Walk in the park, look at the sky: collected thoughts, processes and observations made during the course of making things
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- analog
- anamorph
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- code
- coltrane
- conference
- data
- 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
- lrb
- mac
- machine learning
- making
- markdown
- memory
- misconceptions
- nft
- notch
- notes
- openframeworks
- opinion
- output
- p5js
- photoshop
- plain text
- plotter
- process
- processing
- python
- robots
- roslindale
- sound
- time
- tools
- touchdesigner
- transferwise
- travel
- tw3
- ultisnips
- video
- vim
- vimwiki
- vinyl
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- zx81
- Everything
/2025
- 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 …
- 09.05.25 FOMO in NYC
FOMO in NYC. Last night saw the opening of Factory Reality @offlinenyc in the Bowery New York, curated by @mikabaronn. Whilst I couldn’t be …
- 09.05.25 Natural Curiosity
Natural Curiosity.
- 02.05.25 I’ll be live via satellite – well actually Google Meetup – to take part in this …
I’ll be live via satellite – well actually Google Meetup – to take part in this panel discussion with these super smart people on May 11th …
- 01.05.25 The front cover of my latest publication is actually a data visualisation of …
The front cover of my latest publication is actually a data visualisation of the updates on my site over the years. It tracks from 2016 — …
- 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 …
- 28.04.25 If it’s in @screendaily it must be true! Excited to be working with Joanna …
If it’s in @screendaily it must be true! Excited to be working with Joanna Wright on our Welsh co production alongside producer …
- 28.04.25 Lonely Void
Lonely Void.
- 25.04.25 Some snippets of outputs today using my own procedural models together with …
Some snippets of outputs today using my own procedural models together with Clip Vision in ComfyUI.
- 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 …
- 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.
- 24.03.25 That Was The Week That Was — 24th March 2025
One of the bonuses of being a member of places such as the V&A or the National Portrait Gallery is you don't need to book a time slot …