 |
|
 |
|
|
|
Authors: |
Wilson, Stephen./ Organiser. PANEL | |
Title: |
Art at the Frontiers of Scientific and Technological Research | |
Keywords: |
Art, Science, Technology, Research | |
| click here to download the full paper | ||
Abstract: |
Many artists are working at the
frontiers of scientific and technological research. Their work often uses the concepts and tools from these areas of inquiry to reflexively probe their cultural implications. Their work sometimes strikes out in innovative directions neglected by mainstream researchers. Frequently the artists must invent presentation forms that defy the usual categories of art media. This panel will explore the new relationships between research and art forged by these artists. It will address questions such as the following: - How do scientific research agendas inform, inspire and/or provoke the artist's work? - What aspects of the field of inquiry most call out for artistic commentary? - How is the artist's research approach similar to and different than that pursued by conventional researchers. - How might the artist's work contribute to the shaping of future research agendas in the field. Potential Participants and Areas of Interest: Organizer: Stephen Wilson, Professor, Conceptual Information Arts Program, San Francisco State University, Co-Editor Leonardo. Author, Information Arts: Reexamination of the Relationship Between art and Science/Technology. Topic: "Art and Information Visualization Research" Roger Malina, Editor Leonardo, Astrophysicist, UC Berkeley Topic:"Space Science" Bio: Research astronomer working for NASA and the French Space Agency (CNES). He is also the executive editor of the journal Leonardo. Contact: Laboratoire d'Astronomie Spatiale, Traverse duSyphon, B.P.8, 13376 Marseille, Cedex 12, France. LEONARDO/ISAST 425 Market St., 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94105, USA Tel: (415) 904-6988 Fax: (415) 904-7758 rmalina@astrsp-mrs.fr ---------------- Ken Goldberg, Professor, Engineering - University of California, Berkeley - Topic:"Experiments in Telepistemology" Contact: Assoc. Prof of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research 4135 Etcheverry Hall University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-1777 (510) 643-9565 (phone) (510) 642-1403 (fax) goldberg@ieor.berkeley.edu |
|
| CWI (Ceter for Mathematics and
Computer Science), Amsterdam, The Netherlands GoTo0. Immersive Storytelling: Hypermedia and VR Keywords: storytelling, tactility, immersion, VR, performance Stephen Wilson is a San Francisco author, artist and professor who explores the cultural implications of new technologies. His interactive installations have been shown internationally in galleries and SIGGRAPH, CHI, NCGA, Ars Electronica, and V2 art shows. His computer mediated art works probe issues such as World Wide Web & telecommunications; artificial intelligence and robotics; hypermedia and the structure of information; synthetic voice; and environmental and body sensing. His works explore the roles of artist as researcher/inventor and commentator on emerging technologies. He won the Prize of Distinction and several honorary mentions in Ars Electronica's international competitions for interactive art. He is Head of the Conceptual/ Information Ars program at San Francisco State University. He has published extensively on topics related to culture and technology. Contact Stephen Wilson, Professor, Conceptual Design/Information Arts Art Dept, San Francisco State University,SF,CA 94132 (415) 338-2291 (415) 338-6537 (fax) swilson@sfsu.edu http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~swilson ----------------- Roger Malina Leonardo/ISAST 425 Market St, 2nd Floor San Francisco, Ca 94105 USA email: rmalina@alum.mit.edu Talk Title: The mutation of culture by the hybridisation of scientific and artistic research. Brief Bio; Roger F. Malina is a space astronomer and theBrief Bio; Roger F. Malina is a space astronomer and the Executive editor of the Leonardo Journal. His scientific expertise is in the design and construction of space telescopes, as well as ultraviolet astronomy. He is currently involved in a NASA-CNES mission to map the ultraviolet sky to study the birth and evolution of galaxies. He is a member of the International Academy of Astronautics and co-chairman of their Space and Society Committee. ------------- Nell Tenhaaf, Professor, York University Topic: "Art & Biology" Bio: Nell Tenhaaf, Canada (Chair) An electronic media artist and writer based in Toronto. She has exhibited across Canada, in the U.S. and in Europe, and has published numerous reviews and articles, most recently in Leonardo Digital Salon Issue, Fall 1998, and in Immersed in Technology: Art and Virtual Environments (The Banff Centre and MIT Press, 1996). Her textual and visual work addresses the cultural implications of new technologies, focusing on how digital representation links art practice to the biosciences and to Artificial Life. Her recent work has also been influenced by the Internet. She is an Assistant Professor in the Visual Arts department of York Univerity. Contact: Assistant Professor in the Art Department of York University Art Department, YORK UNIVERSITY, 47OO Keele Street, North York, Ontario M3J IP3 http://www.yorku.ca/faculty/academic/tenhaaf/ tenhaaf@yorku.ca ------------------------ Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau , professors IAMAS International Academy of Media Arts & Sciences"; researchers ATR Reseach Labs; Authors, Science & Art. Topic:"Applying Artificial Life Research and Complexity Theory to the Creation of Interactive Computer Art Works" Bio: Christa Sommerer and Laurent Mignonneau are Professors at the IAMAS International Academy of Media Arts and Sciences Gifu, Japan and Researchers and Artistic Directors at the ATR Media Integration and Communications Research Lab in Kyoto, Japan where they direct research on interactive computer systems that combine topics of artificial life, complexity, communication, interface design and new forms of interactivity. Their interactive computer installations have been called "epoch making" (Toshiharu Itoh, ICC Japan)) as they pioneer the use of "natural interfaces' and create a new language of interactivity using artificial life and evolutionary image pr processes. Sommerer and Mignonneau have won mayor international media awards for interactive art, for example the "Golden Nica" Ars Electronica Award for Interactive Art 1994 (Linz, Austria), the "Ovation Award" of the Interactive Media Festival 1995 (Los Angeles, USA) and the "Multi Media Award '95" of the Multimedia Association Japan Contact Info: Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau, Prof. ATR Media Integration & Communications Laboratories 2-2 Hikaridai, Seika-cho, Soraku gun, 619-02 Kyoto, Japan Vox: 81-7749-5-1426, Fax: 81-7749-5-0282 christa@mic.atr.co.jp, http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/~christa ------------ Diana Dominques Professor and researcher at the University of Caxias do Sul/ Coordinator of the Laboratory New Technologies in Visual Arts UCS/CNPq/FAPERGS - Brazil. Topic:"Beyond the interfaces : biological and artificial dialogues Bio DIANA DOMINGUES is an artist, Phd Professor and researcher at the University of Caxias do Sul. She lives in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She conducts research in art and technology with the financial support of CNPq and FAPERGS. Its current project ART, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION: CREATION AND INTERACTIVITY is developed by the Group NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS NAS ARTES VISUAIS integrating professor and fellow students from Arts, Communication, Philosophy, Industrial Automation .The investigations explores the artistic and aesthetic dimension of the technologies through electronic processing signals, computer animations , interfaces, sensorized system, neural network, interactive instalations, web art, robotics events.She is interested on symbiosis of biological and artificial bodies concerning new fields of perception propitiated by the interactive systems. Contact: DIANA MARIA GALLICCHIO DOMINGUES Diana Domingues - Rua Marechal Floriano, 531 - Caxias do Sul - RS 95020-370 Brasil -Fone e Fax: 0055 54 221 41 41 Phone: 0055 54221 36 36 - diana@visao.com.br http://www.ucs.tche.br/artecno.htm/diana.htm UNIVERSIDADE DE CAXIAS DO SUL Diana Domingues - Coordinator Laboratory of Research: NOVAS TECNOLOGIAS NAS ARTES VISUAIS MESTRADO INTERINSTITUCIONAL EM COMUNICAAO E SEMIOTICA UCS PUCSP Rua Francisco Getulio Vargas, 1130 Bloco B Bairro Petropolis 95001-970 Caxias do Sul - RS BRAZIL Phone: 55 54 212 11 33 R. 2169 Fax: 55 54 212 10 49 --------------- Michael Naimark Researcher, Interval Research Topic: "Successes and Disasters" Bio: Michael Naimark spent twelve years as an independent media artist before joining Interval Research Corporation in 1992. He was instrumental in making the first interactive laserdiscs in the late 1970s at M.I.T. and has worked extensively with projection and immersive virtual environments. He has consulted on new media for various institutions and his artwork has been exhibited internationally. Contact Info: Michael Naimark Interval Research Corporation 1801-C Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 ph - (650) 842-6061 fx - (650) 354-0872 email - naimark@interval.com web - www.interval.com ---------------- Professor Donna J. Cox National Center for Supercomputing Applications 605 East Springfield Champaign, Illinois 61820 217 244 2005 fax 217 244 2909 cox@ncsa.uiuc.edu http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/People/cox/ Topic: Artist/Scientist Collaborations in Visualization and Tele-immersion Bio: Donna J. Cox has exhibited computer images and animations in more than 120 invitational and juried exhibits in the past 15 years, including shows at the Bronx Museum of Art in New York, Everson Art Museum in NY and Feature in Chicago and SOHO. Her creative works have been exhibited around the world including Nicograph, "L'Agrifoglio" and Eurographics. Cox has authored many book chapters, articles and monologues on the use of visualization in art and science. She coined the term "Renaissance Teams" in 1986 to describe interdisciplinary groups of experts who collaborate to solve visualization problems. She has appeared on many national television broadcasts as a pioneering artist in technology and her work has been reviewed in national publications such as TIME, NY Times and Wall Street Journal. She has won numerous awards such as an Academy Award nomination for her work on "Cosmic Voyage and first prize Art & Entertainment in Nicograph. Stephen Wilson, Professor, Conceptual/Information Arts (CIA) Art Dept, San Francisco State University,SF,CA 94132 (415) 338-2291 swilson@sfsu.edu http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~swilson |
||