Cyanne van den Houten is a queer media artist based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Her practice revolves around the parallels between magic and technology and with her works she aims to explore the synthetic connection between humans and machines. Van den Houten´s practice is a playful, intuitive place where she hacks current low and high technologies.
With her background as a (graphic) designer (MA Arts in Design at Sandberg Instituut), her way of working has a design research mentality, foundation in media theory and big makers energy. The common thread in her work is that the machine is always in control over the outcome. Self-built generative systems, chance-based procedures, ever-changing data streams and co-creation with (non-)human actors are deeply embedded in her creative practice since 2018.
Cyanne Van den Houten founded art-meets-tech collective Telemagic (www.telemagic.online) in 2016 to uncover the mysteries that revolve around new media and transform them in tangible experiences. Art-meets-tech collective Telemagic give concerts led by artificial intelligence, make interactive installations that dream through museum archives and generative oracles that predict possible futures.
With her project aleatory.agent she aims to explore the integration of algorithmic chance operations in the creation of visual art through computer-controlled machines. Unlike typical AI art tools, her project emphasizes the physical interaction between the artist, audience, and machine, developing playful methodologies that embrace the unexpected with algorithms as the primary creative force. The outcome will be a toolkit of animistic instruments playable during performances, introducing randomness to guide both robots (like 3d printers, CNC cutters, drawing bots and plotters) and myself in real-time creation. With her project aleatory.agent she aims to explore the integration of algorithmic chance operations in the creation of visual art through computer-controlled machines.
Cyanne van den Houten's project is an Art and AI micro-project at UmArts, in collaboration with TAIGA Centre for Transdisciplinary AI. In this residency, the artists are invited to develop new projects investigating Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning as part of the Art and AI Working Group.
