BRYAN LEISTER ///

Born /// Stuttgart, Germany

Blue Silo Since /// 2023

Education /// BFA Virginia Commonwealth University,
MFA George Mason University

Medium /// Digital, Interactive installations, oils

I am very interested in using generative processes in my work. To 'generate' a work, I might start with a prompt and then design a system or process to build the work. That system might be the algorithm to build a curve that copies itself or translate incoming data from a sensor to influence sound or video. 

For a recent animation I did for Night Lights Denver https://www.denvertheatredistrict.com/night-lights   

 I programmed thousands of moths to randomly cover the building, using flocking algorithms and influences they mingled, formed shapes and ultimately flew towards the mountains.

These random processes become a chance to interpret the beauty that I find in nature and its underlying geometry.