Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
- 3d
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- analog
- anamorph
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- automator
- axidraw
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- dataart
- design
- dropbox
- eno
- everyday objects
- eyes
- ffmpeg
- flocking
- fotb
- fusion360
- future-everything
- fzf
- generative systems
- git
- gridmarkets
- hardware
- hitfilm
- houdini
- ifttt
- imperfection
- indieweb
- input
- inspiration
- installation
- inventory
- ios
- keyshot
- kirby
- leap motion
- mac
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- making
- markdown
- memory
- misconceptions
- nft
- notch
- notes
- openframeworks
- opinion
- output
- p5js
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- plain text
- plotter
- process
- processing
- python
- robots
- roslindale
- sound
- time
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- touchdesigner
- transferwise
- travel
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- Everything
/notes
- 24.04.25 Persian Dreams will be on display this evening @outernetlondon as part of …
Persian Dreams will be on display this evening @outernetlondon as part of @digitalartweek. This is the first time the work has been shown …
- 19.04.25 Factory Reality: Post-realism in the 2020s
Factory Reality: Post-realism in the 2020s. Excited to be part of this new show @offlinenyc in New York curated by @mikabaronn and …
- 10.04.25 Financial crisis Haiku generatively made cutups
Financial crisis Haiku generatively made cutups.
- 09.04.25 Markets crash mashup
Markets crash mashup. Another example, this time with Trump imagery. Haiku’s created from local LLM.
- 09.04.25 Local LLMs
Local LLMs. Inspired by the @entagma tutorial by Christopher Kopic on using local LLMs inside Houdini, I made this little experiment inside …
- 07.04.25 Bells & Circles
- 07.04.25 Parts unknown
Parts unknown.
- 07.04.25 Interference from another
Interference from another.
- 06.04.25 The influence of one thing on another thing
The influence of one thing on another thing.
- 05.04.25 Concentric eccentric
Concentric eccentric.
- 03.04.25 Pattern Recognition and Tingling Tartness
Pattern Recognition and Tingling Tartness.
- 01.04.25 Data Sculpture
Data Sculpture. Work from last year that may never see the light of day. Explorations using artist market data, created in #Houdini. These …
- 31.03.25 A generative system allows for many possibilities
A generative system allows for many possibilities.
- 30.03.25 Apollo 11 Static
Apollo 11 Static. Created in 2009 for the 40th anniversary of the 1969 Moon landing, the entire Apollo 11 transmission transcript creates …
- 28.03.25 Flocks, Herds and Schools
Flocks, Herds and Schools.
- 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 …
- 27.03.25 Some more absurdist construction kits
Some more absurdist construction kits.
- 26.03.25 The Process is probably my most popular print
The Process is probably my most popular print. I drew this many years ago to describe the creative process. One colour screen print in Fluo …
- 25.03.25 Further iterations of these structures based on the flocking motion of birds
Further iterations of these structures based on the flocking motion of birds.
- 23.03.25 Fauna iterations
Fauna iterations. Iterations from the original flocking motion, combining flora and fauna.
- 23.03.25 Airfix for the absurdist
Airfix for the absurdist. An experiment taking an AxiDraw plot of the flocking motion of birds (created in Processing shown in last image), …
- 16.03.25 The joy of code
The joy of code. Same algorithmic system, different outcomes.
- 14.03.25 💥A new generative print is now live on @producedforuse
💥A new generative print is now live on @producedforuse. Flocks, Herds and Schools pays tribute to Craig W. Reynolds 1987 paper of the same …
- 14.03.25 How it works… The Computer
How it works… The Computer. A ladybird book.
- 13.03.25 Nuclear family
Nuclear family.
- 13.03.25 Certain Irregularities
Certain Irregularities. Limited edition unique generative works.
- 12.03.25 Break the system
Break the system.
- 11.03.25 Generative type montage engine with a plotted flocking algorithm overlay
Generative type montage engine with a plotted flocking algorithm overlay.
- 11.03.25 Lots of experiments going on this week
Lots of experiments going on this week. @producedforuse
- 10.03.25 Experiments with using Craig Reynold’s 1986 flocking algorithm
Experiments with using Craig Reynold’s 1986 flocking algorithm. This places random unseen objects in the space, at various sizes and looks …