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Title:

Generative Art I - The Art of Losing Control

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Level:
Intermediate
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Category:
New Technology / Next Generation
Organizer:
Philip Galanter, Asst. Prof. Department of Visualization, Texas A&M University
Description:
First popularized by composers such as John Cage and Brian Eno, and fine artists such as Sol Lewitt and Hans Haacke, Generative Art has exploded in the digital age via computer, robotic, and network technologies. Generative artists create and then step away from systems, allowing their machines the autonomy to create, or be, the art. This first of two sessions presents a fast paced survey of randomization, algorithmic mashups, physical computing, and other strategies for creating dynamic art that surprises both the audience and the artist.
Philip Galanter
on 11/8/08
Here are some examples of the kinds of questions this session will address:

What is Generative Art?
Did Generative Art exist before computers?
What are some examples of early Generative Art?
How can I create art and music by flipping coins...or using an RND() function?
What about more sophisticated randomness like normal distributions and Perlin noise?
How can we bring digital art out into the physical world?
How can I teach my computer to fetch media from the web and make mashups that will surprise even me?
How can my computer be more of a collaborator and less of a passive tool?
How is Generative Art used in industries such as animation, gaming, and design?
What's next for Generative Art *after* computers?

- Philip Galanter 08/11/08
Philip Galanter
on 11/8/08
Confirmed speaker for this panel - Philip Galanter ||| Philip Galanter is an artist, theorist, curator, and Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University in the Visualization Department. Previously he was the Associate Director for Arts Technology at New York University and adjunct faculty at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. He holds an M.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts and specializes in generative art and complexity theory.||| website -> http://philipgalanter.com
Philip Galanter
on 11/8/08
Confirmed speaker for this panel - Scott Draves ||| Software artist Scott Draves writes algorithms that run on a network of 60,000 computers and people all over the world, creating abstract art with artificial intelligence. His artwork is exhibited in Google's headquarters and permanently hosted on MoMA.org.||| website -> http://scottdraves.com
Philip Galanter
on 11/8/08
Pending later details and confirmation, speaker for this panel - Jer Thorp ||| Jer Thorp is an artist and educator from Vancouver, Canada. A former geneticist, his digital art practice explores the many-folded boundaries between science and art. Thorp’s award-winning software-based work has been exhibited in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia and all over the web.||| website -> http://blprnt.com
John Clavin
on 11/8/08
This panel is a must for any new technology discussion. Generative Art is at the center of art, technology, artificial intelligence, and philosophy. Is the artist losing control or was the artist ever in control?
Philip Galanter
on 13/8/08
Confirmed speaker for this panel - Matt Lewis ||| Matthew Lewis is a researcher and instructor at ACCAD (the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design) at The Ohio State University. He teaches and works with interactive performance and installation technologies, virtual environments, and generative art and design. ||| website -> http://accad.osu.edu/~mlewis/
Arthur Henricks
on 20/8/08
Electric Sheep...by Scott Draves. His screen saver is pretty need and the fractal patterns generated sort of freak out my co-workers! I work at Agilent (so they block the feeds) but the screen shots from his web site (server page) is what I use. I have the program on my laptop and home machine.

Hope he can speep at SXSW.
Do it today!
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