• Gut Reactions: The Microbiome and Human Nature

  • Mendel’s Legacy: Exploring Bacterial Genomics through Art

    Mendel’s Legacy: Exploring Bacterial Genomics through Art

    Lecture by Anna Dumitriu and Alex May at the Mendel Museum, Brno Saturday, 28th November 2015, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Anna Dumitriu in her current project “Sequence” uses the latest research in whole genome sequencing and the 2.8 million base pairs of DNA from the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (the non-antibiotic resistant form of the…

  • Wet Media

  • Curating in the Digital World: Talk with Robert Storr and Alex May

    “Join international curator Robert Storr and leading digital artist Alex May for an informal discussion about the role of curating for digital artwork.” 4pm-5pm 13th July 2015 Red Room, Chelsea College of Arts 16 John Islip Street London SW1V 4JU Limited tickets available – click here We have seen some remarkable developments as part of the…

  • Art That Makes Itself – Symposium Videos

    Frieder Nake keynote: Paul & Daniel Brown: Where to now The Digital Revolution? Maria Chatzichristodoulou, Jim Boulton, Nico Macdonald, Alex May Maggie Boden, Douglas Dodds & Ernest Edmonds

  • Art That Makes Itself – Symposium

    Brown & Son: Art That Makes Itself Symposium Saturday 16 May, 2pm – 6.45pm Concerns of different generations, tribes and networks who make up digital culture, the challenges and opportunities for making and conserving generative artworks and rapid developments in digital image-making since the late 1960s are among the themes of a symposium on 16…

  • TEDxBucharest – Creating Digital Art for Posterity

  • Computer Arts Society Talk

    Alex will be giving a talk at Phoenix Leicester at 6:30pm on 11th March 2015, introducing his art practice, the software he has created, the aims and challenges behind their development, and his grassroots approach to digital preservation for artists. The Computer Arts Society (CAS) promotes the creative uses of computers in the arts and culture.…

  • Upcoming events for October and November 2014

    On October 28th Alex will be giving a talk at The Lightbox in Woking about his art practice and the challenges of creating and preserving digital art.  Book a place here. The talk coincides with the ongoing exhibition at The Lightbox that features ‘Shadows of Light‘, which will be on show until the end of October.…

  • Music Tech Fest 5th-7th September 2014

    Music Tech Fest 5th-7th September 2014

    Music Tech Fest is a “festival of music ideas that brings together artists and performers, academics and thinkers, startups and labels, inventors and innovators.” Alex May will be speaking at 16:30 on Saturday 6th September 2014 about Painting With Light his bespoke video mapping software for artists. The event is being held at LSO St Luke’s…

  • “My Robot Companion” talk at Waag Society, Amsterdam

    I’m going to be giving a short talk about the “My Robot Companion” project at the Waag Society in Amsterdam on January 31st: Politics, Ethics, Power and Propaganda – An ‘ICT and Art Connect’ Event by Waag Society. “This special evening of short talks, discussions and networking brings together artists, scientists and technologists to investigate…