My name is Mananiko Kobakhidze. I am an Illustrator and graphic designer from Tbilisi, Georgia. I study digital Media at Hfk-Bremen, Germany at the moment. I was raised in theater, and mainly that connection created my background. As a child, I tried to create puzzles and scenarios, which was quite challenging for me, helped …
My name is Candice Houtekier. I was born and raised in France and moved to Montreal to do my master’s degree. After I graduated I started to work for commercial art galleries between Montreal and Toronto for a couple of years. Then I moved to Toronto and decided to launch my own business to help …
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Umanesimo Artificiale(UA) is a studio and an artist platform based in Fano, Italy, with a spread team of collaborators throughout Italy. It organizes events, workshops, and research projects and collaborates with both private and public institutions. UA focuses mostly on exploring artificial intelligence, live coding, interactive online experiences, AR, and trying to focus all its …
Russell Haswell is a Coventry-born multidisciplinary artist whose work covers video art, public sculpture, and production. Collaborating with the likes of Aphex Twin and Autechre Gescom, Pan Sonic, and Masami Akita (Merzbow). He worked with Florian Hecker on Iannis Xenakis’ UPIC system in their Haswell & Hecker duo, whose Blackest Ever Black LP is widely …
VAZHMARR (Vazha Marr) is a music producer from Tbilisi. He experiments on a variety of genres: ambient, glitch, or conventional melodic structures. Inspired to re-define the legacy of past decades, Marr’s multi-directional narratives may often unite under the tag of IDM. However, with a weapon of choice being live instruments and aleatory flow, especially during …
I met Ben in 2018. Our mutual friend Kay Khachatryan (Nystagmus) participated in “Caucasus All Frequency” Fest in Georgia. It was curated by “Mountains of Tongues” (Ben’s project), in partnership with the “Aqtushetii”, a festival/residency program in a remote mountainous village in the North. A ten-day workshop and concert series featuring collaborations and knowledge exchange …
I met Raf back in 2013 at one of the clubs in Yerevan. He was part of a lineup with the French multi-instrumentalist Gautier Serre, also known as Igorrr. Raf’s performance caught me off guard, and I was pleasantly surprised to discover such a gem. He was performing under the moniker Unit Visor, and his …
This interview came about thanks to an unexpected incident. A colleague and curator, Anna Gargarian, was seeking recommendations on Facebook. “Dear musician friends in Armenia. Do any of you know where to rent a Theremin in Armenia? Amazing artist Xiao Xiao finds herself (happily) stuck in Armenia while en route to Paris from Siberia, and …
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Berlin-based sound artist and electronic musician Jessica Ekomane explores the interplay of psychoacoustics. She creates the perception of rhythmic structures, the transformation of sonic waves, and the interchange of noise and melody. She practices live performances as well as sound installations. She was one of the artists who contributed to the installation of the Natascha …
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Dutch visual artist Tarik Barri is no stranger to digital culture. His collaborations with Thom Yorke, Flying Lotus, Robert Henke, Nicolas Jaar, Sote and many more are well received. He is the developer of “Versum”. Software that creates 3d real-time virtual worlds. How does your aesthetics as an artist evolve during your career? Is there …
