Richard Brown

Research Artist in Residence, School of Informatics

I am interested in the representation, cognition and conceptualisation of interactive time based and emergent processes in digital and analogue media.

Inspired by the work of the cybernetician Gordon Pask, my recent work explores the complex possibilites of analogue electrochemical systems.

Pask dismissed the digital computer as a “kinematic magic lantern”. With the advent of alternative paradigms to the digital, such as quantum computers, perhaps the analogue is set to make a comeback.

Dendritic Growth

The image above shows the growth of a copper dendrite, evolved through repeated stimulation of the right hand electrode.

A new dentrite is set to grow towards the upper left hand electrode in response to the accumulation of left hand button presses of the spyworld box.

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