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/2025
- 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…
- 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.
- 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 na…
- 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 t…