Samuel Diggins

making. one half of @ctpt_studio

[Holly Herndon @hollyherndon]

Humans stroll while agents scroll ✨🪞

[Tero Parviainen @teropa]

I've just shipped Aeriform, an interactive ambient techno experiment built with Google DeepMind's Lyria RealTime model. @GoogleMagenta

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

@boreta @matdryhurst @teropa thanks!

[Tero Parviainen @teropa]

We went on two novelty search expeditions for Holly & Mat this autumn. First to Kinder Scout in The Peak District, with various cameras attached to our bodies. Then in the latent space of image diffusion models, prospected by agentic LLMs in an ongoing search for novel imagery.

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

it's truly a blessing to be able to merge so many interests in one project, revealed to us by a serendipitous moment. and to do it in such willing and adventurous company — thank you. onwards we tread.

[matdryhurst @matdryhurst]

Open-endedness reconciles the high goals of machine learning with the goals of high art, establishing the freedom for machines and humans to freely explore what interests them in the hope of discovering something new.

We conceived this project as a game to try and give agents the freedom to go on a novelty hunt for new images, and I liked the idea of calling it "Kinder Scout" in reference to the Mass Trespass in the mountains of England - a protest that attempted to establish the right for anyone to roam the land freely.

I hadn't told our collaborators @teropa and @samueldiggins my naming idea yet when they explained to me they had planned a retreat for a few days near the deadline they couldn't reschedule. When I asked where, they said "Kinder Scout". Just wow.

In the spirit of unplanned signs (what I call angel moments) we rode the serendipity and asked them to wear cameras for their hike, with the simple prompt to only follow what they thought was interesting in the moment.

These images are sent to an ensemble of agents who mutate and narrativize to try and improve on their most novel images. Humans and inhumans on the same mission to discover something together.

Eternally grateful to Tero and Sam for being so down to experiment and see where things lead.

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

an honour to work on this for the legendary @moogmusicinc with team @yurisuzuki + @robpybus1

[Moog Synthesizers @moogmusicinc]

Drawing inspiration from ‘90s video games and websites, we had the privilege of collaborating with @yurisuzuki and the teams at @pentagram and @ctpt_studio, along with illustrator Rob Pybus, to bring this vision to life.

Head over to https://t.co/WNKQBBCawF to explore!

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

sublime @tim_hecker @otns

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

@teropa oblique strategies

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

@MarkLeckey @cada1dotnet an artist who seems to remain totally grounded + irreverent despite his success, and whose work seems to perfectly capture that uncanny not-quite-now reality we newly live within https://t.co/wN3MiuPzoE

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

“i found myself staring at corners, thinking, ‘i should make work about corners’…if you find yourself doing that, you know you’re really fucked.” —@MarkLeckey @cada1dotnet

[Art Blocks @artblocks_io]

Join us today for our pre-drop talk with @amontobin, @teropa, and @samueldiggins who will will release their project, montreal friend scale, at 10am PT/1pm ET! https://t.co/ZMLy5VFrFL

[ʏ 𝗔 ⊂ ᴴ ᴛ̞ @YACHT]

Our AI wordmark is now on a hat!

We pulled our favorite latent letterforms from our collabs with @barneymccann and @ctpt_studio and from research by @iraphas13, @douglas_eck & @hardmaru & ransom-noted them into a logo.

Buy: https://t.co/jEcNqQ9nhD

[Yuri Suzuki @yurisuzuki]

Flashback friday to Yuri’s first release on MSG Scott’s Dream - Music From A Reimagined Digital Electronium’
Artwork and design by @AstridStavro .Thanks to #RaymondScott archives for their support. In collaboration with @ctpt_studio

[The Lumen Prize @lumenprize]

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘶𝘴 - Yuri Suzuki, 2021 Longlist.

Bringing together #sound, #sculpture, #interaction & #AI. Each horn continually sings lyrics which are generated live by a uniquely trained piece of AI software which collects words from visitors to create melodies.

[Tero Parviainen @teropa]

Now available: BF-130 Dronal Birdsong Transducer

Made-up sound machine on @hicetnunc2000

https://t.co/BVg6dIJHji

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

first foray in to interactive storytelling of this kind, with the inspiring team at @washingtonpost @wapodesign

[Counterpoint @ctpt_studio]

It was our pleasure to work with @washingtonpost's Lede Lab on the new oral history of The Visitors, Ragnar Kjartansson’s 2012 masterpiece.

https://t.co/zdVZZbKi7h

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

@KhyamAllami thanks khyam x

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

@lindaliukas thank you linda!

[Ars Electronica @ArsElectronica]

The #winners of the 2021 Isao Tomita Special Prize are @KhyamAllami and @ctpt_studio
for their project 'Apotome', a generative music system focused on transcultural tunings and their subsets.
https://t.co/vt5hx17Z5A #PrixArsElectronica #IsaoTomita

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

@lconfraria muito obrigado!

[Samuel Diggins @samueldiggins]

so happy to have our work recognised in such a way

[Counterpoint @ctpt_studio]

We're honoured to announce that Apotome, our project with @KhyamAllami has been awarded the Isao Tomita Special Prize at #PrixArsElectronica. We would like to thank the @arselectronica jury and the Isao Tomita family for the recognition of our work.