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09.10.25 Altarpiece: Ascension is currently on view @gazelliarthouse till December as …
Altarpiece: Ascension is currently on view @gazelliarthouse till December as part of Subject to Change. Brendan Dawes’ Altarpiece: …
08.10.25 Sixteen years on I finally decided to get my D&AD pencil for creating …
Sixteen years on I finally decided to get my D&AD pencil for creating Doodlebuzz, the experimental news discovery interface I made back …
06.10.25 Animal architecture
Animal architecture.
05.10.25 No need to be anyone but yourself
No need to be anyone but yourself.
03.10.25 Had a wonderful evening @gazelliarthouse for the preview of Subject to Change
Had a wonderful evening @gazelliarthouse for the preview of Subject to Change. Great crowd, great conversations, saw lots of friends and …
01.10.25 I never get complacent about my career or my work
I never get complacent about my career or my work. It still feels unbelievable to see my work on the homepage of @gazelliarthouse and be …
26.09.25 It’s finally here
It’s finally here. On NFTs from @taschen edited by @robertalice.studio. A beautiful hardback souvenir of a moment in time. Thanks to …
19.09.25 Heading back home from @aestheticamag Art Prize 2025
Heading back home from @aestheticamag Art Prize 2025. Huge thank you to all the @aestheticamag team and all the team @yorkartgallery for …
03.09.25 Divergent routes
Divergent routes.
29.08.25 Electrify
Electrify.
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 …
19.07.25 Eventually the blank must be filled in totally
Eventually the blank must be filled in totally.
13.07.25 Colossal Machine
Colossal Machine.
09.07.25 Leave space in your work for the unexpected to grow
Leave space in your work for the unexpected to grow.
06.07.25 “There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, …
“There was a star riding through clouds one night, & I said to the star, ‘Consume me’.” — Virginia Woolf.
04.07.25 Inner biology
Inner biology.
02.07.25 Strange circuits
Strange circuits.
28.06.25 One of the many outputs from the generative and recursive system I’m currently …
One of the many outputs from the generative and recursive system I’m currently developing.
26.06.25 A thousand capacities
A thousand capacities.
24.06.25 Self recursion
Self recursion. Having a lot of fun exploring some generative systems and processes for an upcoming group show in London later this year.
22.06.25 Iteration eleven
Iteration eleven.
26.05.25 constructione ornamentum
23.05.25 There was a time when I used to a lot of talks in a year
There was a time when I used to a lot of talks in a year. Now I’ve cut that down to just a few, some years none at all. I still always …
21.05.25 Content Creator
Content Creator.
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 …
16.05.25 She walks in beauty
She walks in beauty.
14.05.25 Yes I still have business cards and yes they are unique and generative
Yes I still have business cards and yes they are unique and generative.
14.05.25 Organic device
Organic device.
11.05.25 Today @offlinenyc in The Bowery New York
Today @offlinenyc in The Bowery New York. Factory Reality panel discussion. I’ll be zooming in from a sunny UK to join this group of lovely …
11.05.25 Pixels find their home
Pixels find their home. Another spread from Now Becomes Then, my forty page anniversary algorithmic publication, a 25 year retrospective. …