Decode @ The V & A
We took a holiday visit to Decode at the Victoria and Albert Museum http://www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/decode/. The exhibition covered a range of digital and interactive design, from new and established names. The exhibition was broken down into the categories of Code, Interactivity and Network. As interactive art often demonstrates, the tech is less important than the idea behind it, and the most compelling installations are those borne of one simple, innovative concept.
Most of the generative work showed it’s age and failed to keep the attention, however special mentions go to…
Ross Philips, Videogrid – simple, emotional, engaging
Fabrica, Venetian Mirror – like an interactive imagined by H. P. Lovecraft.
The most aesthetically pleasing were the beautifuly rendered Dandelion (Sennep and Yoke) and Solar (Flight 404).
On the site you can also download a generative software coded by Karsten Schmidt – here’s a still from our first effort:
