Sofia Crespo, Generative Artist | Tech+Art

Sofia 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, implying that technologies are a biased product of the organic life that created them and not a completely separated object. She is also passionate about creativity and the changing role of artists who are working with machine learning techniques. I highly recommend checking out her work and resources online - as always, all resources are in the show notes below. Sofia's Website Sofia's Twitter Sofia's Instagram ML4A School of Machines ML5js.org P5js.org As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Today 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 recommend checking out her work and resources online - as always, all resources are in the show notes below. Vera's Website Vera's Twitter Vera's Instagram Hello World Project Design / Research Club Project #2 GAN Album Art The Coding Train Tim Rodenbroken RNDR As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Sakchin 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 destinations. Productions span the globe and includes clients like the NFL, Microsoft, Sony, Madonna and more! Sakchin joins us to share his story, perspective on the evolution of the industry, a glimpse at their creative process and much more! I highly recommend checking out Moment Factory online: Website Twitter Instagram As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Today 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 learnings, why his passion is centred around teaching creative coding to students, and much more. I highly recommend checking out his work online: Website Twitter Instagram As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Today 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 one of these workshops called ElectroStitches. She’s also been a fellow at Open Style Lab in NYC & is currently doing a virtual artist-in-residency with Daimon. I highly recommend checking out her work online: Website Instagram As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Today 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. She kept both careers very separate - until they suddenly collided just a few years ago. She taught herself python and dove right in. I highly recommend checking out her work online: Website Instagram As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Today 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, and the power behind computational design for creators and commercialization alike. I highly recommend checking out his work online: Website Instagram Vimeo As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Today 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 framework for artists and designers. He is also a Principle at Logic&Form, a studio that designs and builds interactive experiences. We had an incredible conversation about the challenges surrounding the type of work that can be done with creative technology, his path through the industry building C4 and now Flow, and much more. Website Twitter As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Shirley Wu is an award-winning creative focused on data-driven art and visualizations. Shirley joins us to share her story, her insight into the data visualization process, how the industry has evolved and been shaped as it continues to grow, her collaboration on the DataSketch|es project, and much more! I highly recommend checking out her work online by visiting her site in the show notes below: Website Twitter Medium Data Sketch|es Data Visualization Society NYU's ITP One Amongst Many As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.

Today we’re chatting with Kyle Phillips, a Creative Technologist blending design and development to create projects related to generative art and creative tooling. Kyle is part of Google’s Creative Lab in NYC woking on technology experiments like Teachable Machine. Kyle and I had an awesome conversation about his creative process and what it’s like building tools for creatives and much more! I definitely recommend checking out his work by visiting his site in the show notes below or at Haptic-data.com Website Twitter As always you can find out more about Tech+Art by visiting our website or following us on Twitter! Cover art by Matt DesLauriers.