DevArt: your code belongs in an art gallery
By Paul
Kinlan, Developer Advocate and aspiring Creative Coder
I sometimes hear phrases like “Artists create, developers code”, but nothing could be further
from the truth. We are all a creative bunch with a passion for exploring and creating amazing
works that push the boundaries of what we believe is possible with modern computing
technology. Sometimes we just need some inspiration and an outlet.
This summer, Google are teaming up with the
Barbican in London to celebrate the creative
use of technology with a DevArt interactive gallery, as part of the
Digital Revolution
exhibition. And we want you to be a part of it.
As part of this exhibition, we’re looking for the next up-and-coming developer artist. This is
your opportunity to express your creativity in new ways, and to have your work featured in the
Barbican and seen by millions of people around the world.
To get started all you need is an idea, a
Github
account and a browser to visit
g.co/devart to
show us what you would create. From there, we’ll pick one creator whose work will sit
alongside
some of
the world’s finest interactive artists who are also creating installations for
DevArt: Karsten Schmidt, Zach Lieberman, and the duo Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet.
You can use
any blend of technologies such as
OpenFrameworks or
Processing,
Arduino or
Raspberry Pi for your project. The only
requirement is that you use at least one Google technology from any of the four groups
below:
All the installations are being actively developed as Open Source on Github, giving you a rare
look into artists’ ways of working with modern technologies.
Head over to
g.co/devart to kick off your
project. If you are excited to be a part of this project but need some more inspiration, look
over our collection of
catalogued entries from our
artists and others to see how they start to explore their creativity.
Paul Kinlan is a Developer
Advocate in the UK on the Chrome team specialising on mobile. He lives in Liverpool and loves
trying to progress the city's tech community from places like DoES Liverpool
hack-space.
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