Alex May | UK
Alex May is an internationally recognised artist known for his innovative exploration of the intersection between art, science, and technology, with a focus on creating multi layered works that resonate with the human experience in a rapidly evolving digital world.
His body of work utilises creative software he has written and a wide range of digital new media forms including video sculpture, algorithmic photography, interactive robotics, photogrammetry as memory, 3D printed sculpture, virtual and augmented reality apps, video projection mapping, generative algorithms and biological sonification, with roots in experimental performative software, video and sound art.
May’s international exhibition profile includes Ars Electronica (Austria), ZKM (Germany), MIT Museum (USA), Tate Modern (UK), HeK (Switzerland), The Nobel Prize Museum (Sweden), LABoral (Spain), WRO Media Art Biennale (Poland), The Francis Crick Institute (UK), Eden Project (UK), Science Gallery Dublin (Ireland) and Bengaluru (India), ZHI Art Museum (China), and the Beall Center for Art + Technology (USA).
He gives lectures and talks about his work and many aspects of digital art, art/science collaboration, and digital preservation at venues including the Royal College of Art, Chelsea College of Art (in conversation with curator Robert Storr), UCLA, TEDx Bucharest, and the Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts of Barcelona.