Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things

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12.04.26 That Was The Week That Was — 12th April 2026
Schubert’s imagination was unusually literary. Words released music in him: poems about desire, love, loss, solitude, the longing for rest; …
05.04.26 That Was The Week That Was — 5th April 2026
Back in 2019 I created the graphics and titles for Beyond Tellerrand — the design event run by my friend Marc Thiele. Seven years on I'm …
22.02.26 That Was The Week That Was — 22nd February 2026
"World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural. I peel and portion A tangerine and spit the pips and feel The …
11.01.26 That Was The Week That Was — 11th January 2026
Whilst there was much noise above where I worked in the studio at home — with the roofers putting a new roof on the house — it was still …
24.07.25 Look again at the scraps on the cutting room floor
Look again at the scraps on the cutting room floor. This image was a throwaway remnant of a deeper process. Yet it appeals to me as a thing …
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 …
12.05.25 That Was The Week That Was – 11th May 2025
This week saw myself and Lisa head to Dusseldorf for a few days as I was speaking at Beyond Tellerrand, a wonderful design event created …
10.05.25 The Joy of Uncertainty
The Joy of Uncertainty. Next week I’ll be travelling to Newcastle to speak at @thinking_digital_conf, talking about creating work using …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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), …
08.03.25 A series of mistakes, errors and mishaps
A series of mistakes, errors and mishaps. In the course of playing and experimenting to create new plotted works, this thing appeared …
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 …
01.03.25 Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave and Seán O'Hagan
A wonderful book about life, death, grief, joy, optimism as well as the creative process. Couldn’t put it down. …
23.02.25 That Was The Week That Was – 23rd February 2025
Back in New York to attend the Augmented Intelligence opening night at Christie's where my latest work – Altarpiece – will be on show and …
17.02.25 In 1990 I helped create a series of breakbeats for the Breakbeats series of …
In 1990 I helped create a series of breakbeats for the Breakbeats series of albums by The Original Unknown DJs published by Warrior …
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 …
09.02.25 That Was The Week That Was – 9th February 2025
"Gardens exist on the threshold of artifice and nature, conscious decision and wild happenstance" – Olivia Laing, A Garden Against Time …
26.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 26th January 2025
Sunday saw me heading to New York for a few days to meetup with Gary Hustwit to consult on a new film project through our joint venture …
25.01.25 The crew talking about the making of Eno via the livestream earlier on
The crew talking about the making of Eno via the livestream earlier on. Repeated again tomorrow morning UK time. Link in bio.
19.01.25 That Was The Week That Was - 19th January 2025
"Your flight has been cancelled." These words flashed across my phone on Monday evening, about 12 hours before I was due to fly early the …
19.11.24 Over the years, many of the things I’ve made have been inspired by my ongoing …
Over the years, many of the things I’ve made have been inspired by my ongoing love affair with film. From Cinema Redux to my current work …
12.11.24 The Pandora Variations: Jealousy BTS (2021)
The Pandora Variations: Jealousy BTS (2021). Behind the scenes making of this work, one of five unique pieces which was auctioned @sothebys …
02.11.24 From the archive 2016
From the archive 2016. A sketch creating generative objects and selecting subsets for possible interface ideas.
12.10.24 The city at night had a way of sinking into itself, like a boxer taking a punch …
The city at night had a way of sinking into itself, like a boxer taking a punch and waiting for the next. Neon signs flickered in the dark, …
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 …
31.07.24 The Art of Cybersecurity (2019) As this was featured in the history of …
The Art of Cybersecurity (2019) As this was featured in the history of generative art timeline created by @lerandomart_ I thought I’d post …
22.07.24 Busy day today filming in the studio for a forthcoming documentary about my …
Busy day today filming in the studio for a forthcoming documentary about my life as a generative artist.