Apps created by artists or as part of an artistic project
November 11, 2013 10:32 PM Subscribe
I'm a journalist looking to write a series of profiles on artists who are using apps, not to create their work, but as part of their output.
If you know of any, or where I should look, could you let me know? Cheers.
I ran a theatre show this summer with a custom iOS app. MeMail me if you want to chat!
posted by sixswitch at 10:58 PM on November 11, 2013
posted by sixswitch at 10:58 PM on November 11, 2013
Best answer: Have a look at creativeapplications.net if you haven't seen it yet.
posted by juv3nal at 11:06 PM on November 11, 2013
posted by juv3nal at 11:06 PM on November 11, 2013
brian eno has some simple but lovely music apps.
posted by messiahwannabe at 12:05 AM on November 12, 2013
posted by messiahwannabe at 12:05 AM on November 12, 2013
Best answer: Check out the Aaron Brown project which among other things uses some applications to flesh out a persona(Aaron) by letting people push their own activities through "his" Twitter, web, etc. presence. This Motherboard write-up from the past week will help explain.
The New York Review of Bots covers projects of the Twitter bot flavor. This is arguably just using apps to create the work, but it could also be argued that the app is the work since the output kind of embodies it. You'll have to decide that for yourself in the context of your series.
If you want to get a bit historical, try and get a hold of Adrian Ward, now of Clay Interactive about the hilarious though still usable(kinda, sometimes) Autoshop and Auto-Illustrator applications. You'll probably find plenty of stuff to check out at that Art And Electronic Media site itself.
Some of Golan Levin's work probably fits, and going into history a bit again, a few of his early works–I remember Yellowtail in particular–were sold as art pieces in editions(I believe) when that was still a very new and unusual concept; it probably still is. I can't remember the name of the gallery, unfortunately, though it's likely gone by this point anyway. He could fill you in, though.
A bunch of Lia's work will fit, and her work at Turux was again in the early wave of generative on-line art.
The Generator.x site has been inactive for a while though is probably worth a trawl, and Marius Watz has remained active on the related Twitter account.
posted by Su at 2:16 AM on November 12, 2013
The New York Review of Bots covers projects of the Twitter bot flavor. This is arguably just using apps to create the work, but it could also be argued that the app is the work since the output kind of embodies it. You'll have to decide that for yourself in the context of your series.
If you want to get a bit historical, try and get a hold of Adrian Ward, now of Clay Interactive about the hilarious though still usable(kinda, sometimes) Autoshop and Auto-Illustrator applications. You'll probably find plenty of stuff to check out at that Art And Electronic Media site itself.
Some of Golan Levin's work probably fits, and going into history a bit again, a few of his early works–I remember Yellowtail in particular–were sold as art pieces in editions(I believe) when that was still a very new and unusual concept; it probably still is. I can't remember the name of the gallery, unfortunately, though it's likely gone by this point anyway. He could fill you in, though.
A bunch of Lia's work will fit, and her work at Turux was again in the early wave of generative on-line art.
The Generator.x site has been inactive for a while though is probably worth a trawl, and Marius Watz has remained active on the related Twitter account.
posted by Su at 2:16 AM on November 12, 2013
Jordan Ruddess, keyboardist for Dream Theater, has a few apps out: http://www.wizdommusic.com/
posted by chrispy108 at 2:17 AM on November 12, 2013
posted by chrispy108 at 2:17 AM on November 12, 2013
John Baldessari made In Still Life with web and iphone apps.
posted by moonmilk at 4:23 AM on November 12, 2013
posted by moonmilk at 4:23 AM on November 12, 2013
Best answer: In 1992 William Gibson wrote a poem called Agrippa (a book of the dead), which was published as a Macintosh application on a 3.5" floppy disk. Running the program to view the poem also encrypted the disk as it went along, rendering the program inoperable after the first (and only) reading.
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:32 AM on November 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by JoeZydeco at 7:32 AM on November 12, 2013 [1 favorite]
Khoya, by Shilo Suleman. Never actually played with it but I hear it's excellent.
posted by 9000condiments at 7:51 AM on November 12, 2013
posted by 9000condiments at 7:51 AM on November 12, 2013
I went down to the Mall in DC and tried out the app The National Mall, by Bluebrain. It's a sort of sonic, location-aware mosaic that plays varying ambient music as you wander around. The artists developed musical lines that are keyed to many of the specific locations and monuments, and are only audible when your phone detects you're there. The music is only available when you're on the Mall in Washington, DC, and the creators have said they won't make it available in other formats. It's quite a neat concept, and it makes the experience very immersive.
posted by itstheclamsname at 1:48 PM on November 12, 2013
posted by itstheclamsname at 1:48 PM on November 12, 2013
Dan Deacon has an app that is part of his shows.
YouTube trailer of how it works.
posted by wcfields at 2:20 PM on November 12, 2013
YouTube trailer of how it works.
posted by wcfields at 2:20 PM on November 12, 2013
Best answer: EcoArtTech's Indeterminate Hikes
(full disclosure, I coded it :D)
posted by theRussian at 4:51 PM on November 14, 2013
(full disclosure, I coded it :D)
posted by theRussian at 4:51 PM on November 14, 2013
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Max Weisel made Soundrop and contributed to Biophilia (for Björk) and ARTPOP (for Lady Gaga).
posted by dreamyshade at 10:53 PM on November 11, 2013