Memo Atken and Katie Hofstadter are bout southern California based artists, researchers and collaborators who's work pans various different angles and finding a connect between art and science. They both collaborate on various projects together, merging both their backgrounds in dance, writing, poetry, drawing, etc. Thy create beautiful simulations, data visualizations, and immersive installations.
Memo Atken, who is originally from Istanbul,, is an artist, musician, and researcher, whose practice bridges machine learning, consciousness, perception and spirituality. He is currently a professor of the university of San Diego. His work was exhibited worldwide in various galleries.
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Katie Hofstadter is a multidisciplinary artist, writer and curator whose work studies the relationship between embodiment, consciousness and technology. Her projects have also been exhibited worldwide, and she has also published her writing in places like The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, BOMB, and Flash art.
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Together, blending both of their practices, they created the film Superradiance. This film was beautiful, blending various techniques of animation, and dance, to create an amazing fusion. Watching this felt like i was stepping into a visual field of energy, that kept shifting, and reorganizing itself. More than watching a film, It felt like I was entering a system. I loved how the film translated the scientific data into something extremely emotional. It was extremely beautiful to watch.
The sound design also was extremely calming to listen to. It went with the visuals perfectly, and I think that after watching the whole film, I just felt really good, and calm inside, I thought that was beautiful, because I had rarely watched a film that made me felt so calm.
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Overall, the film felt meditative, because of the collective behavior, energy, and because of the beauty of things moving together. Even though the film was abstract, it made me feel really grounded, like I was witnessing a specific type of truth about how everything in the world affects you and everyone around you.
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