Brushology – Ways of painting with a mechatronic brush
Artist Talk / Discussion with Dominik Mahnič and Sofie Mart (Uncorporated Studio)
When
16:00 Saturday 9. November 2024
Where
Schmutzi, ZWZ 1st Floor, Neue Hard 12, 8004 Zürich
We are happy to announce an interesting discussion with two artist sharing similar interests in extending their brush through technology. During the last 10 days they have collaborated and shared their skills, ideas and concepts to experiment and research deeper into Brushology – Ways of painting with a mechatronic brush. After short personal introductions they will discuss the insights of their current study and open up the discussion with all of you, while demonstrating and collaborating with Sofie’s mechatronic brush.
The event will be held in English will be followed by an apéro and informal continuing discussions in Bitwäscherei, ZWZ 3rd floor.
Impressions
Biographies
Nice to see that our former Hacker-in-Residence / Artists / Brushologists started a collaboration to learn from each others approach to “Steering the brush”
Dominik Mahnič
Dominik Mahnič (Ljubljana, Slovenia), an emblematic figure nestled between the realms of academic painting, video mastery, technology, and street art insurgency, raises questions about the perpetual dialectics between classical artistry and the onslaught of contemporary technological modalities. Within this discourse emerges the Brushograph – a complex symbol not merely of art but also of the intersections between past, present, and anticipated futures.
Links:
https://app.assembla.com/spaces/dominik-mahnic/wiki
https://mgml.si/en/match-gallery/exhibitions/637/dominik-mahnic/
Sofie Mart
Sofie Mart a Swiss-based creative technologist passionate about contextualizing complexity through visual media. In the past few years, Sofie has been venturing projects on the intersection of arts, culture, technology and humanities. With the background in cultural analytics and data visualization, she collaborated with the private cultural estates on the immersive visualization of art collections, directed virtual reality experiences for corporate and public sector clients and created digital applications for creativity. https://sofiem.art/
In 2024 Sofie started her studio focusing on media processing, creative coding and art fabrication – https://uncorporated.studio/ . With the support from Matr Labs engineers, she built and launched her first art-making machine in Bitwäscherei, Zurich.
Links:
https://www.instagram.com/uncorporated.studio/
https://sofiem.art/
