A big congratulations to Monica Rikic, one of our 2014 artists-in-residence, who has been nominated for the 2015 Guthman Musical Instrument Competition. Monica was recognised for her project, Buildacode, which she developed during her residency with The Cube last year. The competition celebrates pushing musical boundries, and challenging the…

Designed by The Cube’s artist-in-residence, Mónica Rikić, Buildacode was showcased to the public for the very first time over the weekend. Buildacode is an experimental tool for sound programming, which seeks the integration of objects’ manipulation into a visual programming environment for real-time sound creation. The project aims to…

The Cube’s Artist-In-Residence, Mónica Rikić, talks about how difficult it can be to get velcro in Australia, and shares some pictures from her last workshop at The Cube. Mónica: When developing a new media art project, you normally have to deal with unexpected problems with the hardware you’re…

Artist-in-Residence Mónica Rikić tests out the Buildacode cubes, and shares about her time at the Garduino and Makey Makey workshops. Mónica: There’s only a bit more than 3 weeks to go now and YES I think I’m allowed to say that I’m a bit stressed 🙂 I’m planning to do…

The Cube’s Artist-In-Residence, Mónica Rikić, talks about new updates in Buildacode, the GAME ON Symposium, and Visual Art student workshops. Mónica: Last week has been quite busy! I’m now halfway through my residency and I have to be 100% hands on with the project. All the basic functions of the…

After a week of residency and a fun day at the beach with some friends, Mónica Rikić is feeling more than ready to start talking about the first steps of her project. Last week was a bit intense since I had to put my head into the project and…

The Cube welcomes its newest Artist-in-Residence Mónica Rikić on her first day at The Cube! Mónica: So the time has arrived! After all the rush: finishing work, back home, some Australian holidays down in Northern Rivers and visiting some good friends in Sydney, it is time to start working!…

In her first post, The Cube’s new Artist-in-Residence Mónica Rikić will introduce herself and her work, and give an insight into what she plans to achieve during her residency. About me Let me first introduce myself: I’m Mónica Rikić. I’m an interactive artist and programmer from Barcelona and I’ve…