New Media Art and Research

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

Gun Control (revisited)

April 26, 2018

My writing (below) was originally printed as part of the Disobedient Electronics project by Garnet Hertz. It is a limited edition publishing project that highlights confrontational work from industrial designers, electronic artists, hackers and makers that disobey conventions. Gun Control (revisited) In 2004, I created Gun Control — a set… Read more

Collecting Sacred Fluids

April 13, 2018

I recently debuted a new art installation called Cybernetic Spirits at the L.A.S.T. Festival. This is an interactive electronic artwork, where participants generate sonic arrangements based on various sacred fluids. These include both historical liquids-of-workshop such as holy water, blood and breast milk and more contemporary ones such as gasoline… Read more

Reality Remix: Salon 1

February 19, 2018

I just returned from our first Reality Remix workshop in Dundee, Scotland. The prompt that we gave ourselves afterwards was to write up things that came up for us, returning thoughts and think about what is next. I write now on the train journey back to London. The background is… 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.