Drawing the Future

About

Our question: Is it possible to create an interactive art work, that
can embrace many people's creative output into a consistent artistic
composition? Imagine an open work that is a finely tuned dynamic
structure, a compositional rule-set able to re-organize itself while
feeding in new imagery and sensory input.

The corresponding technology is at it's peak: instant 3D printing,
image manipulation and genetic engineering all unleashing the power of
the human mind to shape our future. But is there a revolution in the
way we use and structure these tools? Do we have a democratic
enough interface to allow many people to participate in the creation?
Can we draw our future together, or will somebody else do it for us?

Through our exhibition, talks and performances we search for the answers from a structural point of view: is the medium ready for
dynamic and democratic creation?
Whether the methods of art and the structures of compositions can be extended for open art or we need a more fundamental shift in paradigm
to facilitate a shared and collaborative culture?

We are featuring two interactive artists who approach the same questions from different media: Andor Merks via interactive video, gaming and social media, Balint Bolygo through mechanic sculptures and physical forces.

Submit your work or donate an old gadget for the collaborative installations!

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Andor Merks is a new media artist, interactive designer and entrepreneur. Through his research and media experiments he develops interactive concepts to catalyse self-expression, communication and social interactivity. Through his self-referential generative algorithms he developed a unique style in coding and visual aesthetics. In these works artistic and scientific experiments reciprocate each other's evolution, generating an organic stream of digital symbols.

He is an active VJ (Video Jockey) in East-London clubs and running his Shoreditch based start-up: Web Remixer.

Andor Merks http://andormerks.com

Balint Bolygo's approach to his artistic practice is through a process of
invention, science and engineering. The innovation of artistic
mechanical devices creates a function that is indefinite and
unpredictable. His sculptural inventions are controlled by invisible
forces (gravity, optical laws, and crystalline movements on a nano
scale) that investigate the process of creation independently. The
relationship between the predictable nature of a system (a machine,
program, algorithm) and the unpredictability of the human touch
conjures up both notions of random chaos and universal order.

Bolygo http://balintbolygo.com