digital

Electronic naturalism and collective intelligence by kelly heaton

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Detail from recent experiments in 3d. Collective intelligence, AI, and Elon Musk have been on my mind lately. This image was made possible by a wealth of information and tools that are free for anyone with an Internet connection, notably Blender, Andrew Price aka “Blender Guru” videos on YouTube, and models available under the Creative Commons license (butterfly by Kirin Karpenko and LEDs by Sonny See, both available on Blendswap). Although not free, Julius Harling’s incredible Graswald also deserves mention. #creativecommonslicense

Digital girl (thumbing through the early teens) by kelly heaton

Sketch of a digital girl (thumbing through the early teens), 2017. Watercolor on paper

Sketch of a digital girl (thumbing through the early teens), 2017. Watercolor on paper

I continue to grapple with identity in the digital age. What happens to all of those selfies that we snap and upload all over the place? I can't access my data history on my iPhone 4 and that was less than 10 years ago. But woe to the teenagers of today, who are destined to revisit a public image record beyond their control.

Black Power Capacitor by kelly heaton

Black Power Capacitor, 2017. Digital sketch (photo collage)

Black Power Capacitor, 2017. Digital sketch (photo collage)

Speak your truth, digitize it, post it online, and change global consciousness. The power of digital is political power. For what do you stand?