Founder
Varvara & Mar OÜ
Mar Canet is an artist, creative coder and inventor, working together as an artist duo with Varvara Guljajeva since 2009.
Mar (born in Barcelona) has two degrees: in art and design from ESDI in Barcelona and in computer game development from University Central Lancashire in UK. In addition to that, Mar is finalizing his master at Interface Cultures in Art and Design University of Linz in Austria. Also he is a co-founder of Derivart and Lummo.
Mar has exhibited his work in a number of international shows and festivals. Recently he has been commission by Google and Barbican Centre for creating a new art piece for Digital Revolution exhibition.
Mar is active in the field of art and technology. Also he is developing various application of knitting in the field of digital fabrication. Together with Varvara he is the author of Knitic – open hardware, which aims to integrate of textile fabrication into the makers' culture. Thus, he use and challenge technology in order to explore novel concepts in art and design. Hence, research is an integral part of their creative practice.
Reference: http://www.mcanet.info/