Cory Arcangel

Posted by Motherboard on Monday, Nov 23, 2009

This week Cory Arcangel invites us for a peep behind-the-scenes to see how his inimitable brand of internet-infused, code-heavy art gets made. Cory’s one of those rare artists who knows how to make digital art with heart and flesh and soul. With a catalog of work that often celebrates the unfiltered human weirdness and beauty piped to our homes as the internet, the conversation returns several times to the World Wide Web. When we ask Cory for a run down of his favorite internet videos, he shows us a few awesome ones—like this and this. We talk about his earliest work, the now infamous Super Mario Clouds, and the treatise he wrote on jpeg compression. Cory plays us part of his latest piece, a recreation of Arnold Schoenberg’s 1999 op. 11 Drei Klavierstücke comprised entirely of Youtube clips with cats playing piano. And for anybody out there making art as you watch along at home: Cory even gives some great encouragement and advice about the art making process.

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sputnikchickBUSHWICK 9 months ago

THIS GUY IS THE COOLEST
planetqueen 9 months ago

he is def. a character
waste 9 months ago

Dude is really clever, all of his ideas don't blow my mind but his perspective is ridiculously in touch.
petrogradso_be_it 9 months ago

i dont know what it is but this guy reminds me of a character from a Michel Gondry film. Namely The Science of Sleep.
sssss 9 months ago

i can kinda see that.
AlligatorDDT 9 months ago

i like his blue sweatshirt
sbay33 9 months ago

the bronze towel holder cast in bronze was good
sssss 9 months ago

i really want one of those printers...the one that makes those cool designs.
Orion 9 months ago

That was the best of his creations.
AlligatorDDT 9 months ago

yeah but it would take an entire day to come out with a final product don't ya think?