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Owen McAteer

I'm Owen, an artist from Ireland, based in Madrid, working in new media. I create living artworks using code and mathematical systems that manifest as kinetic flipdot displays and interactive installations of colour & light.

 

"Resonance" is an interactive installation that explores the connection between the cosmos and the human observer. Driven by intricate mathematical algorithms, its visuals are in constant, unceasing motion-a beautiful yet chaotic dance representing the universe's inherent, abstract laws. Learn more.

Centro del Carmen de Cultura Contemporánea, Valencia as part of Volumens festival 2025

Aqueduct (2025)

Aqueduct is a kinetic display that reimagines nature digitally. Four flip-dot displays, arranged diagonally, create a cascade. Driven by a real-time fluid simulation, depicting water gracefully falling from one display to the next. This piece explores the beauty of water’s movement, creating a captivating and ever-changing visual experience. Currently showing at Futura Art Gallery

Above Pisa UnFramed group show / Currently at Futura Art Gallery

A series of kinetic displays comprising 14x4 digits, housed in a black-dyed Oak frame, each one unique with its own animations and personality. It is an exploration of how the most basic building blocks of technology can be used to mimic the unpredictable, fluid flow of the natural world. Currently showing at MADART, NIO House Amsterdam

MADART Amsterdam

"Pulsewidth" is an animated generative artwork, blending algorithms and mathematics, presented in a grid-like dithering style the artist calls PWM. Animated and ever changing the visuals flow and morph in realtime to an unseen set of rules and algorithms that drive the discovery of itself. Painted in a two-tone palette, often of just black & white, but not always, colour can find a way to take over and saturate the output. Explore collection

Above Sunderland / First presented NFTNYC

Seiche is an interactive artwork inspired by the serene waters of Biscayne Bay. The piece represents the delicate balance of nature, where calm surfaces can be disrupted by external forces. As viewers interact with the artwork, they become the external force, disrupting the calm and creating dynamic patterns of motion. This interplay between stillness and movement mirrors the delicate balance of nature and the impact of human intervention on ecosystems. Enquire: House of Fine Art

HOFA House of Fine Art

More work from Owen McAteer

More digital art - More installation works