Code, print and bang! How code is impacting design
From 3D printed guns to fashion accessories and kids playing blocks, HELLO WORLD is an exhibition that looks at the impact of code on contemporary design.
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Visual Arts
Studio Pinaffo Pluvinage, France, Papier Machine, 2018
In 2014, teenager Adrianna Mitchell sat at a keyboard with Barack Obama and helped him become the first US President to code. His modest effort, a mere 17 characters of script, underscored a deeper belief in coding as the literacy of the 21st Century.
While curator and designer, Aaron Seymour makes this point, he equally feels that the hype surrounding a new coding literate generation is a bit of a myth.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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