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Robert Hodgin
@roberthodgin.bsky.social
Artist and head of R&D at Rare Volume
https://linktr.ee/roberthodgin

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A journey through art, ai and existentialism from @roberthodgin.bsky.social at Kikk Festival, taking in the highs, lows and above all, utterly mesmerising creations from the master of design-led simulations 🫡. #kikk #kikk25
October 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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If you’ve followed me on other platforms ( 🤢 ) you might know I’ve spent the last few years doing computational cinema / edit understanding.

I’m happy to say we’ve got the first public live narrative search engine for film and tv!

It’s early days. But check it out!

ozu.ai
May 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
May 30, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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New: I recreated Tomas Wright’s 1742 astronomical treatise, Clavis Cælestis, and its accompanying sheets titled A Synopsis of the Universe. New posters are available in antique style and modern colors.

Explore: www.c82.net/clavis-caele...
How it was made: www.c82.net/blog/?id=99
May 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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It's not too late to send your mom a tiny radiolarian for Mother's Day n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/product...
May 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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How do mistakes, memory & nature shape creative code?

At #FITCToronto, Robert Hodgin (Head of R&D, Rare Volume) dives into generative art, emergent systems & pandemic experiments.

🗓️ April 28-29, 2025
🔥 Super Early-Bird rates FROZEN! Save $100 → fitc.ca/event/to25/

@roberthodgin.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I wrote a little primer on rigid body dynamics in Houdini after seeing a lot of similar questions online. Bullet is a pretty deep rabbit hole to fall into and there's a lot of legacy stuff that's very confusing for new artists... hopefully this helps you get started!
www.toadstorm.com/blog/?p=1123
A Houdini RBD Primer, Part 1 – Toadstorm Nerdblog
www.toadstorm.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Reminder to creatives (or anyone, really):

If someone reaches out because they want to interview you, and they are asking you to download a specific app to conduct the interview, it is probably a scam.

I have had 3 attempts since January 2025.

Do your research and check credentials.
March 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
My favorite tower! Especially loved seeing the ghost pirate ship when the fog is particularly dense:
March 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Upcoming conference talks:
Paradiso Fest, Mérida Mexico, March 12-16th
Talk title: "Why Bother?"
paradisofest.com

FITC, Toronto Canada, April 28-29th
Talk title: TBD, but it'll be mostly about the River Scars and Meander Maps projects.
fitc.ca/event/to25/

Where else should I go in 2025?
The Paradiso Blog
paradisofest.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Compositions in Code: The Art of Processing and p5.js will be on view at the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) in NYC from March 6 – August 24, 2025

Opening March 6th at 7:00 PM: lu.ma/kbs639bj

@mariuswatz.bsky.social @liasomething.bsky.social @roberthodgin.bsky.social @mwiederrecht.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Fellow Creators, if you get an email from Lyne Braunstein looking to commission art for an event for Riverside, it is a scam. Check the email address and verify via linkedin.

www.linkedin.com/posts/lynebr...
Lyne Braunstein on LinkedIn: 🚨 IMPORTANT SCAM ALERT 🚨 Hey everyone, I recently discovered that… | 10 comments
🚨 IMPORTANT SCAM ALERT 🚨 Hey everyone, I recently discovered that someone is impersonating me and reaching out to people using this email… | 10 comments on LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Google has grouped my photos by face into me, Gregg, my mom, and a snail I took one pic of 8 years ago.
January 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
It is official! I'm speaking at conferences again!

After a 10 year hiatus, I am going to be giving a talk at Paradiso Fest in Mérida Mexico in mid March.

paradisofest.com

I am very excited to be part of this stellar lineup and I look forward to seeing many of my conference friends again.
Paradiso
A 5-days immersive creativity retreat for everyone seeking to unfold ideas, get inspired, trigger, connect and expand their business.
paradisofest.com
January 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It is the 4 year anniversary of the first run of Meander river prints.

It remains my favorite project to date (actually, maybe its a tie between this and the Planetary iPad app from 2011 roberthodgin.com/project/plan... ... okay maybe a 3-way tie with Magnetosphere)
January 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
An old meander study I forgot about until today, made with P5JS.
roberthodgin.com/meander/
roberthodgin.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Having just hit 1k followers, I want to post something that is of the utmost importance:
December 9, 2024 at 12:40 AM
Keeping an eye on me while I work.
December 6, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Not much longer before my attempts at simulating my apartment by hand will have been deemed an incredible waste of my time :|
www.worldlabs.ai/blog
Generating Worlds
Today we're sharing our first step towards spatial intelligence: an AI system that generates 3D worlds from a single image.
www.worldlabs.ai
December 5, 2024 at 6:35 PM
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Next year for #spotifywrapped, show us what music you discovered after canceling your streaming service subscriptions and how you directly supported it.
December 5, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Some BTS from the moss lantern series.
The toro forms adhered to the basic structure for this style of lantern, but then I exaggerated some of the features to make them feel a bit more otherworldly.
December 4, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Moss R&D.
This started as an excuse to learn more about running Houdini from the command line. I am able to provide a string as an input parameter, and the Houdini project will create the 3D letters and drop them onto the ground and let them settle, then the moss sim kicks in and weatherizes them.
December 4, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Bought a new MacBook. Set it up. Reboot it but password wouldn't work. Recovery Assistant didn't work. So now I'm reinstalling the OS. Is this what getting old feels like?
December 1, 2024 at 3:02 AM
A proof of concept audio vis from a couple months back. Abusing the Gaea erosion system in a feedback loop solver, and using isolated stems for audio inputs.
Track by DVRST: soundcloud.com/wazmusic/clo...
One day I will revisit this setup...
November 30, 2024 at 3:40 PM
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I’m so excited to share Radiozoa: a jewelry collection inspired by the microscopic skeletons of radiolaria. The forms are algorithmically generated and cast in sterling silver or brass from 3D-printed wax. I hope you love them as much as I do! available now: n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/line.ph... #sciart
November 29, 2024 at 1:51 PM