Newsletter 43
👋 Welcome
Imbolc shona daoibh!
Welcome to Newsletter #43. A month into 2025 already 🤯 We wanted to take a moment to share some insights into the year ahead. In 2024, we hosted three meetups, ran an all-day TouchDesigner event, and kept these bi-monthly newsletters coming. This year, we’ve got some exciting events in the works, but to bring them to life, we need to pace ourselves. The meetup series has been an incredible way to experience the unique flavour of digital and new media art emerging from this island. The positive response has been amazing, and we absolutely plan to bring it back. But for now, we need to hit pause while we figure out how to make it sustainable for us.
So, things may be a little quieter over the next couple of months—but don’t worry, we’re cooking up some awesome things behind the scenes. In the meantime, enjoy the newsletters, and let us know what cool stuff you’re working on (:
Reminder: The Monthly Monday meetups continue over on the Digital Artists Ireland Discord this Monday at 7pm on the Monday Meetups voice channel. Drop in and say hi!
📖 Articles
Brian Eno released Generative Music on a floppy – here’s what it sounded like
Peter Kirn, cdm
In 1996, Brian Eno collaborated with interactive music pioneers Tim Cole and Pete Cole and their software SSEYO to create a completely generative album. Delivered on floppy disk, each rendition would be created anew in code. Of course, that means you need the floppy and a PC to experience the album. But here’s some video documentation by Canada’s Soft Automaton (producer/engineer/synth restorer).