[ISEA2011] Artists Statement: Vicky Isley & Paul Smith (boredomresearch) – Lost Calls of Cloud Mountain Whirligigs

Artists Statement

Generative artworks explore extended time frames, greatly inspired by the diversity in nature. Computational technology is used to simulate natural patterns, behaviours and intricacies that gradually change.

  • ‘boredomresearch’ is a collaboration between Southampton UK based artists Vicky Isley and Paul Smith. The collective are internationally renowned for creating software driven art, highly aesthetic both visually and acoustically. All their art is computer generated and includes interactive public works of art, generative objects, online projects and environments. boredomresearch’s artwork Ornamental Bug Garden 001 is housed within the British Council’s Collection and has been awarded honorary mentions in Transmediale.05, Berlin (2005) and VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life International Competition, Madrid (2004). ‘boredomresearch’s artworks have been exhibited worldwide in festivals, galleries and museums such as the KUMU Art Museum in Tallinn, Estonia (2011); [DAM]Cologne (2011); Electrohype Biennale, Ystad Art Museum in Sweden (2010); FILE Prix Luz in São Paulo (2010); Today Art Museum in Beijing (2010); LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial in Gijón, Spain (2010); MAXXI Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo in Rome (2010); STRP Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands (2009); Instituto Itaú Cultural in São Paulo (2008); SIGGRAPH08 in Los Angeles (2008); iMAL Center for Digital Cultures and Technology in Brussels, Belgium (2008) among other venues.

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