Robert Hodgin

I appreciate it David. I hope it wasn't too existential-crisis-y :)

A journey through art, ai and existentialism from @roberthodgin.bsky.social at Kikk Festival, taking in the highs, lows and above all, utterly mesmerising creations from the master of design-led simulations 🫡. #kikk #kikk25

I want nothing more! It's been nearly 20 years... Time for an update!

If you are keeping data of what people searched for, I was the one responsible for "male frontal, full peen".

If you’ve followed me on other platforms ( 🤢 ) you might know I’ve spent the last few years doing computational cinema / edit understanding.

I’m happy to say we’ve got the first public live narrative search engine for film and tv!

It’s early days. But check it out!

ozu.ai

💯

#AIArt #CreativeProcess #DigitalCreativity #Veo3

Screenshots of websites pages arranged in a collage

Antique and color posters

Closeup of antique poster

Closeup of color poster

New: I recreated Tomas Wright’s 1742 astronomical treatise, Clavis Cælestis, and its accompanying sheets titled A Synopsis of the Universe. New posters are available in antique style and modern colors.

Explore: www.c82.net/clavis-caele...
How it was made: www.c82.net/blog/?id=99

balancing a Radiozoa orb pendant on the tip of my fingers. It's a polished silver sphere with large cellular holes on the surface and inside there's a smaller scale structure

It's not too late to send your mom a tiny radiolarian for Mother's Day n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product...

Black definitely.
Wait, actually white is great.
No, black for sure.
Hmmm, white is lovely too.

Ok, I'm 53% on the side of black, 47% white.

I'm in Toronto for a conference. Watched locals watch the results as they came in. Very happy for them!

How do mistakes, memory & nature shape creative code?

At #FITCToronto, Robert Hodgin (Head of R&D, Rare Volume) dives into generative art, emergent systems & pandemic experiments.

🗓️ April 28-29, 2025
🔥 Super Early-Bird rates FROZEN! Save $100 → fitc.ca/event/to25/

@roberthodgin.bsky.social

I wrote a little primer on rigid body dynamics in Houdini after seeing a lot of similar questions online. Bullet is a pretty deep rabbit hole to fall into and there's a lot of legacy stuff that's very confusing for new artists... hopefully this helps you get started!
www.toadstorm.com/blog/?p=1123

Reminder to creatives (or anyone, really):

If someone reaches out because they want to interview you, and they are asking you to download a specific app to conduct the interview, it is probably a scam.

I have had 3 attempts since January 2025.

Do your research and check credentials.

I should mention, I didn't take the photo. It was on Reddit but the OP deleted their account so I can't credit them. The only photo I have of it is back before decent camera-phones.

My favorite tower! Especially loved seeing the ghost pirate ship when the fog is particularly dense:

The Paradiso Blog

Upcoming conference talks:
Paradiso Fest, Mérida Mexico, March 12-16th
Talk title: "Why Bother?"
paradisofest.com

FITC, Toronto Canada, April 28-29th
Talk title: TBD, but it'll be mostly about the River Scars and Meander Maps projects.
fitc.ca/event/to25/

Where else should I go in 2025?

Hey, thanks! Im glad you like it. I'm going to be revisiting that piece after I get back from Paradiso Fest in mid-March, and plan on doing a limited release print series (on glossy paper 😊). I looking forward to digging back into that series.

A promotional graphic for the exhibition "Compositions in Code: The Art of Processing and p5.js" at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), opening on March 6, 2025. The background features a generative art-style digital landscape with jagged, wireframe-like mountains in shades of blue and purple against a bright pink sky. The exhibition title appears in large white text at the top, with the subtitle "The Art of Processing and p5.js" in smaller font below. The names of featured artists—Marius Watz / Aleksandra Jovanić, LIA / Sarah Ridgley, and Robert Hodgin / Melissa Wiederrecht—are centered in white text. At the bottom, logos for MoMI, Tezos, and the Processing Foundation indicate the event’s co-presenters.

Compositions in Code: The Art of Processing and p5.js will be on view at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in NYC from March 6 – August 24, 2025

Opening March 6th at 7:00 PM: lu.ma/kbs639bj

@mariuswatz.bsky.social @liasomething.bsky.social @roberthodgin.bsky.social @mwiederrecht.bsky.social

It feels so instructional, like it's an intuitive diagram of how waves work. I love it. I want it as a desk toy.

How incredibly adorable!

Lol, yeah, I think that was the last conference I spoke at, OFFF 2015. I don't have the slides for that, and I'm not sure if there is a video of it online. Good memories tho :)

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Lyne Braunstein on LinkedIn: 🚨 IMPORTANT SCAM ALERT 🚨 Hey everyone, I recently discovered that… | 10 comments 🚨 IMPORTANT SCAM ALERT 🚨 Hey everyone, I recently discovered that someone is impersonating me and reaching out to people using this email… | 10 comments on LinkedIn

Fellow Creators, if you get an email from Lyne Braunstein looking to commission art for an event for Riverside, it is a scam. Check the email address and verify via linkedin.

www.linkedin.com/posts/lynebr...

Mesmerizing

Yay! Looking forward to meeting IRL

M. N. Jitus. It (they) was in Hawaii and I guess those giant ones are particularly laden with Rat Lungworm.

Google has grouped my photos by face into me, Gregg, my mom, and a snail I took one pic of 8 years ago.

I can't wait! It'll be nice to be back on the saddle again. Back on the wagon? Something like that.

It is official! I'm speaking at conferences again!

After a 10 year hiatus, I am going to be giving a talk at Paradiso Fest in Mérida Mexico in mid March.

paradisofest.com

I am very excited to be part of this stellar lineup and I look forward to seeing many of my conference friends again.