Creative Coding Barcelona with Andy Quitmeyer presents "Making is Exploring: Building in Nature to Discover the Non-Human World"
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Creative Coding Barcelona with Andy Quitmeyer presents "Making is Exploring: Building in Nature to Discover the Non-Human World"
The Generative Art Museum presented a new edition of Creative Coding Barcelona with Andrew Quitmeyer from Digital Naturalism Labs. In this talk, he asked what it would mean if technology did not separate us from nature, but instead helped us reconnect with it.
In this inspiring session, Dr. Andrew Quitmeyer explored how making could become a tool for discovery in the natural world. As a researcher and creative technologist, he built open-source tools that helped people interact more deeply with non-human environments.
From experimental devices to playful field instruments, his work blended science, art, and hands-on exploration.
The session offered a thought-provoking perspective on creativity, open making, and reimagining our relationship with the non-human world.
Dr. Andrew Quitmeyer is a digital adventurer studying intersections between wild animals and computational devices. He’s a professor at the National University of Singapore researching how to blend biological fieldwork and DIY digital crafting.
This Digital Naturalism Labs work has taken him through the wilds of places such as Panama, Madagascar, Philippines, and the Galapagos where he runs workshops with diverse groups of scientists, artists, designers, and engineers.
He currently leads “Hiking Hacks” around the world where participants build technology entirely in the wild for interacting with nature.
His research also inspired a spinoff television series he hosted for Discovery Networks called “Hacking the Wild.” He is the winner of several design awards and his trans-disciplinary, multimedia projects have been featured in The Discovery Channel, Wired, PBS, NPR, Cartoon Network, Make Magazine, Fast Company, Gizmodo, along with other print and digital internet news and educational sources.
Published: 2026-03-06
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