THE INTER-SOCIETY FOR THE ELECTRONIC ARTS



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Email Document II (Supplement to Document I) Update:   August 26, 1993

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               FOURTH  INTERNATIONAL  SYMPOSIUM  ON  ELECTRONIC ART

               November 3-7

               Host: Minneapolis College of Art & Design



CONTENTS:      Sound / Performance: Wed-Thu-Sat Eve, Nov 3,4,6

               Projects & Applications (Poster Sessions), Sun Nov 7



NOTE:          See EMAIL DOCUMENT I for: Registration Info; Accomodations

               Workshops, Papers & Panels, General Information. To receive

               the latest E-mail version of Document I address request to

               < fisea93@mcad.edu > or < ISEA@SARA.NL >



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                         SOUND / PERFORMANCE EVENTS

                          Update:  August 15, 1993

               Curator:  Homer G. Lambrecht  < homerl@mcad.edu >

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WEDNESDAY, Nov 3, Whitney Concert Hall (Minneapolis Community College)

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"TRIPLE PLAY" by Joseph Koykkar (Madison, WI - USA)

This composition utilizes three pianos: an acoustic grand played by a

'live' performer, an acoustic piano which receives MIDI data from a

computer, and a digitally sampled grand piano tuned in 1/8th tones which

also receives MIDI data via the computer. The featured performer is Todd

Welbourne, Associate Professor of Music at the University of

Wisconsin-Madison.



"TRAVELOGUE" by Joshua Fried (Brooklyn, NY - USA)

This composition for voice and tape, requires the soloist to instantly

respond to unexpected sounds heard on headphones.  The soloist will be

vocalist Monica Maye



"HOK PWAH" by Zack Settel (Paris, France)

A concert work for percussionist Heather Barringer, vocalist Maria Jette,

and the IRCAM ISPW system.



"WHAT HAPPENEDII" by Laetitia Sonami (San Fransisco, CA - USA) A solo

electronic music performance incorporating words by Melody Sumner.

Sonami uses her lady's glove which she built using various types of

sensors.  Her voice gets altered as she moves her hand, giving rise to

various soundscapes.



"QUARTET FOR A SOLO PIANIST" by Michael Century (Montreal, Quebec) A

composition for a single pianist playing MIDI grand piano based on the

myth of the Golem.  The performer shapes the performances of a second

mechanical piano plus the pre-stored texts of male and female speakers.

Michael will perform his own work.



"SUBASH" by Jan Gilbert (St. Paul, MN - USA) A composition in homage

to South Indian master drummer Subash which utilizes live processing

of electronic clay pots played by Steve Goldstein.



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Thursday, Nov 4 - Minneapolis College Art & Design (reception event).

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"thefirstcommuniothebunnycostumethehappybirthday" by Henry Gwiazda

(Fargo, ND - USA) A performance of a 3D sound work which combines the

latest sound projection technology with an artistic sensitivity to

musicollage.  The result is virtual reality for the ears.



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Saturday, Nov 6 - Tedd Mann Theater (University of Minnesota)

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"UNTITLED" by Steve Kinney (St. Paul, MN - USA)

The new music ensemble Zeitgeist performs a new work for an interactive

network of NeXT computers with video projection.  The audience can

watch and hear the piece as it is being simultaneously composed and

performed.



"SOLITAIRE" by Sylvia Pengilly (New Orleans, LA - USA)

A real-time interactive video work.  A dancer performs on stage next

to a large screen on which is projected her digitized image, which

appears as a silhouette, revealing moving graphics in the background.

Music utilizes MIDI triggers activated by the dancer.



"BIROME" by Jerry Hunt (Canton, TX - USA)

A transactional mimetic exercise produced within an electronic social

mechanic target-system using IR gesture-detection as narrative

goal-description within array & translated as synchronous sound image

stream bursts.



"CONCERTO FOR MIDI GRAND PIANO" by Steve Solum (Minneapolis, MN - USA)

This solo work of symphonic scope utilizes complex, non-literal voice

designs to allow independent control of large, non-conventional

musical forces from on set of hand movements.



"inDELICATE BALANCE" by Craig Harris (San Fransisco, CA - USA) This

composition offers a perspective on contemporary existence utilizing

the sounds which surround us.  Room simulation techniques create an

immersive quality of rooms within rooms, and environments which

transform in shape and character.



"XXX" by Cort Lippe (Paris, France)

A real-time musical interaction system offering performer control over

composition algorithms and digital signal processing.  Features solo

clarinetist Dr. John Anderson of the University of Minnesota music

faculty.

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                           PROJECTS & APPLICATIONS



                          SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1993. MCAD

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9:15-10:00 AM

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"TELEPAINTING".  David Fodel, ArtLab Inc., Colorado.

Collaborative virtual workspace demo with children at remote locations

"painting" on a common digital canvas. Each participant sees what the

other is creating, allowing interactive responses. Aud 109.



"COMMUNICATION IN CYBERSPACE". Wayne Draznin, Cleveland Institute

of Arts, Ohio. Aud 129.



"FROM SCULPTURE TO CYBERSPACE". Bruce and Susan Hamilton, Artists,

New Mexico. Computer modeling and rendering of sculptural forms.

Sculptors show how new software and hardware are changing what is

possible in creating real and virtual sculpture. Rm 436.



"HUMAN FACTORS IN VIRTUAL REALITY". Jeff Caird, Psychology,  Ass't

Professor, University of Calgary, Canada; Marty Hicks, Artist, Human

Factors Research laboratory Virtual World Designer, St. Paul,

Minnesota; Mark Stanley, Interactive Media Designer, Minneapolis.

Update on latest VR research at the U of MN Human Factors Research

Laboratory. Focus on collaborative work with artists utilizing the VPL

system and real time SGI computer graphics. practical considerations

for artists working with VR technologies. Rm 433.



"RADIAL SCANNING (tm) in VOLUMETRY (tm)". Robert G. Batchko,

Lamda Systems, Illinois. Imaging system that responds to music and

other analogue input. Digital systems under development for large

format displays for public viewing sites including museums, concert

halls and theme parks. Rm 325A.



"THE VISIONARY SHAMAN". Janice Lincoln, Artist, Michigan. Through

use of a color copier the artist synthesizes images from the space age

and sacred pre-historic sites with powerful rhythms and forms. Seeks a

new mythopoetic language carrying messages of rebirth, regeneration

and redemption. Rm 430.



DIGITAL PEN PLOTTERS REVISITED". Richard Helmick, Professor of

Environmental Design, U of Missouri. This sessions communicates the

unrealized potential of the pen plotter as an output device for art.

Rm 427.



"MORPHING THE MONA LISA". Lillian F. Schwartz. A follow-up of

earlier computer aided studies revealing a second "Hidden" Mona Lisa.

Morphing software by Gerard Holzmann is used to show creative

decisions Leonardo made in using his own features to change the

Duchess of Aragon into the Mona Lisa we know. Rm 211A.



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10:15-11:00 AM. November 7, 1993. MCAD

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"NETWORKED VIRTUAL REALITY". Carl Eugene Loeffler, Research

Fellow, Studio For Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon University,

Pittsburgh. Discusses the Networked Virtual Art Museum and the

Networked Virtual Design Studios and teleconferencing sites and

projects under his direction at Carnegie Mellon. Aud 109.



"BEYOND THE BOOK: COMPUTER-BASED LITERATURE" (double session,

continues to noon). Judith Kerman, Saginaw Valley State University,

Michigan (convener); Richard Gess, Emory University, Georgia; Robert

Drake, Cleveland State University, Ohio; Anita Stoner, Syracuse

University, New York. Four writers discuss and demonstrate

computer-based poetry and fiction, primarily hypertexts. Issues

include aesthetics, critical discourse, audience, platform

obsolescence. Conferees invited to interact with texts and tools. Aud

129.



"SCULPTING IN CYBERSPACE: Dance of the Cybernauts". Rob Fisher,

Sculptor, Fellow, Studio for Creative Inquiry, Carnegie Mellon U.,

Pennsylvania. The process by which a full range of computer applications,

from scientific visualization to CAD and architectural simulation, were

brought to bear  on a highly complex commissioned work. Rm 436.



"DIGITAL IMAGING IMPACT ON EDUCATING ARTISTS". U of Illinois

(Urbana-Champaign). Joseph Squier, Asst Professor (Convener), Kathleen

Chmelewski, Asst Professor; Nan Goggin, Asst Professor. Digital imaging is

rendering the distinction between photography, video, and graphic design

obsolete. This collapse of boundaries is having a profound impact on the

education of young artists. UIUC will be presented as a case study.

Rm 325-A.



"ART+ROBOTICS PROJECT: an autonomous, sensing robotic artwork".

Simon Penny, Carnegie Mellon University (convener) and Robert Raeseman.

The robotic artwork, PETIT MAL, was designed by Simon Penny, with

electrical engineering by Robert Raeseman and mechanical engineering by

Mark Needelman.  Session describes development of the project with video

documentation and demonstration with the artwork itself. Simon Penny

addresses artistic, critical and aesthetic questions in the realm of

robotics. Robert Raeseman speaks on the sensor, processor and motor drive

design. Demonstration, Discussion.

Rm 433.



"PAINTINGS FROM THE LOUVRE. Harold J. McWhinnie, U of Maryland".

Use of the Golden Section and conceptions of symmetry to analyze and

repurpose paintings from laser disk. Rm 430.



"LINE ART: algorithmic experiments and explorations into pictorial spaces

composed of lines". Hans Dehlinger, Professor, U of Kassel and Qi Dongxu,

North China University of Technology (PRC). Discusses the computer

generated production of large scale line oriented drawings in art. Rm 427.



"SLOUCHING TOWARDS MULTIMEDIA: a book by any other name". David

Weatherston, ColorExpert Incorporated, Canada. Discusses and illustrates

various assumptions about multimedia design, including the nature and

design of content, and the way that content is served by the underlying

technologies and their user interface.  The  presenter contends that many

multimedia designers are too intent on demonstrating technical

capabilities that are unrelated to the needs of the user or the content

that is being delivered. Rm 211A.



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11:15-12:00 November 7, 1993. MCAD

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"DANCING WITH THE VIRTUAL DERVISH". Diane Gromala and Yacov

Sharir, U of Texas at Austin. An interactive, visual and dance

performance work in virtual environments; collaborative team of Diane

Gromala, visual artist, Marcos Novak, architect, and Yacov Sharir,

dance choreographer. Sponsored by a major grant from the Candian

Government through the Banff Center for the Arts. Aud 109.



"BEYOND THE BOOK: COMPUTER-BASED LITERATURE" (continuation of

10:15 session). Judith Kerman et al. Aud 109.



"CUTTING EDGE HARD COPY IN THE ROUND". Helaman Ferguson,

Sculptor, Supercomputing Research Center, Maryland. Description and

analysis of three computational cutting technology processes used to

make hard copy "in the round" artifacts in the studio. Computational

techniques for (1) milling machine environment, tool path strategies

(small objects), (2) Virtual image projection, material removal

strategies, (3) water-jet cutting environment, part holding

strategies. Rm 436.



"CRITICAL INTERACTIONS - CONSTRUCTED REALITIES". Joseph Delappe,

U of Nevada, Reno. Presentation of works utilizing electromechanical

sculpture, interactivity, and space to create meaningful, often

participatory experiences. Projects include a laser bar code

interactive installation, and "simulations" of "television", "sex",

and "nature". Rm 325-A.



"THE CENTURY OF DISORDER" (tentative). Nancy Paterson, Canada.

Presentation of projects linking "disorder", theoretical physics,

"randomness" in computer programming and pluralism in our culture.

Application and practice in the context of contemporary electronic

media theory and practice. Rm 433.



"ON STRATEGIES". Carlos Fadon Vicente, San Paolo, Brazil. Discussion

and demonstration of the artist's strategies in the

creation-production process. Stressing low profile/low technology

devices. Works include "Still Life Alive", a telecommunications art

piece about interactive image construction and "Vectors", a series of

computer generated images (printed) rendered in an interactive mode

often with random intervention. Rm 430.



"CREATING IMAGES IN VIRTUAL SPACE". Char Davies, Montreal,

Canada. Discussion of the process of creating images with the

interactive 3D software "Softimage", focusing on the relation between

form and content in the artist's own work. Rm 427.



"SOUND AS A VISUAL MEDIUM", Christopher Janney, Director,

PhenomenArts - Institute for Performance Sculpture, Massachusetts.

Illustrated presentation of permanent interactive sound and light

environments includes "Sonic Garden" for urban spaces, "Winds of Sound

/ Gates of Light" for the Miami Airport (opens in 1994) which evokes

images of "walking through a rainbow" while listening to a soundscore

based on the Florida Everglades. Rm 211A.



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1:00 - 1:45 November 7, 1993. MCAD

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"EXPERIMENTAL ART NET IN ISRAEL", Avi Rosen, Israel. Current work

and projects address the role of museums, the "original", and the

means of art consumption.  (Demonstration on line to Art Net Israel is

tentative). Aud 109.



"RECENT EXPERIMENTS IN HOLOPOETRY AND COMPUTER HOLOPOETRY".

Eduardo Kac, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. "Holographic

poetry" or "holopoetry" refers to  experimental text the author has

been producing since 1983, which is characterized by parameters such

as "textual instability", "fluid sign", and "discontinuous syntax".

Discussion and examples of the writing process that employs digital

synthesis and animation as communication factors.



"USING OF LANDSCAPE GENERATION PROGRAMS", Timothy Duffield,

Artist.  A sculptor and landscape architect shows computer designed

sculptural artifacts and the use of landscape generation programs in

the adaptation of existing landscapes with animations involving

sculptural form, landscape and music. Rm 436.



"Electronic Cinema", David Blair, Creator of "Wax or the

Discovery of Television Among the Bees" an emerging new type of

independent electronic cinema. This session will discuss electronic

cinema in the context of image-processed narrative, a term meant to

cover fiction where both the images and the narrative are processed.

Rm 325A.



"CURVACEOUS". Harold Fortuin, U of Glascow, Scotland.

Demonstration of "Curvaceous", the artist's software for exploring the

potential of the computer as musical performer, and for creating music

straddling the borders of aural perception. Rm 433.



"CHAOS AND COMPUTER ART". Kevin G Suffern, School of Computing

Sciences, Sidney, Australia. The chaotic scattering of light rays is

harnessed to create fractal computer art images. The images are

created by ray tracing light rays as they reflect from the inside of a

hollow sphere and refract through objects where the refractive index

is a random function of position. Rm 430.



"THREE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATIONS: THREE MOMENTS". Artemis Moroni,

Fundacao Centro Tecnologico para Informatica - CTI, Brazil. Illustrated

presentation of interactive installations  with robot, computer

aided music, sensors, and fractals. Works were created by the

"*.* Group" which joins people from art and technology who have

been working on interdisciplinary projects since 1989. Rm 427.



"SOFTWARE FOR CHOREOGRAPHERS" (Title Tentative), Thecla Schiphorst,

Computer Graphics Research Lab, Simon Fraser University, Canada. (Rm

211A).



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2:00 - 2:45 November 7, 1993. MCAD

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"DIGITAL CABLE TV", Raul Marroquin, The Netherlands. Direct

transmission and cable casting of digital TV via desktop (DTTV).

Illustrated discussion of the Amsterdam public access model and the

presenter's weekly "Black Hole TV". Aud 109.



"ON LINE NETWORK RESOURCES". Reed Altemus, Online Database

Moderator for Fine Art Forum. Discussion of networking resources for

the arts community.  Update on the beta-test draft form, collecting

information for this document, evaluation and matters related to

collaboration in the arts community. Aud 129.



"THE OUTLINES OF THE POLYHEDRIC WORLD". Pieter Huybers, Delft

University of Technology, The Netherlands. The Platonic and

Archimedian solids, the so-called uniform polyhedra have a form, that

is so perfect, that they exert great attraction to both artists and

mathematicians. A method has been developed, that facilitates the

generation and the visualization of these forms - but also of a great

variety of shapes that are derived from them by manipulation or by

addition, so that very complex configurations of unexpected

form-giving possibilities can be found that are equally important for

many other and diverse disciplines. Rm 436.



"DIGITAL MURALS", Martin Reiser, UK. Rm 325A.



"NEUROHACKING: USING MULTICHANNEL BIOSIGNAL INPUT FOR COMPUTER

GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS", Hsueh-Yung Koo, U of Minnesota and Tim Desley,

Cray Research and the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. Current

research and use of biosignal processing technology as an input device

for computer graphics applications and graphical environments. A

hypercube viewing application enables users to monitor and direct

channels of input to control a graphical user interface. Hands on

demonstration. Rm 433.



"VIRTOPIA", Jackie Ford Morie, Institute for Simulation and

Training, U of Central Florida.  Illustrated presentation of the

"Virtopia" project, a virtual world of emotions, memories, dreams and

wishes. Employs immersive virtual reality done on a Silicon Graphics

Reality Engine with a head mounted display. Rm. 427.

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FISEA 93              FOURTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ELECTRONIC ART



Information:   FISEA 93, Mpls College Art & Design

                              2501 Stevens Av South

                              Minneapolis, MN 55404, USA



Tel: 1-612-8743754, Fax: 1-612-8743732

Registration: Joan Klaiber        Email: joan_klaiber@macmail.mcad.edu

Program Director: Roman Verostko  Tel: 1-612-8252720

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