Matthew Plummer-Fernandez_Travel & Tourism

M_Plummer-Fernández News // About // CV // Writing // Works // Works_in_progress // Contact 08.04.21 - A new series of works called Cave Paintings can be found on the tezos-based NFT marketplace Hic Et Nunc. 15.01.20 - The magazine Art in America has a special on generative art for which I've written an article titled Bots vs AI. 11.07.19 - My PhD thesis is now public. The practice-based study, funded by AHRC, is titled The art of bots: A practice-based study of the multiplicity, entanglements and figuration of sociocomputational assemblages, and was conducted at Goldsmiths, University of London. [email protected] Twttr / Instagram / GitHub / Mastodon Hic Et Nunc British/Colombian artist Matthew Plummer-Fernández works across physical and digital media, critically and playfully examining the interrelation of algorithmic systems, popular culture, and contemporary issues. Their work is influenced by Generative Art, Critical Design, and Internet Art, and has been exhibited extensively, commissioned by institutions including the Victoria & Albert Museum and Somerset House in London, AND Festival in Manchester, and ZKM in Karlruhe. Several works of the artist are in the permanent collection of Centre Pompidou in Paris, and in 2014, they received an award of distinction at Ars Electronica. Plummer-Fernández received an MA from London's Royal College of Art in 2009, completed a practice-based doctorate at Goldsmiths, University of London, in 2019, and in 2021 was appointed course leader in BA Fine Art - Computational Arts at Camberwell College of Arts in London. 2021 Not Another JPEG, Self-published 2020 AI v Bots, Art in America, January issue 2019 PhD thesis - The art of bots: A practice-based study of the multiplicity, entanglements and figuration of sociocomputational assemblages. Goldsmiths, University of London. 2015 People of the 21st Century, Avant Magazine 2014 Popular Protest, Grafik Magazine Download CV as pdf Born in London, 1982 Lived in Colombia 89-99 Currently based in UK Solo Shows 2019 Rozsirene Autorstvo, Bratislava, SK 2017 No Backups for 1909 days, London, UK 2017 Shiv Integer, with Julien Deswaef, iMal, BE 2016 Material Want, with JODI, at iMal, BE 2016 Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston, UK 2015 Hard Copy, Nome Gallery, Berlin, DE 2015 Color Gamut, Zhulong Gallery, Dallas, US Group Shows 2019 Future Relics, Vector Festival, Toronto CA 2019 Artistic Intelligence, Kunstverein Hannover, DE 2018 Good Grief, Somerset House, London, UK 2018 York Mediale, York, UK 2018 kanal Centre Pompidou, Brussels, BE 2018 Spime, Museum of Art Nuoro, Sardinia, IT 2017 Materialising the Internet, MU Gallery, NL 2017 Open Codes, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE 2017 States of Play, Humber St Gallery, Hull, UK 2017 HeK showcase, Liste, Art Basel, Basel, CH 2017 Prima Materia, Fiber Festival, Amsterdam, NL 2017 Imprimer Le Monde, Pompidou Centre, Paris, FR 2017 The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, NCCD, UK 2017 Objects of Transcendence, Watermans, UK 2016 Into the Wild, Somerset House, London, UK 2016 Art of Bots, Somerset House, London, UK 2015 Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Grizedale, UK 2015 Staying with The Trouble, Whitebuilding, UK 2015 Algorithmic Rubbish Stedelijk Museum Bureau, NL 2015 The Subterranean, Fiber Festival, Amsterdam, NL 2015 Plastic, The Nieuwe Instituut, NL 2015 X+1, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal CA 2014 The Printed Object, Onassis Centre, Athens, GR 2014 Internet Yama-Ichi, Brussels, BE 2014 Cyberarts, Ars Electronica, Linz, AT 2014 The New Sublime, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, UK 2013 AND Festival, FACT, Liverpool, UK 2013 Bensimon Gallery, Paris, FR 2012 Coded Perceptions, Setup, Ultrecht, NL 2012 Generator.x 3.0, iMal, Brussels, BE 2009 Show 2, Royal College of Art, London, UK 2008 Crashland, Tokyo, JP 2008 Designersblock, Milan, IT 2007 Designersblock, Milan, IT 2007 Designersblock, London Design Festival, UK Press and Publications 2018 Ian Youngs for BBC 2018 Cory Doctorow for Boing Boing 2017 Bob Dickenson for Art Monthly 2017 Paul Soulellis, Printed Web 5, Bot Anthologia 2016 Annalee Newitz for Ars Technica 2016 Nicolas Nova, Dadabots (book) 2015 Regine Debatty, interview for WMMNA 2015 Digital Handmade, Thames & Hudson (book) 2015 Anne Kohlick, Monopol Magazin, DE 2015 Katie Collins, Wired UK 2014 Printing Things, Gestalten (book) 2014 Madeleleine Morley for It’s Nice That 2014 Regine Debatty, Artists In Laboratories 2013 Aleks Krotoski, The Guardian, Podcast interview 2013 Greg Smith, Creative Applications, interview 2012 High Touch, Gestalten (book) 2008 Data Flow, Gestalten (book) Curation 2018 My Wall is Your Filter Bubble, Arte Alameda, Mexico City, MX 2017 My Wall is Your Filter Bubble, Abandon Normal Devices Festival, Peak District, UK 2016 Art of Bots, Abandon Normal Devices, Somerset House, London, UK Awards 2014 Prix Ars Electronica, Award of Distinction 2009 FX Breakthrough Talent of the Year award 2009 Royal Society, Royal College of Art, award 2002 Kings College London Engineer’s Association Award Collections 2017 Centre Pompidou, FR 2016 iMal, BE 2015 National Football Museum, UK Funding and Grants 2020 Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Centre for Invention and Social Process, Goldsmiths, University of London 2014—2017 AHRC Design Star Centre for Doctoral Training, Funding Award 2016—2018 Somerset House Studios residency 2015 Innovate UK & Arts Council funding 2015 Whitebuilding residency Lectures 2019 The Photographers' Gallery, London, UK 2018 Design Museum, London, UK 2018 Tentacular Festival, Madrid, ES 2018 St John’s University, York, UK 2017 Resonate Festival, Belgrade, RS 2017 Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR 2017 London College of Communication, London, UK 2016 Carrol/Fletcher Gallery, London, UK 2016 V&A Museum, Botsummit, London, UK 2015 Fiber Festival, Amsterdam, NL 2015 Futureverything, Manchester, UK 2015 Transmediale, Berlin, DE 2015 Sculpture Network, Linz, AT 2015 The Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam, NL 2015 The Story, London, UK 2015 Arts Council,Digital Utopias, Hull, UK 2014 Ars Electronica, Linz, AT 2014 Central Saint Martins, London, UK 2013 Parasol Unit Art Foundation, London, UK Research 2020- Visiting Researcher Fellow, Centre for Invention and Social Process, Goldsmiths, University of London 2014—2019 AHRC-funded PhD, The Art of Bots, Goldsmiths, University of London 2018 Book contribution, Energy Babble (Gaver et al) Mattering Press 2015 Paper, Speculative Method and Twitter: Bots, Energy and Three Conceptual Characters (Wilkie, Michael, Plummer-Fernandez) (The Sociological Review, 63(1), 79-101) 2015 Paper, Energy Babble: Mixing Environmentally-Oriented Internet Content to Engage Energy Groups. (Gaver et al) (SIGCHI 2015) 2012—2019 Algopop (informal research blog and ongoing lectures) (algopop.tumblr.com) Teaching and Workshops 2020- Associate Lecturer, Creative Computing Institute, UAL, UK 2019- Associate Lecturer, MA Interaction, LCC, UAL, UK 2019- Associate Lecturer, BA UX Design, LCC, UAL, UK 2019 Workshop, School of Machines, Berlin, DE 2018 Lecture & Workshop, Arte Alameda, Mexico City, MX 2017 Lecture & Workshop, Fundación Telefonica, Lima, PE 2015 TA, Bartlett, School of Architecture, London, UK 2015 Lecture & Workshop, Hyperwerk, Basel, CH 2014 Lecture & Workshop, ECAL, Lausanne, CH 2013 TA, BA and MA Design, Goldsmiths, London, UK Cave Paintings 2021A series of fantastical caves produced by an AI system in response to written prompts. Some horse 2021Presentable artwork for collectors with upcoming special occasion Not another JPEG 2021Essay on NFT Echo Alarm 2019Stickers that make protest placards appear in augmented reality. Shiv Integer 2016A bot that made mash-ups of things from Thingiverse. In collaboration with Julien Deswaef. Every Mickey 2017A composite of every model of Mickey found online. Snowden.ppt 2017Snowden portraits in the style of leaked NSA powerpoint slides. Token Homes 2018Public art as property scheme comprising miniature investment assets. Intersecting stone study 2018A study of intersecting stones with 3D prints. Customers who also bought 2017Portraits of Amazon customers composed of their personalised reccomendations. Material Want 2016An internet archeology in collaboration with JODI. Baked light study 2016A simulation of light, 'baked' onto the surface of objects. Petita Tatata 2016A soundcloud bot that recites abstract poetry. Peak Simulator 2016A computer-generated landscape in a landscape. Novice art blogger 2014A bot art critic that studies abstract art using computer vision. Decoy Browsing Triptych 2015Browser extensions to randomise browsing and circumvent profiling. Every User 2014A list of every Twitter user, compiled by a Twitter bot. All Eyes 2014A photographic collection of computationally found eyes. The Codification of Leadership 2014Software-generated paintings of Bush signing the patriot act, the homeland act, and the surveillance reform act. Venus of Google 2013A computer-generated figurine based on a Google image search. Smooth Operator 2013Mickey Mouse 'blurred' until it is no longer considered Mickey. Disarming Corruptor 2013A free software application for encrypting 3D print files by scrambling the geometry. Awarded by Ars Electronica. Sekumoi Mecy 2012An anagram of Mickey Mouse, and the first of several works investigating this symbol of copyright and its limits. Digital Natives 2012Vessels made by degrading and remixing 3D scans of household items with custom software. Collected by Centre Pompidou. We Met Heads On 2012An animation using 3D scans of statue heads from the Metropolitan Museum. Algopop 2012 — 2019A Tumblr blog documenting "the appearance of algorithms in popular culture and everyday life". Glitch Reality 2011A collection of works exploring imperfect and incomplete replicas of 3D scans. Early works, 2007 - 2009 Apifera 2009Using a fibonacci spiral, as found in sunflowers, to lure people towards a window. Ink on Paper 2009A kinetic installation that dropped ink in patterns onto a paper environment. Sound / Chair 2007A carefully crafted sound, that when visualised on a 3D graph, resembles an armchair. Analog Website 2007A physical website you browse by controlling a webcam on a train-track. Works-in-progress / behind-the-scenes Verts Vertical gardens that can be 'grown' from willow, based on the principles of agroecology and regenerative design. Menu