Kyanite Studios is a Non-Profit Organization (NPO) that aims at promoting free computer arts.
Computer arts are anything related to art that introduces a computer in the workflow.
Quoting Wikipedia, it can be defined like this :
“Computer art is any art in which computers played a role in production or display of the artwork. Such art can be an image, sound, animation, video, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, videogame, web site, algorithm, performance or gallery installation. Many traditional disciplines are now integrating digital technologies and, as a result, the lines between traditional works of art and new media works created using computers has been blurred”
But, it’s not only about arts. It’s also about Freedom.
Based on the principles of Free Software, we want to bring this philosophy to computer arts. We have the feeling that those two ideas have something to do together. More than something to do, in fact.
As Wikipedia states : “Computer art is by its nature evolutionary since changes in technology and software directly effect what is possible.”
That is why we want living art, which evolves through times and through people. And this is only possible with permissive licenses which enable remixes and sharing.
Also, since computers are involved in the process of creation, we do also need to have free tools. As a consequence, one of our goals is also to create tools that are useful, efficient and open for artistic creation.
And last but not least, since the “knowledge belongs to everyone”, we have the vocation to transmit our knowledge to people and learn together.