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Intertwining of the digital and the biological in the artistic practice
(Forthcoming 2018, 2018)
In the recent two decades, we have witnessed a gradual shift observable in the
works of artists working with technology. This shift can be characterized as
moving from the digital and virtual realm towards the physical ...
Prolegomena for a Transdisciplinary Investigation Into the Materialities of Soft Systems
(Universidad de Caldas, 2017-06)
This paper presents exploratory research on the materiality, aesthetics and ecological potential of soft robots. Within the still emergent paradigm of soft robotics research, bio-inspiration is often hailed as being of ...
Uncanny Realm – The Extension of The Natural
(Proceedings of the 23rd International Symposium on Electronic Arts - BIO-CREATION AND PEACE (pp. 780–783). Manizales: Department of Visual Design, Universidad de Caldas, and ISEA International., 2017-06)
Taking the uncanny valley concept by M. Mori (Mori 1970)
as a starting point, the paper will investigate how this concept fits
into experiments that are intertwining biological and technological
matter. The uncanny valley ...
Leveraging Morphological Computation for Expressive Movement Generation in a Soft Robotic Artwork
(ACM, 2017-06)
The paper describes the design of a cephalopod-inspired soft robot that is part of the art installation Tales of C (2017). Two soft modules for movement are presented, one actuated by a servo motor the other with pneumatics. ...
Art as a Playground for Evolution
(Riga: RIXC, 2016)
The
article
connects
artistic
activity
with
play
activity
and
evolution,
which
are
considered
on
two
levels.
On
the
first
level,
play
activity
and
its
beneficial
role
to
evolution
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introduced
through
various
science
sc ...
Crowd and Art - Kunst und Partizipation im Internet
(transcript, 2017-02)
What can be contributed to a networked reality by art resulting from involvement by “others,” and what does this have to do with knowledge or non-knowledge? Working at the nexus of art theory, cultural studies, media studies ...
Art, War, and Cambridge Cybernetics
(2007-11)
Cambridge, well known for the creation of the first full-scale operational stored-program computer EDSAC, is also important, but less well known, for the development of Cybernetic theory and the application of cross-disciplinary ...
African Digital Imaginaries
(2007-11)
In an environment where popular media forms are traveling across borders and cultures, Africa is often regarded as a colonized space, flooded with foreign media products that are eroding traditional values. However, taking ...
Art and science playing on the margins. On the discovery of photography in the 19th century Brazil.
(2007-11)
This paper examines photography as a particular case of a multiple discovery in
science and technology. It concerns an original photographic process developed during the 19th century Brazil simultaneously and independently ...
The avant-garde in the rear view mirror
(2007-11)
The paper discusses a paradigmatic shift in the way artists reflect the historical avant-garde in visual and media art projects of the 1980s and 1990s in (ex-) Yugoslavia and Russia. The reasons for this paradigm shift can ...