computer tinkerker - creative coder
SHIHAB MIAN
shihab.mian@gmail.com
CV
Shihab Mian is a computer tinkerer who works primarily with visual media and creative coding. He is intrigued by the impact of technology on emotion and human relationships in our ever-evolving world. He seeks to deconstruct the way we look at the relationships between technology and humanity, and the ways in which these relationships have been disfigured and transmuted by the rapid pace of technological advancement.
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(TouchDesigner)
Generative plant creation through L-systems in TouchDesigner. Experimenting with natural growth functions married with digital sensibilities that influence the creation of these digital bouquets.
Metalabel
(Processing, Raspberry Pi, Shiftr, TouchDesigner)
Soft Internet Theory, Art Gallery of Guelph (2025)
Wisp is an exploration of instant messaging and its ability to transmute the emotionality of our communications. Two CRT monitors sit a distance away from each other, perched on their respective plinths. Geographically pinpointed wind data inform the speed of the message, impacting the time in which the message reaches from one monitor to the other. This deprecated program affords us the ability to give our words the gift of spontaneity, leaving the dispatch and arrival of messages at the mercy of a ubiquitous natural force.
The Lights in the Sky are Stars (2024)
(Gelly Roll Pens, iDraw 2.0 A3 Pen Plotter, Photoshop, Illustrator)All the Small Things, Northern Contemporary (2024)
Hand drawn illustrations depicting the beauty & violence of the stars, translated through digital filters in photoshop and illustrator, outputted with the robot arm of a pen plotter marrying the digital and analog.
(iDraw 2.0 A3, Processing, Micron Pens)
Randomly generated fragments of notable Bengali poems are translated to English and overlaid with a juxtaposing generative asemic language. This fabricated language takes cues from modern written Bengali, and is cut off randomly amidst the printing process. Leaving the completion of the asemic lettering at the behest of the pen plotter path, this creates unique prints almost impossible to be repeated perfectly.
The angels must have their share too.
(TouchDesigner)
MOODRING, The Garrison, Cinecycle (2023)
Generative audio reactive visuals programmed in TouchDesigner, performed at
(Cinema4D, Redshift)
© Shihab Mian 2025