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CMCA Workshop
Ben Pimlott Building
Goldsmiths College

Programme of events
Position statements

Tuesday 16 May

12:00-1:30 Registration

1:30-3:00 Introduction and Invited Address

Welcome and Introduction -Paul Brown (Department of Informatics, University of Sussex)

Authenticity and Computer Art –Margaret Boden (Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex)

3:00-3:30 Break

3:30-5:00 Computation, Interaction, and Embodiment

Session Chair: Sue Gollifer (Centre for Contemporary Visual Arts, University of Brighton)

Net Work: Using Computational Systems in Art -Mark D'Inverno (School of Computing, University of Westminster) and Jane Prophet (Visual Art and New Media, University of Westminster)

Interactive Causation and Computer Music -Peter Rawbone (Cardiff School of Creative Industries, University of Glamorgan)

Finding Aesthetic Pleasure on the Edge of Chaos: A Proposal for Robotic Creativity -Ron Chrisley (Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex)

5:30-7:00 Dinner-DANA Centre

7:00-9:30 Creative Cyborgs-DANA Centre



Wednesday 17 May

9:00-10:30 Noise, Image, and Texture

Session Chair: Simone Gristwood (Institute for Cultural Studies, Lancaster University)

Wall of Woven Sounds -Janis Jefferies (Digital Studios, Goldsmiths College) and Tim Blackwell (Computing Department, Goldsmiths College, London)

Sound and Image System
-Alan Sutcliffe (Computer Arts Society)

White Noise: Abstraction and Interaction-The Question of Economy -Ernest Edmonds (Department of Information Systems, University of Technology, Sydney)

10:30-11:00 Break

11:00-12:30 Vision, Visual Arts, and Computation

Session Chair: Alice Eldridge (Blip and Creative Systems Lab, University of Sussex)

Society of Neurons -Robert Zimmer (Digital Studios and Department of Computing, Goldsmiths College) and Warren Neidich ( affiliation details )

Harnessing Mid-level Vision for Artistic Stylisation -John Collomosse (Department of Computer Science, University of Bath)

Aikon: Artistic Automated IKONograph -Patrick Tresset (Digital Studios, Goldsmiths College) and Frédéric Fol Leymarie (Digital Studios, Goldsmiths College)

12:30-1:30 Lunch

1:30-3:00 Aesthetic Appreciation, Knowledge, and Process

Session Chair-Jon Bird (Blip and Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, University of Sussex)

Knowing Computer Creativity -Dustin Stokes (Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, University of Sussex)

The Museum as Laboratory: A Performative Approach to Complex Systems Research -Hans Diebner (Institute for New Media, Frankfurt)

Art and the Mirror of Nature -Charlie Gere (Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster University)

3:00-3:30 Break

3:30-5:00 Brains, Technology, and Art

Session Chair: Nick Lambert (Department of History of Art, Film, and Visual Media, Birkbeck, University of London)

Technology: The Very Idea! -Michael Punt (School of Computing Communications and Electronics, University of Plymouth)

DrawBot: A Bio-Inspired Robotic Portraitist , Ruben Coen Cagli (Department of Physics, University of Napoli, Italy)

Brain Wave Gaming for Learning -Paras Kaul (Electronic Publications and Department of Art and Media Technology, George Mason University)

Conference Chairs

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