Lars Wander | Artist's Corner #3

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Artist's Corner
Highlighting the Top Digital Artists
Lars Wander

In this Artist's Corner we speak with Lars Wander, a fantastic rising star in the generative art world. We discuss his journey into the art and tech world, showcase his beautiful work, and talk about what's next for him as he has left Google and is pursuing art full time.

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Episode artwork: light doesn't bend that way #6 by Lars Wander

Where to find Lars:
Twitter | https://twitter.com/larswander
Website | https://larswander.com/

Lars' works:
How You See Me | https://objkt.com/collection/KT1Q6cr9sscJYtL4m9CpVscu2SpqUxe9yZoo
Fxhash works (Geode, Unfolded, and Gossamer) | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/larswander
Perry, Mary, and Lars exhibition | https://verse.works/exhibitions/perry-mary-lars
Other artist's works that Lars has collected | https://www.fxhash.xyz/u/larswander/collection

Timestamps
0:24 | Introduction to our fantastic guest
1:28 | What Lars did at Google and how he decided to transition to art full time
9:02 | The role art played in Lars' life
13:56 | How Lars became such a great engineer
17:03 | Lars got started making code-based art during the pandemic
28:29 | Why Lars decided to work with artxcode to help him navigate the art world
37:12 | Lessons Lars has learned in his time working with artxcode that might interest other artists
40:23 | Diving into Lars progression of his work (check out the video!)
1:19:03 | Lars shows off some of his new works
1:31:47 | How Lars is feeling about his success as an artist
1:38:10 | What Lars enjoys collecting
1:45:20 | Parting thoughts

Show Notes
Spectral paint database | https://scholarworks.rit.edu/theses/4892/
Google Jax | https://github.com/google/jax
Jonathan McCabe | http://www.jonathanmccabe.com/
Mark Lovejoy | https://marklovejoydotcom.tumblr.com/
Kubelka Munk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubelka%E2%80%93Munk_theory
Mixbox | https://scrtwpns.com/mixbox/