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15.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 15th March 2026
We’re currently experiencing some issues setting up the Google Meet call, so we’ll be hosting the meeting on our platform, Riverside …
08.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 8th March 2026
This week I've been deep in the weeds as I work on expanding some of the systems I use especially in respect of machine-learning. In the …
01.03.26 That Was The Week That Was — 1st March 2026
"What is the elementary particle of sudden understanding? It is the clariton. Any scientist will recognise the “Aha!” moment when this …
01.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 1st February 2026
"Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a …
25.01.26 That Was The Week That Was – 25th January 2026
Started the week off in a nice way with news that Cinema Redux: Metropolis had been acquired by a collector through Gazelli Art House. …
23.11.25 That Was The Week That Was — 23rd November 2025
Following an email from David Connor, Tutor for Architecture + Design at the University of Salford, I found myself on a train heading to …
30.08.25 That Was The Week That Was – 30th August 2025
Bugs and Errors At the beginning of the week I noticed my site was peppered with errors and bugs. The latest version of PHP had thrown up …
19.05.25 Hope’s box opens wide Dance, sound, code intertwine, New worlds bloom anew
Hope’s box opens wide Dance, sound, code intertwine, New worlds bloom anew. Another page from my new Now Becomes Then publication featuring …
18.05.25 That Was The Week That Was – 18th May 2025
Following on from my talk last week in Dusseldorf, this week saw me take a train across the Pennines to the North East of England for the …
30.04.25 💥Now Becomes Then — A forty page, large format algorithmic broadsheet …
💥Now Becomes Then — A forty page, large format algorithmic broadsheet publication to mark twenty five years of brendandawes.com Since 2000 …
25.04.25 🎤 Meet the Minds of Thinking Digital 2025 🎤 We've got a fabulous speaker lineup …
🎤 Meet the Minds of Thinking Digital 2025 🎤 We've got a fabulous speaker lineup including.. 🚀 @juliantreasure : a TED Talk Titan on …
28.03.25 Flocks, Herds and Schools is now available in a gorgeous white on black version
Flocks, Herds and Schools is now available in a gorgeous white on black version. Each print is unique made from the flocking motion of …
16.03.25 The joy of code
The joy of code. Same algorithmic system, different outcomes.
16.03.25 That Was The Week That Was – 16th March 2025
I've been continuing to explore more ideas using the Axidraw plotter, looking at various algorithms for generating possible prints. One of …
02.03.25 That Was The Week That Was – 2nd March 2025
At some point this week I realised 2025 marked 25 years since I first registered brendandawes.com. It's been my corner of the web where …
16.02.25 That Was The Week That Was - 16th February 2025
For many years now the music I play in the studio is routed through a Raspberry Pi running a thing called Mopidy – a music server written …
12.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 12th January 2025
The only consistency I want is to be inconsistent You'll often see comments from "collectors" of art how an artist should be consistent; …
10.10.24 Morfff
Morfff. From the archive. I’ve always been fascinated with creating physical analog objects from a coded digital process. A few years ago …
05.03.24 Gary Hustwit and I just launched a new thing: Anamorph
Gary Hustwit and I just launched a new thing: Anamorph. It’s a software and film company where we’ll be exploring ways to bring generative …
23.01.24 Had a wonderful time at the Sundance Film Festival Festival for the world …
Had a wonderful time at the Sundance Film Festival Festival for the world premier of Eno – @gary_hustwit’s new film about artist, musician, …
13.01.24 "To cleverly depict Eno’s illustrious life, director Gary Hustwit and …
"To cleverly depict Eno’s illustrious life, director Gary Hustwit and technologist Brendan Dawes developed software that generates a …
01.11.23 Beautiful posters by @studiodotbuild for the upcoming generative documentary …
Beautiful posters by @studiodotbuild for the upcoming generative documentary about @brianeno by @gary_hustwit. It’s a real pleasure to be …
13.09.23 You, Me and The Machine
You, Me and The Machine. Currently on show as part of the Gen/Gen show @gazelliarthouse. This work creates an infinite number of …
17.07.23 "As much as I love purely digital work, I also love the appeal of physical …
"As much as I love purely digital work, I also love the appeal of physical objects and the context of a real-world gallery gives me an …
11.07.23 FITC Tokyo 2016 Opening Titles
FITC Tokyo 2016 Opening Titles. Created in 2016 for the @fitc design conference. The entire work was created in code, in Processing, with …
20.06.23 Creating Thumbnails of Videos with FFmpeg and Automator
Just a quick one, but wanted to make a note of this very handy FFmpeg script. For a project I'm currently working on I wanted to quickly …
07.06.23 Converting a gif to a video with FFMPEG
This is just a quick one to add to my other ffmpeg workflows. I wanted to quickly convert a gif to video so it could be posted on Instagram …
27.05.23 Processing Community Catalog 2001–2021
Processing Community Catalog 2001–2021. It’s arrived and it’s a beast of thing. Huge thanks to Ben Fry, Casey Reas, Dan Shiffman and the …
08.05.23 A moment from You, Me and the Machine, my real-time generative and interactive …
A moment from You, Me and the Machine, my real-time generative and interactive art machine exposing the code creating the work.
16.04.23 That Was The Week That Was – 16th April 2023
The focus this week was all about Barcelona and setting up for the upcoming Digital Impact show. The 3D printed sculptures had arrived the …