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- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 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 …
- 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 …
- 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 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 …
- 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 …
- 09.03.25 That Was The Week That Was - 9th March 2025
With the publication of Certain Irregularities last week, this week was centered around fulfilling those orders – printing, packing and …
- 04.03.25 I get a lot of pleasure from the simple things
I get a lot of pleasure from the simple things. Such as taking my time to wrap larger @producedforuse orders in brown paper parcels.
- 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 …
- 27.02.25 💥Now available - a new plotted generative art series to commemorate twenty five …
💥Now available - a new plotted generative art series to commemorate twenty five years of brendandawes.com. Using an AxiDraw plotter, each …
- 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 …
- 11.02.25 More generative cut-up tests
More generative cut-up tests. This time using films from the Preminger archive together with some Rosindale Ultra type from @djrrb
- 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 …
- 02.02.25 That Was The Week That Was - 2nd February 2015
This week started painfully. I managed to sprain my left ankle — not by any activity at the gym but by simply standing up from the sofa on …
- 01.02.25 Scrambled Text System
Scrambled Text System. I never tire of creating discreet systems that do one thing. This one is something I needed as a text reveal so …
- 30.01.25 Bash Function to Calculate Image Print Size
This one is pretty niche but I find it handy so thought I'd post it here in case others find it useful. Often times I find myself needing …
- 26.01.25 It was great to be able to show Nothing Can Ever Be The Same to a wider …
It was great to be able to show Nothing Can Ever Be The Same to a wider audience as part of the Eno 24 event yesterday. Previously this …
- 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.
- 23.01.25 Eno 24h streaming event starts tomorrow from 12pm EST
Eno 24h streaming event starts tomorrow from 12pm EST. Link to tickets in my bio. The global streaming premiere of the generative …
- 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 …
- 16.01.25 Congrats to my “Eno” collaborator @brendandawes for winning the Cinema Eye …
Congrats to my “Eno” collaborator @brendandawes for winning the Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Visual Design for …