Here is the process that I undergo to make my antiselfies. It’s appropriate to use a process such as this and represent it in this form (as if it’s from “work”) as the work itself is a set of technological artefacts and we work with … Continue readingMy process
I’m an outsider, I do things my way and don’t really pay any attention to the commercial side of art world. Go to any launch in art galleries and now and with a few exceptions it literally is about commodity trading. I am totally disappointed … Continue readingWhy do I call myself a punk artist?
The “paintings” produced by AI experiments are not paintings. There’s no paint. They are simulacra: “Simulacra are copies that depict things that either had no original, or that no longer have an original.” Engineers and computer scientists have little real experience or deep understanding of … Continue readingWhy aren’t my paintings paintings? Push button Art & AIs
If you think you’re making computer or digital art, ask yourself these questions. I’ve written them down as a few people over the last year have asked me questions about courses, as I’ve written quite a few at MA level and lower. They underpinned how … Continue readingDigital & Computer Art Ed
Can art be too clever? It’s such a tired thing to say “I don’t know much about art but I know what I like”. In fact as one studies it more and more the opposite tends to creep in, one knows lots about art but … Continue readingWhat is “clever art?”
The great abstract/modernist purges of the mid century period are over, it’s battles won, abstract art everywhere and the art world itself democratised by that least human thing of all, technology. Over the last 400 years art has gone on a physical journey through space, … Continue readingSeeing not Looking
Imagine going to IKEA to buy furniture. You’re redecorating your living space and you want new furniture. On the way out you see “art” and you decide that a few nice pictures are also needed, after all they show off your taste at it’s best. … Continue readingIKEA vs THE ROBO-ARTISTS
I have recently had a conversation about my work being both computational and digital, and how difficult it is to sell virtual work. The main thrust being that computational and digital work is difficult to sell because it’s not real somehow. I printed out that … Continue readingReal virtual art
I’m proud to be talking about my work, illness, technology and skills at the RSA in London on 6th September at 12. You can book a ticket at the links below and you don’t have to be an RSA fellow to come. https://www.thersa.org/events/fellowship-events/rsa-friday-conversations