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Alex May

@alexmayarts.bsky.social

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109 Followers  |  64 Following  |  11 Posts  |  Joined: 08.12.2023  |  1.506

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We did a guided tour of our Black Rock Beachcombers permanent sculptures and an β€˜in conversation’ session for the Walk the Talk group led by Alastair Hignell CBE Join us on the 3rd, 10th or 17th May for our Brighton Fringe tours www.brightonfringe.org/events/black...

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01.05.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Black Rock Beachcombers Guided Walk - Brighton Fringe A guided tour of the three new and iconic Black Rock Beachcombers sculptures with the artists Anna Dumitriu and Alex May - MEET: Black Rock - Sat 3rd 2025, Sat 10th 2025, Sat 17th 2025

@alexmayarts.bsky.social and I are doing some guided tours of the Black Rock Beachcombers on the East beach boardwalk in Brighton starting near the Marina Volk's Railway station as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival. www.brightonfringe.org/events/black...

30.03.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Spent the weekend writing a new tool that implements an algorithm I designed in 2011 for an interactive artwork that would go on to be shown at Tate Modern in 2013. In this new work the marks are drawn by hand using a pen & tablet, and the algorithm does the blending and dripping #generativeart #wip

10.03.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I've been making a new series of algorithmic and generative artworks that exemplify techniques I've used for many of my art projects. They run in your browser and can be bought as NFT's on the objkt marketplace. Over half have sold so far. Take a look at the collection here
objkt.com/collections/...

09.03.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to see "Physic A.I. Garden" made in collaboration with @alexmayarts.bsky.social + CAPABLE projected on the historic Customs House in Kings Lynn, every night until March 11th as part of the exhibition "Plant Power" at Groundwork Gallery. Thanks to Veronica Sekules and Martin Chisholm #sciart

08.03.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For the record, I am not going to walk on that roof, and furthermore, I would advise anyone thinking about walking on that roof to not walk on that roof. It's just too dangerous.

19.02.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I took a photo of this lichen. I asked it what its social media account was, so I could tag it. It said it didn't have one and could I go away and just let it get on with its business. Turns out lichens aren't very friendly and don't want social media exposure.

12.02.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I looked at this artwork reflected in another artwork and saw less of both of them.

10.02.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A sensor glitch wasting water. I observed it, appreciated it, recorded it, so for 37 seconds it wouldn't be a waste, it would be a performance, a memory that I can share. I couldn't stop it and had to leave it clicking and running even as the lights went out.

09.02.2025 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Possibly just a little! I'm happy and honoured if people want to follow along and hear about my work even if they don't interact, but the job of working for these platforms to gather followers and illicit facile responses to increase a post engagement score is tiring. Don't humans just want to talk?

25.01.2025 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is BlueSky just another numbers game, where follower counts are the meaningful metric? Doesn't it feel like a crucial moment to re-evaluate what we want out of these social mediation platforms? Perhaps AI could rank profiles based on quality of content, rather than quantity of followers?

25.01.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ta very much. Be great to catch up for a lunch/drinkie/dinner if you find yourself with a spare few hours down these parts. Also let your lovely folks know we'll be doing guided tours of the sculptures in the Brighton Fringe in May, if they fancy it.

25.01.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mr Nick! Always a pleasure to cross paths. Even virtually.

23.01.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
An Agricultural Show through the eye of a Video Artist
This is a video artwork made from footage that I took on todays visit to an agricultural show. I knew I wanted to try and film it a little differently than u... An Agricultural Show through the eye of a Video Artist

An Agricultural Show through the eye of a Video Artist

10.06.2024 07:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Traveled to Stockholm today to see the Fungi in Art and Science exhibition in the Nobel Prize Museum, with two sculptures by Anna Dumitriu and @alexmayarts.bsky.social of our collaboration "Fermenting Futures" highlighting yeast research in our lab.

04.01.2024 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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