News, talks, exhibitions, screenings, workshops, and other updates from Alex May.https://alexmayarts.co.uk/en-gbhttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/move-fast-and-break-things/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/move-fast-and-break-things/Alex May joins James Bloom for a Computer Arts Society debate on artistic agency, control, and black-box creativity.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/selected-for-objkt-labs-residency/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/selected-for-objkt-labs-residency/Alex May has been selected for the second objkt labs Residency, an eight-week online programme for artists working across art, technology, and AI.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-in-of-the-earth-at-diriyah-art-futures/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-in-of-the-earth-at-diriyah-art-futures/ArchaeaBot is on view in Of the Earth at Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh, extending the work's international tour into a show focused on earthly technologies and computational biologies.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/economies-and-microbial-ecosystems/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/economies-and-microbial-ecosystems/Alex participated in the SAGacia25 symposium at Sapienza University of Rome, presenting works that translate biological data into sound and light.Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/memory-compression-exhibited-at-rgbmtl-2025/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/memory-compression-exhibited-at-rgbmtl-2025/Several works from Memory Compression were presented at RGBMTL in Montreal as part of Objkt curator Kika Nicolela's selection.Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-memories/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-memories/Alex May gave a Science Gallery Bengaluru lecture on memory, time, transformation, and the poetic possibilities opened up by algorithmic and biologically informed media.Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/from-still-to-spatial-exploring-photogrammetry/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/from-still-to-spatial-exploring-photogrammetry/Alex led a Science Gallery Bengaluru workshop on photogrammetry as a creative medium for visual art, digital installations, and virtual environments.Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-ai-more-than-human-miami/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-ai-more-than-human-miami/ArchaeaBot is on view at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science in Miami as part of AI: More Than Human.Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-art-talk-in-london/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-art-talk-in-london/Alex May joined an Algorithmic Art event at Microsoft's Paddington offices, presenting ESSENCE and discussing artistic uses of AI.Wed, 26 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/touch-nature-at-lentos-kunstmuseum-linz/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/touch-nature-at-lentos-kunstmuseum-linz/Fermenting Futures is on view at Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz as part of Touch Nature, a group exhibition on art, ecology, and changing relationships between humanity and the natural world.Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/creative-photogrammetry-digital-memories-and-intangible-moments/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/creative-photogrammetry-digital-memories-and-intangible-moments/Alex May led a two-day masterclass at Diriyah Art Futures on photogrammetry, guiding participants through the creation of 3D models from images and the transformation of physical objects into digital memory forms.Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/creative-convergences/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/creative-convergences/Alex May joined Anna Dumitriu in conversation with Irini Papadimitriou at Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh, reflecting on collaborative work across robotics, biomedia, and art-science practice.Fri, 17 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/guest-professorship-at-diriyah-art-futures/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/guest-professorship-at-diriyah-art-futures/Alex spent a week at Diriyah Art Futures in Riyadh leading lectures, workshops, and public events for the Emerging Artist Programme under the theme Human, Nature, Non-Human.Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/where-art-and-tech-click-algorithmic-photography/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/where-art-and-tech-click-algorithmic-photography/Communications of the ACM published a feature on Alex May's Algorithmic Photography series, tracing how the work uses code to turn recorded duration into a different kind of still image.Fri, 27 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/laser-talks-in-bucharest-natural-artificial/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/laser-talks-in-bucharest-natural-artificial/Alex participated in the first LASER Bucharest discussion on new forms of coexistence and interdependence between the natural and the artificial.Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/fis24-the-federation-of-infection-societies-conference/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/fis24-the-federation-of-infection-societies-conference/Alex May joined Anna Dumitriu in conversation with Dr James Price at FIS24, the Federation of Infection Societies Conference, in Liverpool, UK.Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-blend-between-arts-and-sciences-at-igem-jamboree-2024/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-blend-between-arts-and-sciences-at-igem-jamboree-2024/Alex participated on a panel at iGEM Jamboree 2024 in Paris on how artistic and scientific methods can inform one another.Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ai-hokusai-artai-residency/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ai-hokusai-artai-residency/Alex May was selected as the UK artist for the AI Hokusai Art+AI Residency, an international programme exploring art, artificial intelligence, and Hokusai's continuing influence.Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ways-of-knowing-at-academia-europaea-barcelona-hub/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ways-of-knowing-at-academia-europaea-barcelona-hub/Alex gave a keynote and joined Joan Llort in conversation at the Academia Europaea Barcelona Hub Art and Science meeting in Barcelona.Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-cabinet-of-intangible-curiosities-artist-talk/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-cabinet-of-intangible-curiosities-artist-talk/Alex May presented The Cabinet of Intangible Curiosities at the University of Surrey, marking the conclusion of his quantum biology fellowship.Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photography-exhibition-lecture/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photography-exhibition-lecture/Alex May gave a lecture at BCS in London to mark the launch of his Algorithmic Photography exhibition, tracing the development of the process over eight years.Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photography-exhibition-april-london/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photography-exhibition-april-london/Alex May's Algorithmic Photography series was brought together in a retrospective exhibition at BCS in London, tracing eight years of work on time, memory, and computer vision.Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-cccb-barcelona/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-cccb-barcelona/ArchaeaBot was shown in AI: Artificial Intelligence at CCCB Barcelona, placing the work within a major exhibition on artificial intelligence and culture.Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/royal-college-of-art-talk-with-alex-may-and-anna-dumitriu/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/royal-college-of-art-talk-with-alex-may-and-anna-dumitriu/Alex May spoke with Anna Dumitriu at the Royal College of Art, focusing on recent collaborations and the CAPABLE project work Physic-AI Garden.Thu, 11 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/topologies-of-the-real-techne-shenzhen/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/topologies-of-the-real-techne-shenzhen/ArchaeaBot was included in Topologies of the Real: Techne Shenzhen at the Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning in 2023.Mon, 01 May 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/renaissance-3-0/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/renaissance-3-0/Fermenting Futures was shown at ZKM in Karlsruhe as part of Renaissance 3.0, a major exhibition on new relationships between art and science.Sat, 25 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/digital-transmissions/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/digital-transmissions/A Kolkata was shown in [Digital] Transmissions at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, growing out of a British Council Jordan development programme for artists and creative practitioners.Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/supernatural-sculptural-visions-of-the-body/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/supernatural-sculptural-visions-of-the-body/ArchaeaBot was shown at Taipei Fine Arts Museum in SUPERNATURAL: Sculptural Visions of the Body, an exhibition considering future bodies, posthuman forms, and the technological reshaping of life.Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/quantum-biology-residency/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/quantum-biology-residency/Alex May was awarded an Institute of Advanced Studies fellowship at the University of Surrey to explore quantum biology, time reversibility, memory, and artistic form.Mon, 13 Feb 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/unruly-objects-nfts-blockchain-technologies-and-bio-conservation/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/unruly-objects-nfts-blockchain-technologies-and-bio-conservation/A paper co-authored by Alex May on NFTs, provenance, and the conservation of bioart was published in Technoetic Arts: A Journal of Speculative Research.Sun, 16 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/gene-cultures-at-mit-museum/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/gene-cultures-at-mit-museum/Biotechnology from the Blue Flower was presented at MIT Museum in Gene Cultures, an exhibition exploring genetic technologies, public debate, and the future of biotechnology.Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-the-23rd-triennale-milano/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-the-23rd-triennale-milano/ArchaeaBot was presented in Unknown Unknowns at the 23rd Triennale Milano International Exhibition, extending the work into a major international exhibition context.Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/magic-machines/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/magic-machines/ArchaeaBot was included in Magic Machines at Technische Sammlungen Dresden, placing the work's speculative robotics within an exhibition about invention, automation, and the cultural life of machines.Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/european-robotics-forum-2022/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/european-robotics-forum-2022/Alex May joined a live panel at European Robotics Forum 2022 in Rotterdam, discussing how art, science, and technology can meet through robotics.Wed, 29 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/susceptible-starts-prize-nomination/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/susceptible-starts-prize-nomination/Susceptible was nominated for the STARTS Prize shortlist, recognising the work’s use of biomedical research, interaction, and digital art to address global health.Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/videoclub-denatured/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/videoclub-denatured/A Kolkata was included in Both Sides Now 7: DeNatured, an international moving-image programme presented across venues in the UK and Hong Kong.Thu, 26 May 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/wunderkammer-bioart-at-kunsthaus-wiesbaden/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/wunderkammer-bioart-at-kunsthaus-wiesbaden/Fermenting Futures and Biotechnology from the Blue Flower were presented at Kunsthaus Wiesbaden in an exhibition exploring bioart through fermentation, genetics, and material transformation.Thu, 07 Apr 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-in-the-beauty-of-early-life-at-zkm/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-in-the-beauty-of-early-life-at-zkm/ArchaeaBot was included in The Beauty of Early Life at ZKM, placing the work within an exhibition shaped by deep time, early organisms, and the visual imagination of life's beginnings.Sat, 26 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/chennai-photogrammetry-workshop/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/chennai-photogrammetry-workshop/Alex May led a two-day online photogrammetry workshop for photographers in Chennai, commissioned by Chennai Photo Biennale and supported by the British Council.Fri, 11 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/fermenting-futures-exhibition-at-kunstlerhaus-vienna/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/fermenting-futures-exhibition-at-kunstlerhaus-vienna/Fermenting Futures was presented at Kunstlerhaus Wien in Vienna, bringing Alex May and Anna Dumitriu's yeast biotechnology project into a public exhibition setting.Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/eyemyth-media-arts-festival-2022/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/eyemyth-media-arts-festival-2022/Alex May gave an online talk for EyeMyth Media Arts Festival in India about the development of his work A Kolkata.Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/british-council-jordan-arts-in-the-digital-age-online-forum/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/british-council-jordan-arts-in-the-digital-age-online-forum/Alex May led a closed-group masterclass within the British Council Jordan Arts in the Digital Age Online Forum, focusing on digital practice, collaboration, and professional development for artists.Tue, 22 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/artificio-at-museo-bolivariano-de-arte-contemporaneo/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/artificio-at-museo-bolivariano-de-arte-contemporaneo/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu premiered ArchaeaBot: Post Singularity Life-forms in a Post Climate Change World in Artificio at the Museo Bolivariano de Arte Contemporáneo in Santa Marta, Colombia.Thu, 21 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/under-the-viral-shadow-conference/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/under-the-viral-shadow-conference/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu presented ArchaeaBot at the online conference accompanying Under the Viral Shadow, organised by Art Laboratory Berlin.Sat, 09 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/atmospheric-encounters-at-solu-helsinki/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/atmospheric-encounters-at-solu-helsinki/Atmospheric Encounters brought the High Altitude Bioprospecting project to SOLU in Helsinki, including Alex May's contribution within a wider collaborative exhibition on airborne microbial life.Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/indo-european-residency-inaugural-programme/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/indo-european-residency-inaugural-programme/Alex May joined the inaugural programme for the fourth edition of the Indo-European Residency Project Kolkata, introducing his practice and the interests that would shape the residency.Fri, 08 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/paradoxical-objects/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/paradoxical-objects/Flow State was included in Paradoxical Objects, an online exhibition tracing the history of video sculpture from 1968 to the present.Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/creative-comm-21/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/creative-comm-21/Alex May spoke about Cyberspecies Proximity at Creative Comm 21, a knowledge exchange conference hosted by the National Centre for Creativity enabled by AI.Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/indo-european-residency-project-kolkata/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/indo-european-residency-project-kolkata/Alex May was selected for the fourth edition of the Indo-European Residency Project Kolkata, which moved online in 2021 and later led to the development of A Kolkata.Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/under-the-viral-shadow/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/under-the-viral-shadow/ArchaeaBot was shown in Under the Viral Shadow at Art Laboratory Berlin, an exhibition examining biological, cybernetic, and social networks in the age of technoscience and infection.Sat, 28 Aug 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-publication-in-alife-2021/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-publication-in-alife-2021/ArchaeaBot: A Post Singularity and Post Climate Change Life-form was selected for publication and a virtual oral presentation at ALIFE 2021.Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/forum-design-pays-de-la-meije/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/forum-design-pays-de-la-meije/Alex May joined an online Forum Design Pays De La Meije round-table on how living and non-living systems, AI, and natural processes can interact in sensitive and inspiring ways.Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/biotechnology-from-the-blue-flower-the-unnatural-that-too-is-natural/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/biotechnology-from-the-blue-flower-the-unnatural-that-too-is-natural/Alex May joined an Art Science Node Berlin panel on biotechnology, CRISPR, and changing ideas of what counts as natural, centred on the CHIC project and Biotechnology from the Blue Flower.Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/capture-the-futures-our-bio-tech-planet/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/capture-the-futures-our-bio-tech-planet/Alex May presented work in Art Science Node's virtual Plant Biology Europe Congress exhibition, showing both CHIC residency material with Anna Dumitriu and pieces from Algorithmic Photography.Sun, 27 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-in-supernatural-oulu-museum-of-art-finland/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-in-supernatural-oulu-museum-of-art-finland/ArchaeaBot was presented in SUPERNATURAL at Oulu Museum of Art, placing the work within an international exhibition on embodiment, ecology, and technological change.Sat, 29 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ucla-art-sci-values-of-nft-art/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ucla-art-sci-values-of-nft-art/Alex May joined Christiane Paul, Tamiko Thiel, Victoria Vesna, and Anuradha Vikram for a UCLA Art|Sci panel on NFTs, digital preservation, and environmental impact.Thu, 20 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/atmospheric-encounters-at-birmingham-open-media/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/atmospheric-encounters-at-birmingham-open-media/Atmospheric Encounters brought the High Altitude Bioprospecting project back to Birmingham Open Media, including Alex May's Alchemy of Knowledge within a wider exhibition on airborne microbial life.Wed, 19 May 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/nft-interview-on-talkradio/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/nft-interview-on-talkradio/Alex May was interviewed by Kevin O'Sullivan on talkRADIO about NFTs, blockchain, and the changing ownership and monetisation of digital art.Sun, 04 Apr 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/international-journal-of-performance-arts-and-digital-media-volume-16-issue-3/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/international-journal-of-performance-arts-and-digital-media-volume-16-issue-3/The Human Super-Organism was featured in Volume 16, Issue 3 of the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, where the work appeared on the cover and was discussed in relation to scale, visibility, and the human microbiome.Mon, 04 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-and-susceptible-in-cluj-napoca-romania/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-and-susceptible-in-cluj-napoca-romania/ArchaeaBot and Susceptible were exhibited in EFECT DE LA MICRO LA MACRO during QUANTUM 2020 in Cluj-Napoca, using the windows of the former Hotel Continental to keep the work publicly visible during pandemic restrictions.Tue, 24 Nov 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photography-alianza-francesa-de-san-salvador/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photography-alianza-francesa-de-san-salvador/Algorithmic Photography was presented at Alianza Francesa de San Salvador as part of a month-long photography programme, alongside an interview about Alex May's process and wider practice.Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/capable-project-artists-collaboration/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/capable-project-artists-collaboration/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu joined the Horizon 2020 CAPABLE project to develop new artworks around AI, wearable technologies, and personalised cancer care.Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/wemissipres-a-mirror-for-remembering/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/wemissipres-a-mirror-for-remembering/Alex May introduced A Mirror For Remembering at the WeMissIPRES online programme, placing the artwork within a wider discussion of digital preservation, permanence, and public access.Mon, 21 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/creating-and-curating-with-data-talk/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/creating-and-curating-with-data-talk/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu joined a DRIVA Arts DRIVA webinar on how artists make sense of complex data, using Susceptible to discuss public understanding, collaboration, and data-driven art.Tue, 15 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ars-electronica-2020-alex-may-artworks-and-videos/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ars-electronica-2020-alex-may-artworks-and-videos/Alex May presented multiple projects in Ars Electronica 2020, including Quarantine, Fermenting Futures, and Acquired Immunity, across the online and distributed Kepler's Gardens programme.Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/a-world-without-us-revisited/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/a-world-without-us-revisited/Alex May contributed a new set of Algorithmic Photography images to IMPAKT's A World Without Us Revisited, rethinking the 2018 exhibition through lockdown, simulation, and post-human landscapes.Tue, 18 Aug 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/a-mirror-for-remembering-trailer-on-oculus-experiences/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/a-mirror-for-remembering-trailer-on-oculus-experiences/The trailer for Alex May's virtual reality artwork A Mirror For Remembering was featured on the official Oculus Experiences platform, extending the work's reach through a widely used VR channel.Wed, 29 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/digital-arts-practice-in-the-time-of-the-pandemic/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/digital-arts-practice-in-the-time-of-the-pandemic/Alex May gave an online talk for the University of Brighton's Digital Media Arts MA on how artists were adapting production, distribution, and context when galleries and museums were closed during the pandemic.Mon, 20 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/neural-network-apophenia-exhibition/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/neural-network-apophenia-exhibition/A video version of Susceptible premiered in Neural Network Apophenia, an online exhibition curated for Moscow's EVERART Weekend around artistic uses of artificial neural networks and machine perception.Fri, 03 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/computer-arts-society-talk-video/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/computer-arts-society-talk-video/Alex May gave an online Computer Arts Society talk introducing A Mirror For Remembering and discussing the artistic and technical decisions behind the virtual reality work.Tue, 07 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/technique-interview/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/technique-interview/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.Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/trebuchet-audio-interview/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/trebuchet-audio-interview/Trebuchet featured Alex May in an audio interview about Algorithmic Photography, Flow State, and the wider questions that run through his digital art practice.Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-science-gallery-bengaluru/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-science-gallery-bengaluru/ArchaeaBot was featured in SUBMERGE, Science Gallery Bengaluru's first exhibition season, where the work was placed within a wide interdisciplinary programme on water, ecology, and shared futures.Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/tetramatyka-festival-2019/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/tetramatyka-festival-2019/ArchaeaBot was selected for Tetramatyka Festival 2019 in Lviv, extending WRO 2019's Human Aspect exhibition into a touring audiovisual art context in Ukraine.Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/growing-at-zhi-art-museum/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/growing-at-zhi-art-museum/ArchaeaBot was featured in Growing at ZHI ART MUSEUM in Chengdu, where the work was placed within an exhibition on uncanny life, techno-fantasy, and the unstable boundary between organic and artificial forms.Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/trebuchet-talks-time-space/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/trebuchet-talks-time-space/Alex May presented Painting Objects in Dynamic Space at Trebuchet Talks in London, discussing time, movement, and spatial perception within a wider art, science, and culture programme.Tue, 08 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/intelligent-machinery-exhibition/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/intelligent-machinery-exhibition/Anna Dumitriu and Alex May presented Intelligent Machinery at Ugly Duck, a programme of installations, robotic artworks, and events examining AI, robotics, machine learning, and biocomputation beyond contemporary hype.Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/artistic-exploration-of-biorobotics-and-sequencing/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/artistic-exploration-of-biorobotics-and-sequencing/Alex May spoke at SynBio19 at Warwick University about art-science collaboration, biorobotics, sequencing, and algorithmic image-making across projects including Flow State, Sequence Music, and Algorithmic Photography.Wed, 30 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/robots-vr-and-hacking-panel-video/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/robots-vr-and-hacking-panel-video/Alex May moderated a panel at IMPAKT's Future Digital Life conference in Utrecht, bringing together perspectives on robotics, virtual reality, and hacking from across art and digital culture.Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/wro-2019-media-art-biennale/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/wro-2019-media-art-biennale/ArchaeaBot was selected for WRO 2019 Media Art Biennale in Wroclaw, placing Alex May and Anna Dumitriu's speculative robotic installation within one of Central Europe's leading new media art events.Sat, 19 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/future-digital-life-a-world-without-us/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/future-digital-life-a-world-without-us/IMPAKT's Future Digital Life conference in Utrecht used ArchaeaBot as a starting point for discussions about robotics, AI, synthetic biology, and environmental futures, with Alex May contributing to the wider programme.Fri, 18 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photograph-shortlisted-for-the-british-photography-awards-2019/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photograph-shortlisted-for-the-british-photography-awards-2019/Alex May's Algorithmic Photography image Trails of Birds Over Merlin's Cave was shortlisted for the British Photography Awards 2019 in the Birdlife category.Mon, 26 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-ars-electronica-festival-2018/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-at-ars-electronica-festival-2018/ArchaeaBot premiered at Ars Electronica in Linz, introducing its underwater robotic life-form to an international audience.Wed, 05 Sep 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photography-latest-tv-interview/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/algorithmic-photography-latest-tv-interview/Latest TV interviewed Alex May about Algorithmic Photography, bringing the series and its computational approach to a broader broadcast audience in Brighton.Sun, 22 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-lecture-at-university-of-hertfordshire-biocomputation-group/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/archaeabot-lecture-at-university-of-hertfordshire-biocomputation-group/Alex May presented ArchaeaBot to the University of Hertfordshire Biocomputation Group, outlining the project's speculative robotics, archaea research, and post-climate futures.Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/anna-dumitriu-and-alex-may-recent-works-at-texas-a-and-m/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/anna-dumitriu-and-alex-may-recent-works-at-texas-a-and-m/Alex May presented work at Texas A&M as part of the collaborative exhibition Anna Dumitriu and Alex May: Recent Works, alongside a lecture and a Painting With Light workshop.Mon, 05 Mar 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-art-and-science-of-linen-at-northern-ireland-science-festival/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-art-and-science-of-linen-at-northern-ireland-science-festival/Alex May joined Anna Dumitriu in Belfast for a Northern Ireland Science Festival talk around The Art and Science of Linen, connecting heritage craft, microbiology, and digital moving image.Thu, 22 Feb 2018 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/art-science-and-cocktails/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/art-science-and-cocktails/Alex May spoke in Oslo as part of the Technology & Emotions conference, discussing key artworks, creative software, and long-term preservation of digital art.Tue, 07 Nov 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/francis-crick-institute-commission/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/francis-crick-institute-commission/Alex May was awarded a commission to create Flow State, a permanent digital artwork for the front window of the Francis Crick Institute in London.Thu, 01 Jun 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/sequence-vr-at-imperial-college-festival/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/sequence-vr-at-imperial-college-festival/Alex May presented Sequence VR at Imperial College Festival in London, showing a new sensory version of the work augmented with synchronised smells.Sun, 07 May 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/yellow-magic/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/yellow-magic/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu showed a new virtual reality work about bacteria and whole genome sequencing at Yellow Magic during British Science Week in Oxford.Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/antisocial-swarm-robots-at-humans-need-not-apply/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/antisocial-swarm-robots-at-humans-need-not-apply/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu presented Antisocial Swarm Robots in HUMANS NEED NOT APPLY at Science Gallery Dublin, where the work explored how viewers project social meaning onto simple robotic behaviour.Fri, 10 Feb 2017 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/london-laser-18/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/london-laser-18/Alex May spoke at London LASER 18 at the University of Westminster on digital creation and preservation, within an evening focused on the intersections of art, science, and technology.Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/shadows-of-light-at-hci-2016/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/shadows-of-light-at-hci-2016/Alex May presented Shadows of Light in the HCI 2016 gallery at Bournemouth University, with the installation framed by discussion around slow interaction and cross-disciplinary HCI practice.Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/df2016-harr1-and-sequence-vr-in-brussels/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/df2016-harr1-and-sequence-vr-in-brussels/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu showed HARR1 and Sequence VR at Digital Festival 2016 in Brussels, pairing exhibition with a public discussion on genomics, robotics, and health.Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/university-of-hertfordshire-colloquium/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/university-of-hertfordshire-colloquium/Alex May gave a research colloquium at the University of Hertfordshire on robotics, video mapping, interaction, and the role of code as artistic material.Wed, 13 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ingenious-and-fearless-companions/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/ingenious-and-fearless-companions/Alex May took part in Ingenious and Fearless Companions at Birmingham Open Media, a High Altitude Bioprospecting exhibition exploring space research, extremophile life, and collaborative art-science practice.Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/gut-reactions-the-microbiome-and-human-nature/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/gut-reactions-the-microbiome-and-human-nature/Alex May took part in Gut Reactions at Princeton, a two-day environmental humanities event that brought art interventions, dialogue, and symposium discussion to questions around the microbiome and human life.Wed, 30 Mar 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/university-of-calgary-international-visiting-artist/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/university-of-calgary-international-visiting-artist/Alex May presented a solo exhibition of Shadows of Light at the University of Calgary, alongside an artist talk and a Painting With Light video-mapping workshop.Mon, 29 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/painting-with-light-workshop-at-ucla/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/painting-with-light-workshop-at-ucla/Alex May led a Painting With Light video-mapping workshop at UCLA, introducing students to projection, objects, and spatial experimentation through his custom software.Tue, 02 Feb 2016 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/mendels-legacy-exploring-bacterial-genomics-through-art/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/mendels-legacy-exploring-bacterial-genomics-through-art/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu gave a lecture at the Mendel Museum in Brno on Sequence, using bacterial genomics to connect microbiology, data, privacy, and digital art.Sat, 28 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/wet-media/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/wet-media/Alex May spoke at Wet Media in Seoul, a one-day conference on emerging technologies, digital culture, and transmission, alongside artists and researchers including Anna Dumitriu and boredomresearch.Fri, 06 Nov 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/data-body-as-artifact-ismar-2015-fukuoka-japan/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/data-body-as-artifact-ismar-2015-fukuoka-japan/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu's Sequence was included in Data Body As Artifact at ISMAR 2015 in Fukuoka, a group exhibition examining embodiment, data, and technologically mediated experience.Tue, 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/sequence-victoria-and-albert-museum/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/sequence-victoria-and-albert-museum/Alex May exhibited a new virtual reality version of Sequence at the Victoria and Albert Museum during London Design Festival, showing how bio-digital research could be experienced through immersive media, objects, and live material process.Fri, 25 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/toy-hack-digital-metropolis/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/toy-hack-digital-metropolis/Alex May worked with Exploring Senses and Phoenix Brighton on a two-day Brighton Digital Festival project where young participants hacked toys, built a cardboard city, made animations, and turned it into a projected digital metropolis.Fri, 18 Sep 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/curating-in-the-digital-world-talk-with-robert-storr-and-alex-may/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/curating-in-the-digital-world-talk-with-robert-storr-and-alex-may/Alex May joined Robert Storr at Chelsea College of Arts for a public discussion on how digital art changes curating, display, collection, and preservation.Mon, 13 Jul 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/art-that-makes-itself-symposium/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/art-that-makes-itself-symposium/Alex May spoke at Watermans as part of the Art That Makes Itself symposium, a discussion on generative art, digital image-making, and the challenges of curating and conserving digital work.Sat, 16 May 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/tedx-bucharest/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/tedx-bucharest/Alex May's TEDx Bucharest talk asked what happens to digital art over time and whether today's code, formats, and systems can still be reached centuries into the future.Thu, 02 Apr 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/emergency-index-volume-3/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/emergency-index-volume-3/Alex May's Painting With Light performance at Tate Modern was featured in Emergency Index: Volume 3, a major publication documenting recent performance practice.Fri, 13 Feb 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/bournemouth-university-workshop/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/bournemouth-university-workshop/Alex May led a two-day Painting With Light video-mapping workshop at Bournemouth University, where participants used custom software and everyday materials to build new projected environments.Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-institute-of-unnecessary-research-meets-the-egyptian-bioart-club-isea-2014/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-institute-of-unnecessary-research-meets-the-egyptian-bioart-club-isea-2014/Alex May took part in a three-day collaborative open lab and public installation at ISEA 2014 in Dubai, using participatory video mapping within a wider bioart and digital technologies programme.Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/super-organism-the-living-microbiome/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/super-organism-the-living-microbiome/Alex May's video artwork Super-Organism: The Living Microbiome was commissioned by Wellcome Collection for The Evening Standard '1000' award ceremony at the Francis Crick Institute.Tue, 28 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/kinetica-art-fair-artist-interview-alex-may/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/kinetica-art-fair-artist-interview-alex-may/Aesthetica published an interview with Alex May about Painting With Light, the development of his digital sculpture practice, and his ongoing involvement with Kinetica Art Fair.Mon, 13 Oct 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/my-robot-companion-on-bbc-world-service-click/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/my-robot-companion-on-bbc-world-service-click/BBC World Service Click featured Alex May, Anna Dumitriu, and HARR1 from My Robot Companion in its coverage of Brighton Digital Festival.Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/music-tech-fest-5th-7th-september-2014/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/music-tech-fest-5th-7th-september-2014/Alex May spoke at Music Tech Fest in London about Painting With Light, his bespoke video-mapping software for artists.Sat, 06 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/harr1-fabrica-brighton-digital-festival/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/harr1-fabrica-brighton-digital-festival/Alex May and Anna Dumitriu presented HARR1 at Fabrica for Brighton Digital Festival, using conversation and public interaction to open debate around robotics and social behaviour.Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-art-and-science-of-linen-accepted-into-museum-collection/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/the-art-and-science-of-linen-accepted-into-museum-collection/Alex May's video work The Art and Science of Linen was accepted into the permanent collection of the Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum.Thu, 22 May 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/public-engagement-in-science-through-art/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/public-engagement-in-science-through-art/Alex May spoke at Waag Society in Amsterdam about My Robot Companion and the role of art in opening public debate around science, ethics, and emerging technologies.Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/4humanities-interview-with-alex-may/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/4humanities-interview-with-alex-may/4Humanities published an interview with Alex May about programming, video mapping, digital preservation, and the questions about code and perception that run through his work.Mon, 25 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/my-new-robot-companion-at-bletchley-park/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/my-new-robot-companion-at-bletchley-park/HARR1 was shown at Bletchley Park alongside University of Hertfordshire research robots, placing My New Robot Companion within a setting shaped by computation, code, and public encounter.Sat, 09 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/shadows-of-light-at-ict2013/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/shadows-of-light-at-ict2013/Alex May exhibited Shadows of Light at ICT2013 in Vilnius as part of ICT & Art Connect, bringing interactive installation into a wider art-and-technology forum.Wed, 06 Nov 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/painting-with-light-in-caracas-venezuela/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/painting-with-light-in-caracas-venezuela/Painting With Light was presented in Caracas at the Museum of Contemporary Art, extending Alex May's live video-mapping practice into a new international context.Fri, 27 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMThttps://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/my-new-robot-companion-harr1-at-watermans/https://alexmayarts.co.uk/news/my-new-robot-companion-harr1-at-watermans/HARR1, the latest incarnation of My New Robot Companion, was shown at Watermans in London as part of Alex May and Anna Dumitriu's ongoing exploration of domestic robotics.Sat, 21 Sep 2013 00:00:00 GMT