About me

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.

Everything starts from a dot.

Wassily Kandinsky

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

01.

ANIMATION

Abstract animation & motion graphics for video, mapping & advertising.

02.

DATA VISUALIZATION

Creative data visualization & visual storytelling for documentaries & press.

03.

GENERATIVE Design

Algorithmic, parametric & interactive design for digital and product design.

04.

TYPOGRAPHY

Experimental typography design for motion graphics & video titles.

05.

ELECTRONICS

Creative IOT devices for art installations and experimental interaction.

06.

web design

Interactive and playful 3D web design for games and experimental websites.

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