Scott Kildall

Hello, World! is the first algorithmically-generated artwork sent to space and is a data visualization of the both the population and the carbon footprint of all the major cities on Earth.

Featured Work

Sonaqua

Sonaqua is an electronic installation that sonifies water quality

Strewn Fields

Strewn Fields is a data-visualization of meteorite impacts at different sites, etched into stone

Water Works

Water Works is a data-visualization of the water infrastructure of San Francisco using digital fabrication techniques

EquityBot

EquityBot is a stock-trading algorithm based on Twitter emotions

Bad Data

“Bad Data” is a series of data-visualizations, etched onto aluminum honeycomb panels using a high-pressure water-jet.

Machine Data Dreams

Machine Data Dreams are data-etchings of video signals, memorializing camcorders used in the history of video

About Scott Kildall

Scott Kildall is cross-disciplinary artist who writes algorithms that transform various datasets into 3D sculptures and installations. The resulting artworks often invite public participation through direct interaction.

His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the New York Hall of Science, Transmediale, the Venice Biennale and the San Jose Museum of Art.

He has received fellowships, awards and residencies from organizations including Impakt Works, Autodesk, Recology San Francisco, Turbulence.org, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, Kala Art Institute and The Banff Centre for the Arts.

Recent Work

Chess with Mustaches

Chess with Mustaches is a set of six mustachioed 3D-printed chess pieces, created in response to a legal threat from the Duchamp Estate..

Data Crystals

Data Crystals is a series of 3D prints generated from the San Francisco Open Data portal

Hello, World!

Hello, World! is the first algorithmically-generated artwork sent to space

Wikipedia Art

Wikipedia Art is an intervention into Wikipedia

Imagine 2049

On January 12th, 2013, I buried the “Imagine 2049 Time Capsule” at the New York Hall of Science. The capsule contains hundreds of ideas for Future Inventions, which were submitted by the public over the course of four months.

Celebrity Asteroid Journeys

Recent News

Data Crystals at EVA

July 15, 2017

I just finished attending the EVA London conference this week and did a demonstration of my Data Crystals project. This is the formal abstract for the demonstration and writing it helped clear up some of my ideas about the Data Crystals project and digital fabrication of physical sculptures and installations.… Read more

Playing with the e-mail scammers

July 14, 2017

When someone sends you an email scam, think of it as an opportunity for fun. They stopped replying to my emails after several responses. Here is the exchange: —– Goodday, Good Day, How is everything with you? I picked interest in your artwork and decided to write you. I will… Read more

Self-guided Khlong Tour

June 7, 2017

When you get to a new place, get lost. Wander in space, wander in time. I adhere to the words of Rebecca Solnit in A Field Guide to Getting Lost and often find myself in the moment in a new city. I finally had some free time at the American… Read more

About Scott Kildall

Scott Kildall is cross-disciplinary artist who writes algorithms that transform various datasets into 3D sculptures and installations. The resulting artworks often invite public participation through direct interaction.

His work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the New York Hall of Science, Transmediale, the Venice Biennale and the San Jose Museum of Art.

He has received fellowships, awards and residencies from organizations including Impakt Works, Autodesk, Recology San Francisco, Turbulence.org, Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, Kala Art Institute and The Banff Centre for the Arts.