Opportunities – Karyn Easton

Mar 03

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In Other News

Ameca Voice Cloning – There doesn’t seem to be a day going by that doesn’t involve a new announcement about advances in AI. I wholeheartedly believe that all artists should make themselves fully aware of both the opportunities and threats presented by this. Ameca is a highly advanced robot that I mentioned in my research paper. Even since writing that paper things have substantially moved on. Below is a short clip of Ameca speaking using the voices of famous people. In my opinion to say that we are rapidly approaching a ‘post truth society’ is an understatement. I think it’s already here.

Feb 28

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Mattering Life

Scientist in Residence Project – I had the best news ever today! To say I’m super excited is an understatement! After being so disappointed at being rejected for the ‘Mattering Life’ project – the organiser emailed me today :-). A place has become available and as a result I was invited!! This just completely made my day!! The project runs from the 18th – 22nd March, which is directly after the Low Residency at CSM (Central Saint Martins). I am so excited and I am looking forward to documenting it all.

Sep 20

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The Robots Are Here

Doom and Gloom or Hybrid Art Opportunity? – Love it or hate it – the robots are here! Below is a selection of robots generated as a visual experiment. No two robots are the same. Each one has its own unique character. They are all bringing balloons as a gift. There are seventy of them in total, although more were generated. They are all a by product of my research paper. They were fun to generate and I’ll just leave them here.

Jun 29

Barcelona Graffiti #2

Hidden Away – During my recent trip to Barcelona, I was was mesmerised by the colour and variety of the street art both in and around the city. I briefly touched on this in part one of this post called ‘Barcelona Graffiti’. I still don’t know exactly why I was so drawn to the graffiti (street art), except to say that the colours were amazing! It seemed to relentlessly permeate throughout the whole fabric of the city, weaving a disjointed tapestry of colours. Indeed it could even be described in some places as a riot of colour on an otherwise typical traditional cityscape and its walls. All of this was in stark contrast to the walls of one of Barcelona’s most famous contemporary art museums, namely the MACBA. Here there was no graffiti. Everything inside was pristine with beautiful gleaming white walls. A Short Recap Below is short video recap from Barcelona Graffit part one. It helps to illustrate the scale of graffiti and street art that can be found in and around the city. In stark contrast to the brightly coloured graffiti in the video above, the following image gallery illustrates the crisp, clean, neutral […]

Apr 13

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The Outernet London

To Showcase Here Would be Amazing! – While on my Low Residency I went for a walk into town as the events for the day were cancelled due to strikes. It was on our way back that I discovered ‘The Outernet London’ which is part of Outernet Global. This is an amazing space bringing together 21st century tech with some of the most digitally acclaimed artists of the day. It is certainly is an experience! While watching the screens, I thought that this would be a great place to showcase some of my work. My feeling is that if you are going to dream then at least dream big! 😊 – I can’t imagine ever making it there, but at least it’s something to aim for? Maybe? Below is a video short that I made during my time there. I have so much more footage of this exhibition space, but the editing would be such an enormous task I decided to keep it short. However, one thing that certainly did ‘jump out’ at me was the complete contrast in the three spaces that I recently visited namely: Salisbury Cathedral, The Old Saxon Church at Escombe and now the Outernet. I wondered […]

Jan 29

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Know Thy Enemy

And Know Yourself – Planning my study statement has really made me start to think about where my project is headed. I have collected so many ideas, I now need to examine exactly what I am trying to say. I want to try to narrow my focus, especially in light of the rapidly approaching study statement deadline. Today, the news, wherever anyone consumes it, seems so depressing at the moment. It feels as if Government and authority have decided that their soul raison d’être is to suck out any last remaining joy from society. I say this because recently I had a conversation with a friend of mine who is a counsellor (mental health practitioner). She has many clients and as such has a unique insight into how generally people in her sphere are feeling. We sat down over coffee and the conversation turned, as it normally does to life, the universe and anything in between. I told her about my car tax debacle. I was in London a few months ago, I left my car parked overnight near the train station for a couple of nights so I could drive home on my return. While away my husband called […]

Dec 04

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Little Wins #1

Disasters Versus The Little Wins! – After returning from London I had so many images to document on my blog that I used up my hosting package allowance. I have requested to migrate to another, better package but I will be extremely nervous until my update goes through and my website hopefully appears unscathed at the other side. I have taken multiple screenshots of my blog to date. So if I lose my website and blog I will be able to quickly get some of my content back in some form as quickly as possible. I’m terrified that this process will go wrong! However, I can’t continue my blog if I can’t upload images. I am a believer that every cloud has a silver lining, or that if something bad happens, something nice will come along to offset it. My good news came in the form of being ‘tagged’ in an Instagram post by the official account of Bromsgrove School in Bromsgrove. They had referenced my work and set up little experiments to try to replicate it. As a teacher I felt immense pride that my work had inspired someone enough to want to replicate it and use […]

Nov 26

London

Time & Travel It’s Better to Travel Than to Arrive? – This was a quote I stumbled across earlier this year. Unfortunately I’m not sure who said it, but given I was travelling to London I decided to use it anyway. This was the first of two trips to London this year. As I am a keen photographer I decided to document anything interesting. I couldn’t help but notice that the light was particularly beautiful at Newton Abbot train station. However this was nothing compared to the beauty of the ceiling structures at Paddington train station. Below is a small collection of images including the view from my hotel window. A Few Random Shots with My Smartphone Unfortunately I had decided to leave my DSLR at home. However, should I ever decide to shoot Paddington station again these are the kind of shots I would take with my DSLR. My smartphone is great for this activity, but maybe not so good with its pixel count. The Most Underwhelming Time-Lapse Ever! At the start of this blog I muted – it is better to travel than to arrive? I’m not sure that is strictly true, but just in case, […]

Nov 23

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Line in the Sand

A Sand Pendulum – Discovering Hidden Motion – I have been meaning to put up this short sand pendulum unboxing video for well over a week now. I’ve done so much work lately in the digital space, it feels like the right time to move back into the physical again. Shortly after posting this I will be travelling to London which will be a very physical experience and I’m looking forward to documenting that. In the meantime here is the start of my journey looking at motion. This may be something that I want to incorporate into my work if possible but at the moment it remains just an idea. Sand pendulums have always fascinated me. I love their rhythmic motion and the patterns they create as they follow their path. This blog is really about exploring another facet of my thinking. I feel that I still have so many ideas to explore and so little time to do it before I need to narrow my focus. I am are going to be working with physical ‘things’, digital ‘things’ or a combination of both? What do I want to ‘say’ through my work? Do I even want to ‘say’ anything? […]

Nov 11

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Network Patterns

Surprising Results – I was quite pleased with the results of my Blender computer generated Chladni Patterns. However, just as the title to this blog suggests the end results may not necessarily have been the most interesting part. In order to generate the patterns in Blender I needed to create a network. I found this tentacle-like network (almost like neurones) quite fascinating. I cover the network diagram in my post ‘Blender – Who Knew?’ Following on from this I decided to ‘stylise’ the network and from there I created some patterns. A Stylised Network Patterns Created From The Stylised Network A Collage of These Ideas Below is a collage of these images together with the original stylised image at the top. This is purely an experiment and I will save these designs for later as they may prove useful in future projects.