TECHnique Interview
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Richard F Adams interviewed Alex May for the TECHnique podcast, discussing a practice that connects art, science, and technology across projection mapping, biology, robotics, and digital media.
TECHnique published an interview with Alex May on 24 March 2020, with Richard F Adams speaking to him for the podcast’s episode on digital and new media. The conversation introduced a practice that moves across projection mapping, biology, robotics, interactivity, and other computational forms, offering a broad public entry point into the range of questions May was already pursuing.
What makes the interview useful is its scope. Rather than focusing on a single exhibition or artwork, it sets out how May works across disciplines and why digital media matters as more than a set of tools. The discussion covers his background as well as some of the practical and conceptual challenges digital artists face, making clear that technical systems are not neutral supports but part of how meaning, access, and experience are shaped.
For May, that wider framing matters because the work has never sat neatly in one category. Whether he is working with moving image, virtual reality, algorithmic process, or biologically informed systems, the core concerns remain connected: memory, mediation, perception, and the ways technology changes what we keep and what we think is real. The interview offers a concise overview of those concerns in a format designed for a broader audience.
The episode was also made available via Apple Podcasts.