About me
TONI MITJANIT
GENERATIVE Designer / EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATOR / CREATIVE CODER
I was born in Manacor (Spain) in 1977. I am Bachelor in Computer Science in 2002 by Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Postgraduated in Computer Graphics on Internet in 2002 by FUEIB, Master in Multimedia Production & Creation in 2007 by Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), Degree in Photography in 2010 by Escola Superior de Disseny de Palma (ESD). I work at the level of media, video art, computational art, generative design and experimental animation regularly since 2010.
I explore innovative audiovisual expressive ways through creative coding using data visualization, human/machine interaction, autonomous agents, physics and randomness. All my audiovisual creations are produced by coding custom software in different programming languages (Processing, Java, C++, SuperCollider, ChucK) and tinkering my custom IOT devices.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I’m fascinated with the abstract visual language of shapes and colors. Abstract shapes and colors are fundamental to reality and our perception of it. The abstract is the universal language of consciousness, nature, and reality itself. My work is an exploration of these ideas in nature and complexity.
Technology provides me with an endless toolkit of new possibilities and enables me to dissolve traditional boundaries of medium, process, style and genre. My process integrates deliberate design and random happenstance – nature and technology – art and mathematics – science and mysticism.
I love choral animation where any small visual item plays an important role in an endless choreography of abstract motion and sound. At the end I find myself researching astonishing visual compositions that emerge chaotically from the union of small items based on physics, complexity and interactivity.
Everything starts from a dot.
Wassily Kandinsky
INPIRATION
Nature’s colors, forms and motions are my main source of inspiration.
EducatioN & COURSES
1996-2002
UniversitAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS (UIB) – SPAIN
Computer Software Enginneering – Technical Degree.
Computer Hardware Enginneering – Technical Degree.
Computer Science – Bachelor’s Degree.
2002-2003
FUNDACIÓ UniversitAT i EMPRESA (FUEIB) – SPAIN
Computer Graphics on the Internet – Postgraduate.
2008-2010
ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE DISSENY DE PALMA – SPAIN
Plastic Arts and Design in Photography – Superior Technician.
2015-2017
UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA (UOC) – SPAIN
Multimedia Design & Production – Masters Degree.
Audiovisual Scripting – Postgraduate.
Video & Animation – Postgraduate.
Sound Design & Production – Postgraduate.
2015
University of LONDON – UK
Creative Programming for Digital Media & Mobile Apps – Postgraduate.
2017
Uned & mEDIAlab prado – ONLINE
Art and the Internet. The net as a research field for new artistic practices. – Specialist.
2020
SCHOOL OF POETIC COMPUTATION – ONLINE
Algorithmic Poetry. Speculative Imagination, Machine Learning, and Code Studies. – Specialist.
2022
LABORATORIO BIOMIMÉTICO – SPAIN
SummerLab 2022 – BioDesign – Specialist.
2023
CAMPUS TECNOLÓGICO – ONLINE
Arduino Communications III (Advanced Level) – Specialist.
2023-2024
TECHTITUDE – SPAIN
Color, Material & Finish (CMF) – Specialist.
My SKILLS
Awards & MENTIONS
GOLDEN FEMI FILM FESTIVAL
ANIMATION
Honorable Mention
2024
T-SHORT ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL
best musical motive
Award Winner
2022
HIROSHIMA ANIMATION SEASON
VISUAL POETRY
Jury’s Personal Pick -Daito Manabe
2022
DOLGOJI EXPERIMEnTAL SHORTS
ANIMATION
Finalist
2019
MICROMETRATGES CINE GOYA
OBRA CULTURAL BALEAR
Award Winner
2013
FESTIVALS & EXHIBITIONS
2025
VASTLAB Experimental Festival (Feb, 2025). VASTLAB explores the synergies between Visual, Audio, Story, and Technological arts. Los Angeles, CA – USA.
DEMO Festival (Jan, 2025). World’s best motion design on outdoor screens. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Tilburg, Eindhoven & Utrecht. – Netherlands.
2024
London International Animation Festival (Nov, 2024). Abstract Showcase. The Garden Cinema, London – United Kingdom.
Media Palimpsests and New Narratives (Nov, 2024). Hanshan Art Museum. Jiangsu, Suzhou – China.
Aavistus Festival 2024 (Oct, 2024). Biennial of audiovisual art & VJ culture. Installations Category. Helsinki City Museum. Helsinki – Finland.
XEC Interplay (Oct, 2024). International Student Experimental and Video Art Showcase. XJTLU University, School of Cultural Technology. Taicang, Suzhou – China.
Chroma Art Festival (Aug, 2024). Media + Films Category. Miami, Florida – USA.
Manacor Nit de l’Art 2024 (Jul, 2024). Manacor city Art Fair. Exhibition at the Bennassar Photo Studio. Manacor, Balears – Spain.
Golden FEMI Film Festival (Jun, 2024). Animation Official Selection. Sofia – Bulgaria.
Melbourne International Animation Festival (May, 2024). MIAF 2024, Abstract Showcase. Melbourne – Australia.
Lafayette Electronic Arts Festival (May, 2024). LEAF 2024. Outdor Projections. Denver – USA.
2023
Torculari Art Fair (Dec, 2023). Collective exhibition at the Torculari Etching Atelier. Algaida, Balears – Spain.
17ª Baixada Animada (Oct, 2023). Mostra Ibero-Americana de Cinema de Animaçäo. São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil.
Digerati Emergent Media Festival (Sep, 2023). Formerly Supernova Digital Animation Festival. Denver, Colorado – USA.
Monstra Festival (Jul, 2023). Section Spanish Abstract Films curated by Punto y Raya Festival. Cinema City Alvalade, Lisbon – Portugal.
Happy Valley Animation Festival (Mar, 2023). Digitals Arts – School of Visual Arts (SoVA). State College, Penn State – USA.
Alchimies Numériques (Mar, 2023). Collective Exhibition curated by Pablo M. Cordoba at IMMIXgalerie. Espace Jemmapes, Paris – France.
QUANTUM Shorts (Feb, 2023). Centre for Quantum Technologies, National University of Singapore – Singapore.
2022
London International Animation Festival (Nov, 2022). Abstract Showcase. The Garden Cinema, London – United Kingdom.
Cinematika Festival (Nov, 2022). Category: music video. Sopot – Poland.
CICSEP (Nov, 2022). China International Conference of Science and Education Producers. Category: Science Animation. Haidian District, Beijing – China.
Lugano Animation Days (Oct, 2022). Saturday Night LAD Programm. Teatro e Studio Foce, Lugano – Switzerland.
ELO(KUVA)KUU (Aug, 2022). Category: experimental / animation short films. Gallery Kyy, Koskikeskus, Tampere – Finland.
Hiroshima Animation Season (Aug, 2022) Visual Poetry. Jury’s Personal Pick by Daito Manabe. Kakomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City – Japan.
ALC Videoart Festival (May, 2022). Museoverse at MACA (Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante). Alicante – Spain.
2021
Future Vision Festival (Dec, 2021). Moving Paintings. A celebration of unusual animation. Tokio (Japan), Amsterdam (Netherlands) & Online.
Punto y Raya Festival 2021 (Nov, 2021). Abstract art in motion. Online Edition.
Encesa de Llums Palma (Nov, 2021). Insectarium. Ses Voltes, Palma de Mallorca – Spain.
Spanish Abstract Panorama (Oct, 2022). World premiere of the Abstract Film production in Spain. PJAIT & Instituto Cervantes. Warsaw – Poland.
Simultan Festival XVI (Sept 2021). “Unstable State of Things”. Multiplexity, Timisoara – Romania.
Athens Digital Arts Festival XVII – “Tactus” (Sept, 2021). Videoart Category. Athens – Greece.
2020
Art Machines: Past & Present (Nov, 2020). Collective exhibition at the City University of Hong Kong. Computer Animation section curated by Larry Cuba. Hong Kong – China.
Phantom Perspectives (Jun, 2020). Fringe Arts Bath 2020. Curated by Jenna McDonald. Bath, Somerset – UK.
ALC Videoart Festival (May, 2020). Museum of Contemporary Art of Alicante. Collection “Cigarreras” curated by ACOA. Alicante – Spain.
New Abstractions (Jan, 2020). Collective exhibition at the Ospizio Giovani Artisti. Curated by Werther Germondari. Rome – Italy.
2019
MoziMotion Festival (Oct, 2019). Music Online Festival. Beverly Hills, California – USA.
UNSEEN Festival (Sept, 2019). Counterpath, Denver. Colorado – USA.
BESIDES THE SCREEN (Sept, 2019). “Graphic Intelligences & Algorithmic Fictions”. Vitoria and Sao Paulo – Brazil.
Dolgoji Experimental Shorts (Jun, 2019). Korea National University of Arts, Seoul – South Korea.
FUNCTION Festival (May, 2019). “Innocence” Edition. Festival D’Art Digital i Electrònic de Mallorca. Palma de Mallorca – Spain.
OGA VideoArt Exhibitions 2019. Collective exhibition at the Ospizio Giovani Artisti. Curated by Werther Germondari. Rome – Italy.
2018
THE GEOMETRICAL COLLECTION (Dec, 2018). Collective exhibition at the Ospizio Giovani Artisti. Curated by Werther Germondari. Rome – Italy.
FILE Electronic Language International Festival (Jul, 2018). FILE Online VideoArt Program. Sao Paulo – Brazil.
Art All Night (Jun, 2018). 6th Annual Film Festival. Trenton, New Jersey – USA.
15th Frames Film Festival (Jan, 2018). SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce. Nerul, Mumbai – India.
OGA VideoArt Exhibitions 2018. Collective exhibition at the Ospizio Giovani Artisti. Curated by Werther Germondari. Rome -Italy.
2017
CutOut Fest (Nov, 2017). International Animation & Digital Art Festival. Col. Centro Histórico Querétaro – Mexico.
GEOFILMFESTIVAL and EXPOCINEMA Festival (Nov, 2017). Cittadella, Padova – Italy.
SIMULTAN Festival (Oct, 2017). “Possible Futures” at Mansarda Bastion Theresia, Timisoara – Rumania.
TIVAF Festival (Sept, 2017). Tasmanian International Video Art Festival at Sawtooth ARI Gallery. Tasmania – Australia.
Film Egypt Festival (Aug, 2017). Animation Category. Cairo – Egypt.
SICAF Festival (Jul, 2017). Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival. Seoul – Republic of Korea.
Azores Fringe Festival (Jun, 2017). SHORTS@FRINGE | ANIMAPIX +12 Selection by Mirateca. Azores – Portugal.
Bogotá Experimental Film Festival (May, 2017). CineAutopsia – International Films. Bogotá – Colombia.
2016
Punto y Raya Festival 2016 (Oct, 2016). Abstract art in motion at Center for Art and Media ZKM, Karlsruhe – Germany.
“Reversos. Poesia Silenciosa” (Oct, 2016). IV Tardor Poètica. Visual Poetry. Collective exhibition at the Museum Torre de Ses Puntes. Manacor, Balears – Spain.
2015
“Monstres” (Jan, 2016). Collective exhibition curated by ArtCoolActiu at the gallery Ca n’Avellanet. Manacor, Balears – Spain.