Damien Seguin
@dmnsgn.me
Applied Computational Thinking. Computational Designer, Generative Artisan, Cheese Enthusiast. Co-creator of https://nodes.io/ with https://variable.io/. Links: https://dmnsgn.me/links
What could possibly go wrong. "NHS England has granted external staff from companies including Palantir “unlimited access” to identifiable patient data while working on a part of its flagship data platform." www.ft.com/content/8ce1...
NHS to grant Palantir contractors ‘unlimited access’ to patient data
Staff from consultancy firms drafted in to work on Federated Data Platform project set to benefit
ft.com
Last week in Paris: “Minimal” at La Bourse de Commerce Lygia Pape Ttéia 1, C
Chat Control is not the only proposal to be mindful of in the digital space of the EU. 👇 EU Simplification: Throwing human rights under the Omnibus www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
EU Simplification: Throwing human rights under the Omnibus
Civil society groups say the European Union's move to rollback digital rights under the guise of “simplification” threaten human rights.
amnesty.org
How will the flower bloom in 2100? We collaborated with artist Annelie Berner to create a generative web tool that visualizes how the Circaea Alpina flower might evolve in response to future climate conditions. variable.io/plant-futures/
Paul Klee 1929, In the Current Six Thresholds (In der Strömung sechs Schwellen) Source: www.guggenheim.org/artwork/2169
François Morellet: G.R.A.V (Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel) founding member, abstract painter, “inspired artist” demystifier. Used the phonebook as a PRNG. 6 répartitions aléatoires de 4 carrés noirs et blancs d’après les chiffres 1958 Centre Pompidou
Composition No. 96 1935, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart Source: https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/3779
Some permutations of the Halton sequence. The bases are supposed to be co-prime numbers to yield quasi-random looking distributions but look at these repeating patterns if they are not.
A quick look back at the 2018 Design Biennale in the Somerset House For Sweden: “Coal: Post-Fuel” by Jesper Eriksson.
Lygia Pape: founding member of Grupo Frente and co-founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement. Broke the artwork frame, the opposition between form and background. Talked about “the devouring of the culture of the other” all under a dictatorial regime. Relief in Orange and Blue 1956, Lygia Pape
Axonométrie de la maison Schröder de Gerrit Rietveld à Utrecht 1924, Gerrit Rietveld Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France (@laBnF) http://passerelles.essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/image/94b8183c-a61f-467c-87f9-9ce0421f4a5a-axonometrie-la-maison-schroder-gerrit-rietveld-utrecht-1924
Reabracadabra 1985, Eduardo Kac Currently on display at the Tate, "Electric Dreams, Art and Technology Before the Internet". #minitel
