HW9.3.2 Programming Artist Research: Nick Briz

Nick Briz is an artist who uses programming to create algorithms for art and tear apart code in order to create glitches.  In his work, The Coldplay Song Generator, he used code to create an application which creates new songs based on the patterns and formulas of the band Coldplay.

The application can be downloaded on his website.

He also works with Glitch Art, which is a form of art that is interested in the visual results of mistakes and error in code.  Briz creates digital works that actively have "badly" written code in order to produce the glitches.  Because they are actively desired, the glitches cease to be seen as mistakes and become the focus of the work.  In order to make glitches appear in specific ways, the code must be written precisely, so although it is filled with "errors," it still requires extreme programming knowledge and skill.

From The Ground Up In Order, Embrace from Nick Briz on Vimeo.

Sources:

http://nickbriz.com/

http://artcopyright.interartive.org/coldplay-song-generator-copy-drive-sample-chest/