Image of the Month

A monthly column I’m writing for The Chartered Institute for IT (formerly known as the British Computer Society), in conjunction with the Computer Arts Society.

Light Constructed by Numbers

This month’s image is a selection of stills from an interactive digial artwork by French artist Anne-Sarah Le Meur, who is interested in questions such as: How does light behave in a virtual space, constructed only by numbers?  How do … Continue reading

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Autonomous Art Making Machine

Following his recent show in Cork Street, this month’s image is by that great pioneer Harold Cohen, the only artist I know who is tackling the problem of building a program that actually makes art, rather than modelling human art-making.  … Continue reading

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A Metaphysical World

May’s image is a still from Ruth Gibson & Bruno Martelli’s,Vermilion Lake, an interactive artwork comprising 3-D computer graphics driven by videogame technology, inspired by the artists’ travels to the snow-driven mountains of the Canadian Rockies. It is a hauntingly beautiful landscape of forests … Continue reading

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Digital Imaging: A collaboration with my younger self

Drawing, photography, paint and digital imaging was used to create this gorgeous image by Cynthia Beth Rubin, April’s choice for Image of the Month.  Read more about it here: http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/39534

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Combating static art

“Combating Static Art” is this month’s topic for Image of the Month and the chosen artist is Paul Brown with his kinetic painting 4^24. See it here: http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/39080 I am always on the lookout for striking new digital and technologically-mediated … Continue reading

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