Ravi Iyer
Digital art and new media
Ravi Iyer writes on generative practice, video art and code-based work from Mumbai. Previously curated at the Khoj Studios.
Shaping Pixels: How Technology Redefines Digital Art's Role
As technology develops, digital artists leverage new platforms and mediums, creating art that challenges traditional boundaries and emphasizes interactivity.
Reclaiming Space: The Revival of Site-Specific Performance Art
Site-specific performance emerges as a dynamic force, redefining the relationship between art, space, and audience through engagement and contextual storytelling.
Imago Audio Player: A Listening Device for the Age of AI
Designed by Central Saint Martins graduates, this device critiques AI's role in music while promoting ethical innovation in creative technology.
Emerging Digital Frontiers: Art and Technology in Tandem
As artists adopt and adapt emerging technologies, the parameters of creativity expand, challenging conventions and reconfiguring the process of artistic production.
Reimagining Public Spaces: Art as a Catalyst for Urban Renewal
Public art is shaping urban renewal strategies, transforming spaces into hubs of community interaction and cultural identity.
Art as Blueprint: Informing Urban Planning through Creativity
This piece explores how artistic interventions shape urban policy through collaboration among creatives, planners, and communities to address pressing challenges in cities.
Generative Aesthetics: How Technology Shapes Modern Art and Design
From AI-generated paintings to algorithmic textiles, technology’s integration into art and design reveals a redefinition of authorship.
When Machines Create: The Expanding Horizons of Digital Art and Technology
From robotic laundresses to AI environmental analysis, technological innovation is reshaping how artists and architects engage with the world—and the public.
Redefining Public Spaces: Art as a Catalyst for Community Engagement
Public art installations are reshaping urban landscapes and building connections across diverse communities through creativity and shared spaces.
AI Reads the Past: The Herculaneum Scroll and Art Preservation
The deciphering of the Herculaneum scroll with AI introduces new possibilities for cultural heritage preservation, raising questions about its place in the broader landscape of art.
Art and Activism: Contemporary Responses to Global Issues
Contemporary artists use the canvas as a platform for activism, challenging authority and amplifying urgent social narratives.
The Algorithms on Canvas: How Technology Redefines Contemporary Art and Design
Artificial intelligence, virtual reality, and other technologies reshape the boundaries of art and design in the 21st century.
Digital Art’s Expanding Canvas
As technology reshapes contemporary art, digital practices transform how art is created and perceived.
The Seam Between Pixels and Paper: Hiromasa Fukaji and the Confluence of Digital and Physical Art
Hiromasa Fukaji’s practice exemplifies the intersection of technology and materiality, where algorithms meet ceramics and the screen becomes a kiln.
Artists at the Forefront: Shaping Cultural Conversations through Controversy and Celebration
From disputes over residencies to reclaiming cultural heritage, artists wield dialogues that challenge, provoke, and celebrate community identity.
L’Oréal's AI-Powered Olfactory Museum Challenges the Boundaries of Art and Technology
The world's first AI-driven art museum, backed by L’Oréal, redefines sensory experience and raises pressing questions about the role of technology in contemporary art.
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Digital Art: Rewriting Culture Through Code
Recent projects reveal digital art's capacity to challenge traditional frameworks of artistic creation, audience interaction, and cultural meaning.
Art and Technology: Evolving Creative Expression in the Age of AI
As AI tools reshape artistic production, the boundaries of creativity and authorship are being redefined, prompting reflection on the future of art and its intersections with technology.
When Art Heals: Education and Advocacy in Social Practice
At VCUarts Qatar, student projects addressing mental health and addiction recovery demonstrate how art education intersects with social change and community healing.
Art as Activism: Amplifying Environmental Advocacy Through Creative Expression
From ice installations that vanish with the sun to AI-generated ecosystems, artists are reimagining the climate crisis as a visual and experiential call to action.
AI and Design: Navigating Creativity in the Algorithmic Age
Artificial Intelligence is both a collaborator and a disruptor in design, challenging creators to redefine originality and authorship.
How Amazon's AI Shopping Tool Is Redefining Retail
Amazon's new AI shopping feature signals a profound shift in consumer-brand interaction, raising complex questions about the future of personalised retail.
When the Beat Meets the Canvas: Music and Visual Art in Dialogue
A conversation unpacks how the visceral storytelling of jungle music intersects with visual arts to archive and evolve cultural memory.
Anzia Yezierska and the Lingering Voice of Immigrant Struggle
A century after her rise to literary prominence, Anzia Yezierska’s works speak directly to contemporary concerns about identity, resilience, and the immigrant experience.