Short conversations with Founders, Innovators, Researchers & Investors - all at the cross section of Creativity & Ai. Follow us on Linkedin & Instagram - @thisiscreativeai
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Tech+Art is the community for curious individuals and creators who are looking to make a dent in the universe. Together, we’re exploring the new frontiers of creativity, humanity and how emerging technologies will continue to shape our culture, professions, products - and much more! Join us on this journey as we speak with artists, makers, researchers, designers and creators from all backgrounds and fields. Tech+Art is an inclusive community and we make all our content for you! So we want to ...
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Each week, host Gabriel Barcia-Colombo speaks with a new artist, curator, technologist, AI, collector, innovator, about the ever-changing relationship between art and tech.
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Ep 18 : Ai + Designing Careers with Shiva Viswanathan of Catenate.io
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58:01How should you think of your career in this age of AI? Where should we look for inspiration and how can we bring that into our work as creators? Can Ai as a collaborator - spark joy in us? Shiva Viswanathan brings over three decades of true market experience in design. As an independent consultant for businesses, he specialises in Product definitio…
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Ep 17 : Ai + Marketplaces & Agents with Anirudh Narayan of Lyzr.ai
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47:06What is the role of Ai Agents? Are they here to take over all our roles? And how do you navigate dense Ai Marketplaces? Anirudh Narayan is the Chief Growth Officer and the co-founder of Lyzr.ai, a low-code agent framework with an agentic approach to building generative AI applications. Prior to this Anirudh founded EverythingAi, a Ai tools marketp…
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Ep 16 : Ai & Human Centered Design with Sarah Tan of Formatif.co
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21:11What does an implementable Ai + HCD framework look like? Sarah Tan the founder of Formatif.com, a Human-Centered AI Product Innovation Studio and AI Design Partner to companies, with her varied experience as a Designer, Innovation Consultant and Venture Investor, has created a framework and delivers a series of Ai + HCD workshops. Based in Singapor…
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Ep 15 : Ai & Design + Advertising with Ali Madad of SCTY.org
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44:39What is the role of Ai Agents in the creative process? Who better to ask than someone who seems to be churning out creative agents for design & advertising every few months! Ali Madad has created 'Agentcy' - a collection of frameworks and approaches for multi-agent systems across: Health, Politics, Everyday (Life) and Creative. GPT's are just one f…
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Ep 14 : Ai & Advertising with Piotr Bombol of Adaily.co
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40:141984 saw the birth of Lürzer's Archive - considered by many for the last 30 years to be the gold standard of referencing award winning campaigns in one place. 2023 saw the birth of adaily.co - a AI-powered marketing researcher with a bank of 2300+ award winning campaigns (2019-2023) and accessible in 14 languages. Will Adaily give Lurzers it's East…
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Ep 13 : Ai & Video with Zara Anita Paul of Choppity.com
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18:25Hear about Choppity's journey from their founder Zara Anita Paul, and how she and her co-founder Aaron first started with a graphic design app, before pivoting to a e-com merchandise platform and finally onto Choppity. They've gone from $0 to $50,000 ARR in just the space of one year! Zara is the founder and CEO of Choppity and was at Durham Univer…
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Ep 12 : Ai & Community with Akar Sumset of Neol.co
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27:54We're at a time where Ai is everywhere; but the use of Ai in 'creative communities' (beyond image generation and some in music and art), isn't as prevalent. Neol is unique here in how it seems to be replicating what are human creative service experiences and workflows, with the help of Ai. Ai Agents mimic the kind of interaction you might have othe…
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Ep 11 : Ai & Architecture with Alessandra Condello
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12:46Parametric architecture has been around for a while, but new explorations with Ai by architects like Alessandra Condello are really taking it to the next level. So much so that Alessandra's work has been showcased by the official DALL-E Open Ai page multiple times! Alessandra is an architect, artist and photographer from Avezzano, Italy, about an h…
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Ep 10 : Ai Art & Climate Change with Marc Lee
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18:46Marc Lee (born 1969) is a Swiss artist. He uses contemporary art as a vehicle to continuously redefine how we see ourselves and the world around us. He is experimenting with information and communication technologies and within his contemporary art practice, he reflects critically creative, cultural, social, ecological and political aspects. In thi…
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Ep 9 : Ai & Yoga with Muralidhar Somisetty
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14:49On International Yoga Day, our latest conversation between Muralidhar Somisetty, founder of YogiFi - Smart Yoga Mat and Karn Malhotra brings you a Ai Yoga Mat that takes this 5,000 year old Indian practice into the world of GenerativeAi They discuss: - Creating a dataset around movement - Co-creating the experience with yoga practitioners - A perso…
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What's happening with Ai in the performing arts? Ai Music has been around for a while - but what about Ai in Dance? Nicole Seiler (https://lnkd.in/g6DUK9JS) has been exploring the space of video/images/installations and choreography for the last two decades. Always at the edge of 'what's next?' - Nicole's latest production, 'Human in the Loop' expl…
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Ep 7 : Ai & Anthropology with Michiel Baas
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28:01In the middle of this Ai hype cycle, it's important to pause, reflect and ask critical questions. Who better to do this with than an anthropologist! Michiel Baas is presently a senior research fellow with the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, was previously a research fellow at National University of Singapore and co-ordinator wit…
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Ep 6 : Ai & Design Services with Pontus Wärnestål
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27:21In this conversation, between Karn Malhotra and Pontus Wärnestål, we cover 'Ai & Design Services'. Pontus is the Head of Ai Design & Innovation at eghed and Deputy Professor at Halmstad University, as also the author of the new book, 'Designing Ai-Powered Services' (link to buy in comments) In 2018, Pontus also introduced the 'Augmented Services Ca…
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Ep 5 : Ai at Agencies with Manolis Perakis, WeAreSocial, Singapore
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14:53Given the lack of clarity around Ai's impact on creative and advertising agencies, we felt it was important to speak with someone from the agency world who has been exploring creative-tech for a long time. And so, meet Manolis Perrakis, Innovation Director at Hello!WeAreSocial, Singapore and before this a Creative Technologist at DDB as also the He…
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Ep 4 : Ai Art - Creation & Challenges with Harshit Agrawal, India
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20:46An artist who's expression is through Ai and computational technologies, Harshit has been creating art with Ai as his 'material' for nearly 10 years now - well before the GenerativeAi craze of the last 6+ months. Harshit speaks about his experiments with Ai, his latest work at India Habitat Centre, inspiration from fellow Ai Artist's and how studen…
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Ep3 : Ai podcast content editing & creation with Podflow.ai
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13:24The global podcasting market stands at $23.7 Billion as of 2023 and projected to 5x this number by 2030. While the market potential is huge, 'podfading' happens with as many as 50% of all new podcasts - one key reason is it takes just too long to edit and manage the production side of a podcast. (we feel this pain!) Here to help you auto-edit, opti…
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Ep2 : E-Learning content in minutes with Mindsmith.ai
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14:59Here to disrupt the $200 Billion global e-learning & learning and development markets with their Ai based course creation platform is Mindsmith. High quality content creation that can take upto 200 hours is down to 2 minutes with Mindsmith. In this short, yet engaging 15min conversation, Karn Malhotra speaks with Mindsmith's co-founder Ethan Webb a…
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Ep1 : GenerativeAi vector illustrations with Illustroke.com
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16:14An engaging conversation with the founder of Illustroke.com about the motivation behind creating the world's first vector GenerativeAi platform, his experience, team and what he thinks about the GAI space now and in time to comeBy Karn Malhotra
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Ali Santana is a director and multi-disciplinary artist working with video, sound, collage, installation, and performance. Santana, a native Brooklynite is influenced by community, natural patterns, music and, ancient cultures. His work often explores topics related to Black American identity, observations of nature, and sensory perception. Ali's a…
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Brett Volker and Steve Milton are the founders of Listen, a cultural innovation agency rooted in sound and music, but seasoned at the strategic use of cultural programs to make an impact. They work with brands and innovative artists to craft boundary-pushing creative projects. Learn more about them at www.wearelisten.com Follow them @wearelisten…
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Ziv Schneider is an artist and designer working with new and emerging technologies, often in the context of non-fiction storytelling. She is an alumna, former research fellow, and sometimes lecturer at NYU ITP. Ziv is currently a Creative Technologist at The Brown Institute for Media Innovation. Her recent project Sylvia is a storytelling experimen…
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Vivian Greven’s painting is based on an adept play with various notions of bodies, being and representation, with concepts of classical antiquity merging with pop art and digital image worlds. Vivian Greven’s painting is characteristic of our present times, which are shaped by the internet and social media and thus dissolve the hierarchies between …
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Yuge studied drawing under Chinese contemporary painter Kaixi Cui 崔开玺 and eventually moved into Video Art after earning her Master of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Yuge’s work addresses connections, isolation and longing across urban and natural environments. She creates immersive experiences through digital collaging an…
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Greg is the co-founder and CEO of Backyard Brains, an Ann Arbor-based company started as a neuroscience graduate student at the University of Michigan. Greg is a published neuroscientist and engineer and develops tools, curriculum and experiments that allow the general public participate in neural discovery. He is an award-winning investigator at t…
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In this episode, Peruvian artist Efraín Rozas talks with us about his career, projects, how he uses software programming to produce sound installations and his experience dancing with robots. -About Efraín Rozas- Peruvian performer/composer and robotics/software developer. His work was described as “A heady confluence of technology, culture and cog…
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In this episode, multidisciplinary artist, Saks Afridi discusses his collaborative projects with artisans and technologists across the globe to create sociopolitical and thought provoking works of art. These collaborations range from the creation of intricately designed traditionally woven rugs featuring UFOs to explorations with archaeological lea…
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In this episode, we speak with video artist Kameron Neal who uses his body and personal narratives to explore intimacy and to challenge socio-political ideologies. -About Kameron Neal- Kameron Neal is a queer Black video artist, designer, and performance-maker based in NYC. Forbes described Kameron’s solo exhibition at Detroit Art Week 2019 as “an …
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Digital Expansion in Art with David Goodman, former Executive Vice President of Digital Development & Marketing at Sothebys
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53:42In this episode, SOTA host Gabriel Barcia-Colombo speaks with David Goodman, former VP of Digital Development & Marketing at Sothebys about the role of media in the arts, his work at Sotheby's, his trajectory into the art world, and how art infiltrates many corners of everyday life. -About David Goodman- Experienced C-Suite executive who has spent …
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Today we speak with Mona Kasra, new media artist, interdisciplinary researcher and Assistant Professor of Digital Media Design at the University of Virginia. Mona uses her tech to explore, document, and augment nature, culture, theater and more. Together, Mona and Gabe discuss her trajectory into the arts initially through video experimentation, th…
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The Art of Resistance & Documentation: Morehshin Allahyari, New Media Artist
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47:34Morehshin Allahyari is an Iranian media artist, activist, educator, and curator uses technology as a philosophical toolset to explore the social, political, and cultural. Her projects are often research heavy and employ new media as a method of documentation and as acts of resistance. In this episode we discuss Allahyari's use of 3D printing to rec…
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Multidisciplinary artist, Emilio Chapela uses a diverse range of mediums and media to delve into concepts around time. Together, Emilio and SOTA host Gabe BC, discuss cosmic micro waves, the Big Bang and its relation to white noise, and the construct of time. Projects Discussed Usumacinta Noise Paintings Ask Google The Earth is dying… (from the "As…
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Web artist Molly Soda's work delves into our internet identities, our online legacy and archiving the internet.In this episode, Molly shares her thoughts on growing up on the internet, the evolution of her work, how and why she embraces past online iterations, and why she thinks the internet has become boring. Projects Discussed Inbox Full Wrong Bo…
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The Art of AIYA: Lady PheOnix, Artist & Curator, and Jacqueline Assar, XR Creator & Cognitive Scientist
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51:12AIYA is a digital human that analyzes the world’s problems and philosophically weighs in with knowledge from our greatest thinkers and problem-solvers. Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Gray, creators Lady PheOnix and Jacqueline Assar designed AIYA to emote and age as she consumes media content in real-time. In this episode, we discuss how Project …
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Sofia Crespo, Generative Artist | Tech+Art
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21:31Sofia Crespo is a generative artist working with neural networks and machine learning models - effectively blending these new technologies with biology-inspired concepts to produce incredibly unique outputs. One of Sofia’s main focuses areas and underlying thesis, is the way organic life uses artificial mechanisms to simulate itself and evolve, imp…
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Revisiting The Art of Social Disruption: Glenn Cantave, Activist & Founder of Movers & Shakers NYC
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48:28At State of the Art we strongly believe Black Lives Matter and stand firmly against injustice and abuse of any kind. This week we revisit our conversation with social-activist, Glenn Cantave. Originally recorded in November 2019, Glenn shares with us his personal story into activism, how and why he began working "outside of the system", and how his…
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The Art of ASMR: Melinda Lauw, Co-Creator & Artistic Director of Whisperlodge
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38:50In this episode we speak to Melinda Lauw, Co-Creator and Artistic Director of Whisperlodge, an immersive performance of live ASMR. Melinda guides us through the history of ASMR, common misconceptions around ASMR culture, how Whisperlodge took a medium that solely existed online and brought it into the physical world with live experiences. Melinda a…
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The Art of Hacking Contemporary Tech: Addie Wagenknecht, Artist
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54:22Addie Wagenknecht uses the basic tech devices to create art that pokes fun at our expectations of and reliance on technology, and how these instances in turn influence our relationships with one another. Her conceptual installations have co-opted Roombas, cell phones, drones, surveillance cameras, and more. Projects Discussed Internet of Things Asy…
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Vera van de Seyp, Designer & Creative Coder | Tech+Art
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23:02Today we’re speaking with Vera Van de Seyp, a designer and creative coder currently based in Amsterdam. Through her work and projects, Vera explores how new technologies and digital tools are able to push media forward. She joins us to share insights from her work, her process for building rule based, creative systems and much more. I highly recomm…
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The Art of Social Relationships: Lauren Lee McCarthy, Artist
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42:55Lauren Lee McCarthy creates experimental performances that take a close look at our intimate relationships with smart devices and our interactions with one another in our increasingly tech-driven and surveilled existence. In this episode, we discuss a selection of Lauren's thought-provoking experiments, including LAUREN in which she takes on the ro…
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Sakchin Bessette, Co-Founder & Executive Creative Director, Moment Factory | Tech+Art
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20:45Sakchin Bessette is the Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of Moment Factory, a new breed of studio that has been pushing the boundaries of of several industries in order to create some of the most imaginative public experiences the world has ever seen. Since its inception in 2001, Moment Factory has created more than 400 unique shows and d…
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We speak with Claire Evans and Jona Becholt of YACHT, Young Americans Challenging High Technology, about their use of tech to produce albums and performances that push the boundaries of how music is experienced, produced, delivered, and more. Such projects include their Grammy-nominated album Chain Tripping created with the assistance of AI. In thi…
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The Art of Analog Media: Jennifer Juniper Stratford, Artist
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40:11We speak with producer and director, Jennifer Juniper Stratford who uses analog media to create video art pieces inspired by the look and feel of 80s and 90s late-night TV. Jennifer and SOTA host Gabe dive into topics ranging from analog broadcasting tools to Dungeons and Dragons, music videos, and more. Projects Discussed: MoCA LOTION John Maus, T…
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Tim Rodenbroker, Creative Coder | Tech+Art
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20:01Today we’re speaking with Tim Rodenbroker, a designer, musician and media-artist from Paderborn, Germany. After graduating from the Münster School of Design, Tim discovered Creative Coding and has been pursuing it in countless projects ever since, constantly pushing into “unexplored territories”. He joins us to share some of his perspectives and le…
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Lee Jones, Researcher & Creator | Tech+Art
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26:07Today we’re joined by Lee Jones, a researcher at Carleton University’s Creative Interactions Lab. Lee is pursuing her PhD there and exploring topics related to wearables, e-textiles and co-design. She’s also a prolific creator and routinely delivers workshops around her work for the public. Lee has create easy-to-use, e-textile prototyping kits for…
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Jon Han creates surreal, digital renderings that meld digital environs with painterly mark-making. His process combines contemporary digital tools, traditional painting, and collage to produce unconventional illustrations. Learn more about his trajectory into illustration after pivoting away from mechanics, his mission to stay authentic, and the pr…
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Joanne Hastie, Artist & Engineer | Tech+Art
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21:27Today we’re speaking with Joanne Hastie, a Canadian artist & engineer based in Vancouver. Joanne’s focus is in using technology to be more creative. In her current work she uses robotics, programming, AI and paint to create art. Joanne has over a decade she worked as an R&D Engineer in various small companies while painting on evenings and weekends…
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The Art of Poetic Invention: Ross Goodwin, Artist
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57:35Ghostwriter turned creative technologist, Ross Goodwin uses machine learning to develop fully automated writing machines. Goodwin's inventions have authored poetry, stories, and even film scripts. Tune in to learn more about his projects, what he calls "narrated reality," and how his creations are intended to be used as tools for human writers, sin…
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Lysandre Follet, Computational Design Director, Nike Innovation | Tech+Art
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23:01Today we’re speaking with Lysandre Follet, the Computational Design Director at Nike’s Innovation Kitchen. Originally from France, Lysandre is a musician, designer and maker exploring the combination of technology & design. Throughout this episode, we explored the benefits of passion projects from idea to delivery, the importance of improvisation, …
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The Art of Digital Immersion: Can Büyükberber, Artist
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48:03Today we speak with Can Büyükberber about his immersive installations inspired by philosophy, physics, and dreamscapes. Can's multidisciplinary approach experiments with virtual and augmented reality, projection mapping, geodesic domes, large-scale displays and digital fabrication. Projects Discussed: MORPHOGENESIS MULTIVERSE SERIES NOUMENON -About…
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Travis Kirton, Founder & Director, Flow | Tech+Art
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32:49Today we're speaking with Travis Kirton, the founder and director of Flow, a powerful animation tool that generates code. Travis has an extensive career in the creative technology space working at pioneering institutions such The Ars Electronica Futurelab and The Banff Centre for the Arts. Previously, Travis built C4 an open-source creative coding …
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