Simple Harmonic Motion #8, #9 (2013)

This project is part of the Simple Harmonic Motion series.

1ch HD video, 2ch sound
Duration:
SHM #8- 02:00 seamless loop,
SHM #9- 01:40 seamless loop
Dimensions: variable

Available to purchase on seditions here and here.

Other works from this series and more information on the series in general can be found here.

Images

Installation views

Series

More works in the Simple Harmonic Motion series.

InstallationPerformanceVideoLightMusic & Sound DesignSimulation

Simple Harmonic Motion

2019

VideoEcologyGalleryMusic & Sound DesignSimulationLight

Simple Harmonic Motion: The Awesome Machinery of Nature: We are all connected

2021

InstallationSoftwareGalleryLightMusic & Sound DesignSimulation

Simple Harmonic Motion for Light at Signal Festival

2019

PerformanceSoftwareLightMusic & Sound DesignSimulation

Simple Harmonic Motion #12 for 16 Percussionists at RNCM

2015, Performance

InstallationSoftwareLightMusic & Sound DesignSimulation

Simple Harmonic Motion #11 for Light at Blenheim Palace

2014

VideoGalleryMusic & Sound DesignLightSimulation

Simple Harmonic Motion #5

2011

Selected Exhibitions, Performances & Presentations

Only selected shows with project pages are listed below. For more complete exhibition and performance history please see Show History.

InstallationSoftwareGalleryLightMusic & Sound DesignSimulation

Simple Harmonic Motion for Light at Signal Festival

2019

PerformanceSoftwareLightMusic & Sound DesignSimulation

Simple Harmonic Motion #12 for 16 Percussionists at RNCM

2015, Performance

InstallationSoftwareLightMusic & Sound DesignSimulation

Simple Harmonic Motion #11 for Light at Blenheim Palace

2014

Writing

Press

Interviews

2026 Memo Akten on Rituals as Algorithms, Le Random, 13 Jul 2026 · Interview ★
2019 Memo Akten: Spiritual Technology, Metal Magazine, 30 Nov 2019 · Interview ★
2018 Machine Learning Art: An Interview With Memo Akten, Artnome, 16 Dec 2018 · Interview ★
2014 80 Spotlights Bathe a UK Palace in Light and Sound, Vice, 12 Nov 2014 · Interview ★

Books

2022 The Rise of Metacreativity: AI Aesthetics After Remix, Eduardo Navas, Routledge, pp. 46, 142–143, 158–160, 162 · Book ★

Catalogs

2014 Creative Machine, Goldsmiths, University of London · Catalog

Other Coverage

2026 Sedition Art Advertising, Memo Review, 20 Jun 2026 · Review
2015 Aurora 2015: 13 must-see moments at transformative Dallas Arts District experience, CultureMap Dallas, 14 Oct 2015 · Article
2015 FutureEverything festival: digital thrills and space to think, a-n The Artists Information Company, 28 Feb 2015 · Review ★
2014 Simple Harmonic Motion #11 at Blenheim Palace, Kein Magazine, Turkish, 15 Oct 2014
2014 Lighting Up Blenheim Palace, Nowness, 15 Oct 2014 ★
2014 The Unseen Harmonies of Memo Akten, Rooms Magazine, 26 Sept 2014 ★
2012 Harmonic Motion Creates Musical Patterns, in New Abstract work by Memo Akten, CreateDigitalMotion, 12 Mar 2012 · Article
2011 Simple Harmonic Motion, CreativeApplications.net, 28 Aug 2011

News

2012 Memo Akten Creates Complex Patterns From Harmonic Motion, Vice, 13 Mar 2012 · News
2011 Showtime: Memo Akten, Simple Harmonic Motion study 5d, Wired, 6 Oct 2011 · News

Awards & Fellowships

2015 Jury Selection, Japan Media Arts Award

Commissions

2015 Future Everything, Manchester, UK
2014 Blenheim Art Foundation, Oxfordshire, UK

Collections

2014 Blenheim Art Foundation, Oxfordshire, UK

Show History

Performances

2015 FutureEverything, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 25 Feb 2015 ★

Group Exhibitions

2021 BLON New Wave Animation Festival, Klaipėda, Lithuania
2021 Future Music Festival, online
2021 MUTEK Festival, Montreal, Canada
2019 Signal Festival, Czech Museum of Music, Prague, Czech Republic, 10–13 Oct 2019 ★
2015 Dallas Aurora Festival, Dallas, Texas, USA
2014 Simple Harmonic Motion #11 for Light at Blenheim Palace, Blenheim Palace, Commissioned by Blenheim Art Foundation, Oxford, UK, 29 Sept 2014 ★
2013 Node13 Festival, Frankfurt, Germany