From 4-8th September Patrick Tresset will be exhibiting his project ‘5 Robots named Paul’ at ARS electronica 2014 festival in Austria.
Patrick Tresset a Visiting Research Fellow at Goldsmiths uses what he calls “clumsy robotics” to create autonomous cybernetic entities that are playful projections of the artist.
In ‘5 Robots named Paul’, a scene reminiscent of a drawing class has been created, with robots attached to old school desks which are equipped with biros and paper. A seated volunteer is sketched by the robots through the ‘eyes’ of their obsolete digital cameras and webcams. The robot’s depictions look untidy, mimicking the movements of a human hand creating sketches which are pinned to the wall throughout the duration of the exhibition.
The project has been built upon research findings from computer vision, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing.
Ben Glover – a recent graduate from BSc Creative Computing (2014) has been featured in the Guardian’s Culture Professionals Network.
During his time at Goldsmiths he developed a project to discover ways of using experimental software and hardware to generate interactive visualisations that are controlled by body movements. Dancers and choreographers were able to use this technology during the development and performance of a dance piece.
Working in collaboration with a dance student, ‘Interactive Technology in Dance’ was built using motion sensing gaming device, Microsoft Kinect, and open source C++ toolkit, OpenFrameworks. The software built by OpenFrameworks produced mathematically-generated images that could be controlled by body movements and gestures using the depth camera technology behind Kinect. The images in turn could be projected onto a screen for multiple uses in a studio or stage.
He is currently working as a freelance web designer with IntrAktion and is about to commence an MA in Digital Theatre at Wimbledon University.
On 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
An article in this week’s New Scientist magazine provides a short history of Automatic Art – from Russian Constructivism to protein visualisations and acid house album art.
The article gives an overview of the new exhibition, Automatic Art, which explores how art built on logical and mathematical rules ended up giving science new ways of seeing the world.
Goldsmiths Computational Creativity comprises a group of around ten people who research issues related to creativity in software. They have recently secured funding for a number of projects, in particular three new EU-funded research projects related to computer generation of ideas and the promotion of Computational Creativity.
We are currently looking for a part-time (0.5FTE) group administrator who will take responsibility for day-to-day running of the group and the interaction of group members with European project partners and European Commission officers.
You should be a well organised individual with excellent communication skills. You should have experience in higher education administration at a senior level, ideally with experience of dealing with European Union funded projects
Salary: £27,542 to £31,462 pa incl LW
Part time (0.5FTE pro-rata) / Fixed Term until 30 September 2016
Closing date for applications 8 August 2014
Interview Date W/C 25 August 2014 / Available from 1 September 2014
This week two 15 year olds, Brandon and Leo, joined the Computing department at 25 St James for their work experience week. Here’s their report on what they did.
At Goldsmiths, University of London we spent one week in the computing department where we learnt various coding and programming skills and used different pieces of software such as the Coursera Creative Programming course & Code Academy.
We found that it was a very interesting experience and a different change of scenery from going to school week in week out. It was a more relaxed environment than school and it was a nice end to our year.
We would highly recommend pursuing a course in Creative Computing or Computer Science at Goldsmiths. For people of our age group, we would also recommend attending work experience at this department as you may regret missing the opportunity to work here in favour of somewhere else.
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.
On Saturday 20 and Sun 21 September 2014, the V&A is hosting a weekend of events celebrating contemporary digital art and design. 
Graduate of Goldsmiths’ MFA in Computational Arts Fabio Lattanzi Antinori will participate in