Vicky Isley

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Vicky Isley is a Research Lecturer at the National Centre for Computer Animation teaching on the BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts and Computer Visualisation & Animation courses and Postgraduate Programmes. Isley is a practicing artist who collaborates with Paul Smith, collectively they work under the name boredomresearch. The duo are internationally renowned for creating software driven art, highly aesthetic both visually and acoustically. They are greatly inspired by the diversity that exists in nature. Using computational technology they explore a similar diversity to simulate natural patterns, behaviours and intricate forms that gradually change over time. Vicky Isley is currently a Research Lecturer at the National Centre for Computer Animation, Bournemouth University UK.

boredomresearch has artwork housed within the British Council’s Collection and Borusan Contemporary Art Collection, Istanbul and has been awarded honorary mentions in Transmediale.05, Berlin (2005) and VIDA 7.0 Art & Artificial Life International Competition, Madrid (2004). Their artwork has been exhibited worldwide, exhibitions since 2010 include DAM GALLERY, Berlin; House of Electronic Arts, Basel; KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn Estonia; ISEA, Istanbul; Electrohype Biennale, Sweden; LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial, Gijón Spain; FILE Prix Luz, São Paulo and Today Art Museum, Beijing.

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Inspired by Nature: Swarm of robots and artificial life works, meeting with Vicky Isley & Paul Smith (Boredom Research) and Thomas Schmickl

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