Simon Kirby

Basic Info

Name: Simon Kirby
Country of Origin: US

Description

“I am Professor of Language Evolution at the University of Edinburgh and elected Fellow of the British Academy, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Cognitive Science Society, and a member of the Academy of Europe. I work in parallel on scientific and artistic investigations of cultural evolution and the origins of human uniqueness, particularly the evolution of language. I founded the Centre for Language Evolution, which has pioneered techniques for growing languages in the experiment lab and exploring language evolution using computer simulations. My artistic work includes Cybraphon, which won a BAFTA in 2009 and is now part of the permanent collection of the National Museum of Scotland.

There is a brief summary of my scientific research on my language evolution page.”

 

Information from artists website simonkirby.net

Explore Artworks By Simon Kirby

Ballpoint Texture in Red and Blue (02/21/1999)

Created in 2020 by Simon Kirby

signed lower right in graphite titled with date lower center in graphite excerpt from the artist’s website regarding this work: “Custom software, drawing robot. Each is seeded by a location or date that’s important to you. Just provide a latitude and longitude or date when you order and you’ll get a drawing that is unique […]


Darkness and Light 1

Created in 2020 by Simon Kirby

signed lower right in graphite excerpt from the artist’s website regarding this work: “30,000 straight lines in black and blue ballpoint. Custom software, drawing robot. I am interested in the role of machines as part of the extended mind, especially when it comes to creative activities. We are used to using tools to create things, […]


Ballpoint Texture in Blue and Green (14 38′ 1.25″N 61 1′ 11.52″W)

Created in 2020 by Simon Kirby

signed lower right in graphite titled with coordinates lower center in graphite excerpt from the artist’s website regarding this work: “Custom software, drawing robot. Each is seeded by a location or date that’s important to you. Just provide a latitude and longitude or date when you order and you’ll get a drawing that is unique […]


Ballpoint Texture in Green (44 00′ 00″N 72 41′ 60″W)

Created in 2020 by Simon Kirby

signed lower right in graphite titled with coordinates lower center in graphite excerpt from the artist’s website regarding this work: “Custom software, drawing robot. Each is seeded by a location or date that’s important to you. Just provide a latitude and longitude or date when you order and you’ll get a drawing that is unique […]


Ballpoint Texture in Blue (41 49′ 21″N 71 23’5″W)

Created in 2020 by Simon Kirby

signed lower right in graphite titled lower center with coordinates in graphite excerpt from the artist’s website regarding this work: “Custom software, drawing robot. Each is seeded by a location or date that’s important to you. Just provide a latitude and longitude or date when you order and you’ll get a drawing that is unique […]