Newsletter 49
Greetings fellow humanoids!
On April past, we finally reached the two year milestone making these newsletters! What a voyage it's been. To everyone who’s been with us since the beginning, and to all the passengers who’ve joined us along the way — thank you for sharing the journey with us.
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📖 Articles
Free Open Source Alternatives to Subscription based Art & Design Software
Alida Sun
Alida Sun gives a great breakdown of what potential alternative tools might work within your creative practice so that you can retain agency over your creative work and essentially your finances.
How Critical Designers Are Disrupting Techno-Utopian Narratives
Critical Playground
This article frames the myth of technological good and show how critical designers essentially dismantle this narrative. It's nice intro into the world of critical design.
Zach Lieberman on the Resonance of Generative Art
Le Random
In this interview, Zach Lieberman—an artist, MIT professor, and co-founder of openFrameworks—discusses his personal journey and the evolution of generative art. He reflects on formative experiences, such as the 2001 BitStreams exhibition at the Whitney Museum, which showcased innovative works like Jason Salavon’s art and Yasunao Tone’s “Solo for Wounded CD. The article's focus lies partly in the emotional experiences that code-based art can offer.