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Authors:		SCIArts . PANEL
Title:		Gira -S.O.L.
Keywords:		art/science, artificial life, complex systems, energy, interaction.
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Abstract:		Gira S.O.L. - System to Observe Light - is an ongoing art/science project that interplays art and technology to understand and manipulate emergent patterns from our ecosystem. It emphasizes conceptual discussion on the emergence of organizing patterns and on how life through the use of the light is generated by the sun. The poetic stimulus derives from a flower -- the sunflower - whose survival strategy is to seek the sun light. Like the flower, the Gira S.O.L. apparatus works by simulating the processes involved in perceiving light as an energy source. It captures solar energy and converts it into other energies -- electrical, thermal and mechanical -- thus simulating a transformation process will feed an artistic system. Basically, the transformed energy will activate the elements that compose the apparatus by transforming its structure and appearance.

Rejane Caetano Augusto Cantoni <rcantoni@uol.com.br > is a researcher and a electronic media artist. She is currently in a Ph.D. program at Catholic University of São Paulo -- PUC-SP. She has a Masters in Communication and Semiotics from the Catholic University of São Paulo, and a second Masters in Études Supérieures des Systèmes d'Information, option visualisation et communication infographiques, from MIRALAB at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She is currently working on interactive virtual reality systems. Fernando Fogliano <fogliano@exatas.pucsp.br> is a physicist, a photographer, and a software engineer. From 1986 to 1996 he worked in instrumental automation for astrophysics and eclipse photographs at the Geophysics and Astronomic Institute of the University of São Paulo. He is currently in a Ph.D. program at Catholic University of São Paulo -- PUC-SP. His research focuses on photography and digital technologies for image production and processing. Renato Hildebrand <hrenato@aleph.com.br> is a mathematician and a multimedia designer. He has a Masters in Multimedia from State University of Campinas, UNICAMP and he is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics at PUC-SP. Since 1989 he has been participating in art/technology exhibitions and tele/communications events. His current research explores the relation between art and mathematics through a semiotic view. Rosangella Leote <vdleote@usp.br> <http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Lab/9044> is a videographer and an installation/performer artist. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Art at the Communication School of the University of São Paulo. She has a Masters in Fine Arts from the University of Campinas. Her research focuses on interactivity with the electronic media. George Andrew Oliva <g.oliva@dglnet.com.br> is a mechanical engineer and a specialist in energy. He is currently in a Masters program at State University of Campinas, UNICAMP. Since 1980, he has researched technological development and implemented projects in the fields of energy conservation, alternative sources and environmental protection. He works as a researcher for the São Paulo State Light and Power Company in solar energy projects and promotion of energy efficiency. Jorge Otubo <jotubo@fem.unicamp.br > Is a materials scientist working on Shape Memory Alloys. He has Master Degree in Solid State Physics from University of São Paulo and a PhD in Materials Science and Processing from State University of Campinas. He was a Visiting Scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on superconducting materials and currently is a Pos Doc fellow at Aeronautical Institute of Technology (ITA). He also works as advisor at State University of Campinas. Enos Picazzio <picazzio@orion.iagusp.usp.br> is a Ph.D. astrophysicist, a researcher and a professor at the Astronomic and Geophysics Institute of the University of São Paulo (IAGUSP). His research focuses on the astrophysics of the solar system. One of his ongoing projects studies processing techniques of solar eclipse images. Milton Sogabe <miltonsogabe@usa.net> is an artist who works with various technologies, and an educator in the Art Institute at the State University of São Paulo. His work involves image creation processes through drawing, painting, printing and new technologies such as xerox, videotext, video, computer, and other audio-visual equipment. He has a Masters and a Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics from PUC-SP.