Andy Lomas – Catherine Mason

Morphogenetic Creations

Andy Lomas’s new solo exhibition at Watermans, (until 21st July) provides a perfect opportunity to see his complete vision. From framed prints and moving image animations to 3D printing, Lomas explores the aesthetics of biology inspired by the theories of Alan Turing and D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson. Based on his cellular growth model, he creates intriguing, uncannily beautiful shapes with the feel of living organisms. The quality of and detail in this work is superb, I urge everyone to see this wonderful show.

Congratulations to winners of the Lumen Prize

by Catherine Mason

Sally Sheinman, number 215 My continued inability to understand most of the rest of the human race! inspired by Keith H On Lin — Sally Sheinman, What Makes You, You? number 215 My continued inability to understand most of the rest of the human race! inspired by Keith H On Lin

Congratulations to 2014 Lumen Art Prize winners Andy Lomas (Gold award for Cellular Forms) and Sally Sheinman (Founders Prize for What Makes You, You?), both outstanding artists who featured in my BCS column last year. The Prize is a major international competition with 800 submissions from 45 countries. The vast array of different styles and approaches which this prize attracts demonstrates the vibrancy of contemporary technological art. Exhibitions will be taking place around the globe this year, check it out.

Coding Conundrums

by Catherine Mason

Andy Lomas, Cellular Form 14_0017_0011, 2014

Andy Lomas is a self-confessed code junky, saying, I write it for my own pleasure. His Morphogenetic Creations on view earlier this year at the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, has just been awarded one of the best artworks at the Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) conference recently held in London. This month at the BCS he shares with us this amazing image and his coding vision.