Hacking Configurable Art

If you knew me, you would know that I am a huge fan of street-art, and fond of the printing process in general. While browsing Instagram one day, I discovered the work of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/felipepantone/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Felipe Pantone</a> . I was astonished by the way he plays with colors and the codes of our digital age. His recent work is based around the idea of interactive art, something I really love. It’s about playing around with an object (for example <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBK4mThC5SY/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">multiple layers of colored acrylic</a>) to create multiple configurations of an artwork. It is art that is not frozen in one state, but rather changing with your mood and the interaction you’ll have with it. He founded an ‘entity’ based around this idea, <a href="https://configurableart.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Configurable</a>, which he described as Felipe Pantone Studio opening up as a producer and distributor of art editions. They made art from <a href="https://configurableart.com/products/subtractive-variability-c-st" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">modular furniture</a>, <a href="https://configurableart.com/products/scarf-optichromie-115" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">silk scarf</a>, to <a href="https://configurableart.com/pages/editions-m-a-s" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Modular Art Systems</a> (in collaboration with artists like Vhils and Futura). His last print, Integration System P#01, is based around <a href="https://isp01.configurableart.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">an app</a> that allows you to create your own variation of an artwork: <iframe frameborder="0" height="480" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FU1aFEZlktJM%3Ffeature%3Doembed&display_name=YouTube&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DU1aFEZlktJM&image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FU1aFEZlktJM%2Fhqdefault.jpg&key=a19fcc184b9711e1b4764040d3dc5c07&type=text%2Fhtml&schema=youtube" title="ColorCoordenates™ Configurator by Felipe Pantone (Configurable Art)" width="640"></iframe> This video shows how you can configure your own print I really liked the idea of configurable art ! But, when reading ‘interaction’, something clicked in my brain: interaction implies hacking, right ? <a href="https://medium.com/@milo.parigi/hacking-configurable-art-8071e6cd9d87">Learn More</a>