TONI MITJANIT
GENERATIVE Designer / EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATOR / CREATIVE CODER
I was born in Manacor (Spain) in 1977. I am Bachelor in Computer Science in 2002 by Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Ph-Degree in Computer Graphics on Internet in 2002 by FUEIB, Master in Multimedia Production & Creation in 2007 by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Degree in Photography in 2010 by Escola Superior de Disseny de Palma (ESD). I work at the level of media, video art, computational art, generative design and experimental animation regularly since 2010.
I explore innovative audiovisual expressive ways through creative coding using data visualization, human/machine interaction, autonomous agents, physics and randomness. All my audiovisual creations are produced by coding custom software in different programming languages (Processing, Java, C++, SuperCollider, ChucK) and tinkering my custom IOT devices.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I’m fascinated with the abstract visual language of shapes and colors. Abstract shapes and colors are fundamental to reality and our perception of it. The abstract is the universal language of consciousness, nature, and reality itself. My work is an exploration of these ideas in nature and complexity.
Technology provides me with an endless toolkit of new possibilities and enables me to dissolve traditional boundaries of medium, process, style and genre. My process integrates deliberate design and random happenstance – nature and technology – art and mathematics – science and mysticism.
I love choral animation where any small visual item plays an important role in an endless choreography of abstract motion and sound. At the end I find myself researching astonishing visual compositions that emerge chaotically from the union of small items based on physics, complexity and interactivity.
INPIRATION
Nature’s colors, forms and motions are my main source of inspiration.
EducatioN & COURSES
1996-2002
UniversitAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS (UIB) – SPAIN
Computer Software Enginneering – Technical Degree.
Computer Hardware Enginneering – Technical Degree.
Computer Science – Bachelor’s Degree.
2002-2003
FUNDACIÓ UniversitAT i EMPRESA (FUEIB) – SPAIN
Computer Graphics on the Internet – Postgraduate.
2008-2010
ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE DISSENY DE PALMA – SPAIN
Plastic Arts and Design in Photography – Superior Technician.
2015-2017
UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA (UOC) – SPAIN
Multimedia Design & Production – Masters Degree.
Audiovisual Scripting – Postgraduate.
Video & Animation – Postgraduate.
Sound Design & Production – Postgraduate.
2015
University of LONDON – UK
Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps – Postgraduate.
2017
Uned & mEDIAlab prado – ONLINE
Art and the Internet. The net as a research field for new artistic practices. – Specialist.
2020
SCHOOL OF POETIC COMPUTATION – ONLINE
Algorithmic Poetry. Speculative Imagination, Machine Learning, and Code Studies. – Specialist.
2022
LABORATORIO BIOMIMÉTICO – SPAIN
SummerLab 2022 – BioDesign – Specialist.
2023
CAMPUS TECNOLÓGICO – ONLINE
Arduino Communications III (Advanced Level) – Specialist.
2023-2024
TECHTITUDE – SPAIN
Color, Material & Finish (CMF) – Specialist.
My SKILLS
Awards & SELECTIONS
R.G.S Awards
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2018
Design Awards
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2019
H.J.N Awards
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2020
R.G.S Awards
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2021
S.A.R Awards
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2022
A.W.C Awards
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2022