Patrick Doan is a Canadian 3d graphic artist based in Berlin, Germany. He has been releasing his graphic works under the username defasten since 2002. His evolving future-facing visual designs exist as audio reactive, generative, deconstructed geometric objects, establishing a simulated digital reality.
Patrick has exhibited in over 25 countries, including online. Events and venues include The New Museum (NYC), Ars Electronica, Sonar Istanbul, CTM Cyberia 2021 (Xquisite Force SFX), MUTEK Argentina with Hyperfuturism, Transmediale, with Suguru Goto at WWW in Tokyo (2016), MIRA 2021, FLARE 2022 Shanghai, BRDG Channel 22 with Yaporigami (Tokyo 2020), SIGGRAPH.
As a member of the sonic research collective AUDINT (2015 - 2021), they showed work at Unsound, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Arebyte London, Sonar Istanbul, MUTEK Montréal, Loop Berlin.
Patrickâs work is featured in the book The Age of Data by Christoph GrĂŒnberger, with foreword by Ian Anderson (The Designerâs Republic).