martin calvino
artist - scientist
focused on
abstract painting, textiles,
the intersection of
media arts with
genomics, machine learning
and tango culture
Written documentation of my work in machine learning, art-science, tango culture and more.
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Draft: tentative artwork for Queens Botanical Garden
Digital interaction in textile artworks
2020
Weaving Narratives: public textile art project
Art to wear: my artistic re-interpretation of a traditional trouser
Digital sculptures in virtual reality (VR): a first approximation
REPURPOSED: artistic experimentation with adapted materials
Coevolutionism: the emergence of a new subgenre in abstract painting
Series of abstract paintings inspired on artificial intelligence generated art
Human-Machine creativity: implementing artificial intelligence for art making
Uruguay (Un)Natural - Internet Memes for Political Dissent
2019
REVOLT_ media arts + tango zine
Automated detection of political ideology from text
Image classification of Calvino's artworks using Convolutional Neural Networks
ENCHUFE: Montevideo electroTango Festival
Re-appropriation of short films for video art creation
Natural language processing of Facebook messages; and their inclusion into an abstract painting
Interactive audiovisual augmentation of physical paintings
Performing electronic music at Rutgers University
Organized Sound: upcoming album on electronic music + tango lyrics
2018
OCHO CORTADO: altered realties of a tango dream
looping thoughts: my first album of electronic music with a notch of tango remix
Audiovisual studies of dancing bodies and electroTango sound compositions
Re-interpreting dancing bodies in video-art
Electro Cortinas Milongueras: electronic music + tango remix
Exploring the expressive capacity of Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) for tango lyrics composition
AI-generated tango: pure machine creativity churns out tango lyrics like those of the golden age
Automation of 'news headlines' on Donald Trump using machine learning
Procedurally generated artworks based on multiple sequence alignment of orthologous gene copies
Auditory perception of reduction in genome diversity as consequence of plant domestication
The subversion of music to body movement: a techno-performance study of Argentine tango
2017
The momentary life of an image: using light as medium of plastic expression
CUATRO PALABRAS is a short film exploring the emotional tension of a tango couple
Sound story: a night of tango in NYC with Marta Chaban
A sonic journey into a night of tango
Post-polyploidy subgenome evolution of glitch art
Artistic tribute to the centennial anniversary of 'La Cumparsita' tango song
Possibilities for genomic selection purely based on aesthetic principles
The creative process behind my work
2016
Arte GAGAISTA from rice genomic segments as mechanism for creative exploration
Building the artistic character of genes and genomes
An artistic rationalization of 'sustainable intensification'
A framework for the integration of art and science
From art to science and back to art
Visual interpretation of LinkedIn economic graph
Digital art liven up corporate image