologies to create art which explores generativity, group experience, and interaction.
In addition to creating generative art, I regularly explore topics like randomness, algorithms, and emergence through in-depth articles on my blog. I recently sold out my ArtBlocks debut collection and I have taught creative coding at UCL and exhibited my large-scale interactive installations internationally.
Central to my practice is my consideration of my audience, and I find no greater joy in life than creating things that other people enjoy.
ABOUT MY WORK
Generativity
Generative art is created using autonomous processes and makes use of randomness, rules and natural systems.
Considering the rule-based nature of algorithms has led me to consider the rule-based nature of the universe. Complexity emerges throughout nature from simple rules. I question whether anything exists outside of a ruleset, or if all existence can be considered an algorithm. This article contains more of my thoughts on emergence.
In a universe without meaning, we constantly strive to find it. This search is something I find absurd, liberating and joyful. While a computer has no innate sense of what a human might consider meaningful, it possible to create algorithms that create art that seem imbued with meaning.
This article contains more of my thoughts on generative art.
GROUP EXPERIENCE & Interaction
When a group of people are engaged in an experience, a powerful feeling that “this is happening to all of us together” can arise. Much like an individual can enter a state of ‘flow’ when they are fully immersed in an activity, a group can have ‘swing’ when participants connect through a shared experience.
While there is a whole industry designing user interfaces for computers and mobile devices, these are generally for 1-1 interaction (i.e. one person and one machine). Designing effective multi-user interfaces presents a new challenge, which I have been exploring within my work.
I have found that offering a shared interface can foster human connection, even between strangers.
