Podcast appearances and mentions of andy lomas

Andy Lomas has always been fascinated with math and filmmaking. On graduating from Cambridge he founded a video production company, then worked on VFX for movies including The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. At the same time, he explored his passion for CG art, making use of render farms in their downtime. In this podcast, Andy goes into detail on his artwork and how he uses technology, including deep learning and NVIDIA’s OptiX API, to create unruly but controllable plantlike and cellular forms. He talks about how he brings together influences from nature, physics and biology, as well as his work on Katana at The Foundry and his current lecturing post at Goldsmiths, University of London.

In this week's Creative AI podcast, Jon and Nina chat with computer artist Andy Lomas on the topic of artistic collaboration with AI. Andy talks about his work and the collaboration with SensiLab's Creative AI team on his "Species Explorer" Software and look at some of the roles AI can play to help artists exploit complex generative systems.

Open Codes | Gespräch Was passiert eigentlich mit der komplex im Raum gefalteten Struktur eines Chromosoms bei Erwärmung oder Abkühlung? Prozesse dieser Art sind mit bloßer Vorstellungskraft kaum zu erfassen. Die VR-Technik verspricht Abhilfe: In der virtuellen Realität kann unseren Sinnen leichter zugänglich gemacht werden, was sonst nur schwer vorstellbar wäre. Davon profitiert nicht nur die Wissenschaft. Die Installation »Chromos« von Max Cooper und Andy Lomas thematisiert diese Zusammenhänge. Regina Hock und Blanca Gimenez haben sich das mal angeschaut.

Andy Lomas is a self-confessed code junky, saying, ‘I write it for my own pleasure.’ His Morphogenetic Creations on view earlier this year at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, has just been awarded one of the best artworks at the Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) conference

Mike gives a final rundown from SIGGRAPH 2013 and talks to The Foundry's Katana product manager Andy Lomas about an NVIDIA OptiX / Katana lighting preview demo presented by Pixar.