“The ideas will always matter.” A standout moment from digital art pioneer @roberthodgin.bsky.social, in conversation with Pablo Honey at last night’s dev/ai/nyc. Here are a few favorite snaps from their conversation on art in the age of AI. 🗽
Robert Hodgin
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Artist and head of R&D at Rare Volume https://linktr.ee/roberthodgin 🏳️🌈
Our latest dev/ai/nyc did not disappoint. Digital art pioneer @roberthodgin.bsky.social and design co-lead Pablo Honey sat down for an unfiltered conversation on creativity in the age of AI. Couldn't make it to our NoHo Space? Watch the full conversation below. 🎬👇
"The Ideas Will Always Matter" — Robert Hodgin on Art, AI & 20 Years of Creative Coding | dev/ai/nyc
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Two days until the next dev/ai/nyc! 🍎 Join us at our NoHo space on Thursday, May 21 for a fireside chat from digital artist and Rare Volume co-founder @roberthodgin.bsky.social and our Creative Director Pablo Honey. They’ll explore design and expression in the age of AI. Don’t miss it!
Can't wait! Should be a fun, occasionally depressing, dystopian hoot. Looking forward to the chat!
Automattic@automattic.com · 3mo agoIt’s about that time for the next dev/ai/nyc! 🗽 Join us at our NoHo Space next Thursday to explore the intersection of machine intelligence and human expression with @roberthodgin.bsky.social, generative art pioneer, and Pablo Honey, Creative Director at Automattic.
Dust. Exploring subtle installation experiences. Always loved seeing dust motes floating in sun beams so I decided to try and reproduce that experience in TouchDesigner using Josef Pelz's T3D (Texture 3D operators) as well as PCR (Point Cloud Rendering) for GLSL bokeh effects.
Further prototyping of Infinite Frames. Using an ESP32 Feather V2 and a BNO08x 9-dof sensor as a virtual flashlight. #touchdesigner #infiniteframes #prototype #adafruit
Stills from a real-time app for viewing an image library (images courtesy of the MET)
Update with better lighting. Cranked up the speed too for extra nausea.
Real-time prototype of my "Infinite Frames" Houdini setup. Ever since I first made it, I wanted to see it run at interactive framerates. #TouchDesigner makes it really easy to do initial prototyping and look-dev for interactive projects we will build out in Cinder C++.
Magnetosphere 2.0 dev/design update. 60fps, 3440x1440 output (resized for social posts), 1,000,000+ particles, audio reactive. #touchdesigner #raye #audioreactive #generative #flocking Audio: RAYE - "WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!"
A journey through art, ai and existentialism from @roberthodgin.bsky.social at Kikk Festival, taking in the highs, lows and above all, utterly mesmerising creations from the master of design-led simulations 🫡. #kikk #kikk25
If you’ve followed me on other platforms ( 🤢 ) you might know I’ve spent the last few years doing computational cinema / edit understanding. I’m happy to say we’ve got the first public live narrative search engine for film and tv! It’s early days. But check it out! ozu.ai
New: I recreated Tomas Wright’s 1742 astronomical treatise, Clavis Cælestis, and its accompanying sheets titled A Synopsis of the Universe. New posters are available in antique style and modern colors. Explore: www.c82.net/clavis-caele... How it was made: www.c82.net/blog/?id=99
It's not too late to send your mom a tiny radiolarian for Mother's Day n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product...
How do mistakes, memory & nature shape creative code? At #FITCToronto, Robert Hodgin (Head of R&D, Rare Volume) dives into generative art, emergent systems & pandemic experiments. 🗓️ April 28-29, 2025 🔥 Super Early-Bird rates FROZEN! Save $100 → fitc.ca/event/to25/ @roberthodgin.bsky.social
I wrote a little primer on rigid body dynamics in Houdini after seeing a lot of similar questions online. Bullet is a pretty deep rabbit hole to fall into and there's a lot of legacy stuff that's very confusing for new artists... hopefully this helps you get started! www.toadstorm.com/blog/?p=1123
A Houdini RBD Primer, Part 1 – Toadstorm Nerdblog
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Reminder to creatives (or anyone, really): If someone reaches out because they want to interview you, and they are asking you to download a specific app to conduct the interview, it is probably a scam. I have had 3 attempts since January 2025. Do your research and check credentials.
Upcoming conference talks: Paradiso Fest, Mérida Mexico, March 12-16th Talk title: "Why Bother?" paradisofest.com FITC, Toronto Canada, April 28-29th Talk title: TBD, but it'll be mostly about the River Scars and Meander Maps projects. fitc.ca/event/to25/ Where else should I go in 2025?
The Paradiso Blog
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Compositions in Code: The Art of Processing and p5.js will be on view at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in NYC from March 6 – August 24, 2025 Opening March 6th at 7:00 PM: lu.ma/kbs639bj @mariuswatz.bsky.social @liasomething.bsky.social @roberthodgin.bsky.social @mwiederrecht.bsky.social
Fellow Creators, if you get an email from Lyne Braunstein looking to commission art for an event for Riverside, it is a scam. Check the email address and verify via linkedin. www.linkedin.com/posts/lynebr...
Lyne Braunstein on LinkedIn: 🚨 IMPORTANT SCAM ALERT 🚨 Hey everyone, I recently discovered that… | 10 comments
🚨 IMPORTANT SCAM ALERT 🚨 Hey everyone, I recently discovered that someone is impersonating me and reaching out to people using this email… | 10 comments on LinkedIn
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Google has grouped my photos by face into me, Gregg, my mom, and a snail I took one pic of 8 years ago.
It is official! I'm speaking at conferences again! After a 10 year hiatus, I am going to be giving a talk at Paradiso Fest in Mérida Mexico in mid March. paradisofest.com I am very excited to be part of this stellar lineup and I look forward to seeing many of my conference friends again.
Paradiso
A 5-days immersive creativity retreat for everyone seeking to unfold ideas, get inspired, trigger, connect and expand their business.
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It is the 4 year anniversary of the first run of Meander river prints. It remains my favorite project to date (actually, maybe its a tie between this and the Planetary iPad app from 2011 roberthodgin.com/project/plan... ... okay maybe a 3-way tie with Magnetosphere)
An old meander study I forgot about until today, made with P5JS. roberthodgin.com/meander/
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Having just hit 1k followers, I want to post something that is of the utmost importance:
Not much longer before my attempts at simulating my apartment by hand will have been deemed an incredible waste of my time :| www.worldlabs.ai/blog
Generating Worlds
Today we're sharing our first step towards spatial intelligence: an AI system that generates 3D worlds from a single image.
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Next year for #spotifywrapped, show us what music you discovered after canceling your streaming service subscriptions and how you directly supported it.