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Digital Body Meetup – looking for contributors

digi-bodyBodiMEetup, a regular gathering to discuss new technologies around the idea of the “digital you”, is looking for contributors to share their stories and opinions, and discuss how to engage entrepreneurial leaders.

Our digital body is at the centre of our digital future, from avatar to mini-me statues, from fashion technology to bespoke tailor, from jewels to 3D printed organs. Technologies such as 3D body scanning, voice/face/palm recognition and personal health devices offer interesting commercial opportunities.

BodiMEetup is a place to discuss these issues. Got something to say? Or would you like to speak or nominate a speaker? Please contact Ricardo on davila.otoya@gmail.com / @davila_otoya

 

Events, Inspiration, MA/MFA Computational Art, Students, Women in Computing

TEST SIGNAL computational arts degree show

Ever wanted a robot to make you a cup of tea? Or thought you could create music just by walking? Well these dreams are becoming a reality, as up and coming artists experiment with technology in a new show at Hotel Elephant from Thursday 11 to Saturday 13 September.

Blurring the boundaries between the virtual world and the physical world, these 17 young artists, from across the world, all met while studying Computational Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. They will be showcasing their works as part of their show, TEST SIGNAL.

Bringing together live performance, installation, audiovisual work, biosensors and robotics, this exhibition will give audiences the chance to see the most avant-garde experimentation in computational artwork.

Work that will be seen as part of TEST SIGNAL includes:

  • a robotic arm that you can control to try and make a cup of tea
  • a tunnel that analyses how you walk, and turns it into music
  • an interactive puppet theatre, that allows audiences to come onto the stage and interact with characters in the performance

Speaking about the work, Professor of Computer Art, William Latham, said: “Computational art is becoming more and more popular. Just look at the queues of people flocking to the Barbican to see the Digital Revolution exhibition. But this is only the beginning. What you will see at TEST SIGNAL is exciting new work by the newest postgraduate Goldsmiths talent showing the amazing potential of this emerging digital art form from the most innovative course in the UK.”

TEST SIGNAL is the final degree show of students who have studied on the MA in Computational Arts at Goldsmiths. This Masters develops students and helps them to apply skills in computational technology through arts practice.

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Events, News, Students

Event: V&A Digital Design Weekend

1.placeholder_1On Saturday 20 and Sun 21 September 2014, the V&A is hosting a weekend of events celebrating contemporary digital art and design. 

The weekend will include interactive installations, robotics, tinkering and inventive electronics, workshops, family activities, demonstrations and more. Part of London Design Festival, the weekend’s events include:

  • wind-reactive ink
  • a database on drones
  • a sound installation created by ‘reading’ financial reports
  • the International Space Orchestra
  • hands-on biological experimentation and set building
  • workshops on fixing your laptop, mobile or kettle
  • visualisations of the earth’s magnetic and gravitational forces
  • a computational necklace with heartbeat data.

Exhibitors include Goldsmiths Computing alumni Fabio Lattanzi Antinori and lecturer James Bridle. An evening film screening of Kubrick & Spielberg’s A.I. Artifical Intelligence will be introduced by Goldsmiths’ Professor Mark Bishop.

Events, Staff profiles and activity, Videos

Event: Prof Mark Bishop introduces ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

AIFrom Westworld to Wal-E, Hollywood’s fascination with robots has created films that ask serious questions about human identity, technology and responsibility.

On Saturday 20 September 2014, Goldsmiths’ Professor Mark Bishop, a world authority on artificial intelligence, introduces a screening of A.I. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE at the V&A Museum. This sci-fi, created by Stanley Kubrick and Stephen Spielberg, tells the story of a prototype robot child named David (Sixth Sense’s Haley Joel Osment) who is programmed to ‘love’.

Examining the film’s exploration of cognitive computing design, Professor Bishop traces the film’s genesis in Kubrick’s earlier 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange, and discusses its relation to current A.I. technology and philosophy.

This event, part of London Design Festival at the V&A, was programmed by Goldsmiths Computing’s Phoenix Fry, and is one of four film events that explore how design alters our perception of reality.

Where: Victoria & Albert Museum Lecture Theatre
When: 7pm – 10pm Saturday 20 September 2014
Tickets: Buy online £10 (£7 concessions) – buy online

Events, Inspiration, Students

TEST SIGNAL: MFA Computational Arts Show 2014

Sixteen artists from 10 countries explore the boundaries and overlaps between the virtual and physical worlds in a new exhibition from students on Goldsmiths’ MA and MFA in Computational Arts.

Bringing together cross-disciplinary practices of live performance, installation, audiovisual work, biosensors, robotics and tangible storytelling, this exhibition showcases the bleeding edge of computational artwork as it examines our relationship with the digital.

The group brings together a broad range of fine art practices from sculpture, painting, music, printmaking and fine art photography to installation and film, and combines them with the emergent field of computational arts.

Private view: 6-9pm Thursday 11 September 2014. Event details
Open to public: 10am-6pm Friday 12 and Saturday 13 September 2014
Location: Hotel Elephant Gallery, 18 Newington Causeway, Borough, SE1 6DR

Explore some of the artists’ work

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Computational Arts graduate participates in Bucharest Biennale

weareallhereGraduate of Goldsmiths’ MFA in Computational Arts Fabio Lattanzi Antinori will participate in Apprehension: Global Society & Contemporary Art on the Twitter Generation this week at the Bucharest Biennale.

Fabio will talk about his work, which is concerned with the individual and the group from a social, historical and cultural perspective. His practice deals with popular culture in the age of mass information, with a specific interest in the sacred role of data in interpreting and objectifying reality.

His artworks range from kinetic sculptures to screen print, photography, video and installations, and have been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums. In May 2014 he presented Contours: Human-based Interaction Experience at Goldsmiths’ Thursday Club.

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Exhibition: Automatic Art – human & machine processes that make art

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A new exhibition in London presents 50 years of British art generated by artists following rules or by writing computer programs.

The artworks range from system-based paintings and drawings to evolving computer generated images, and include the work of Goldsmiths’ Prof William Latham, who also appears in this summer’s Digital Revolution show at the Barbican.

  • Where: GV Art Gallery, 49 Chiltern Street, London W1U 6LY
  • When: Friday 4 – Saturday 26 July 2014

Artists : Stephen Bell, boredomresearch, Dominic Boreham, Paul Brown, John Carter, Harold Cohen, Nathan Cohen, Sean Clark, Trevor Clarke, Ernest Edmonds, Julie Freeman, Anthony Hill, Malcolm Hughes, Michael Kidner, William Latham, Peter Lowe, Kenneth Martin, Terry Pope, Stephen Scrivener, Jean Spencer, Steve Sproates, Jeffrey Steele and Susan Tebby

SPECIAL EVENT
On Thursday 10 July, Jasia Reichardt and Stephen Bann will present a talk related to the exhibition. Jasia organized the ICA’s, groundbreaking ‘Cybernetic Serendipity’ exhibition in 1968, and Stephen wrote the penetrating introduction to the Arts Council exhibition ‘Systems’ in 1972.When: 6.30 – 9pm Thursday 10 July 2014
Where: Haldane Room, Wilkins Building, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
Tickets: Admission free but booking is essential