From teahousemusic at gmail.com  Sun Jul  1 10:41:00 2012
From: teahousemusic at gmail.com (Don Chow)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:41:00 -0400
Subject: [x] David Jhave Johnston at x, Sunday June 8
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Hi Jim,

Could you please change my mailing list subscription address to
teahousemusic at hotmail.com which is the one I use for lists, thanks.

How's things back in Vancouver?

Don


On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:
> I'll have more info for you from Jhave on just what he's going to do, but I
> thought I'd give you a heads up that we'll have David Jhave Johnston at x on
> Sunday July 8 (next Sunday).
>
> Jhave does exceptional work in electronic literature/digital poetry. I
> published some of his work at http://vispo.com/jhave and you can see much
> more of his work at his site http://glia.ca
>
> Jhave has concentrated on net art, mainly. He's a poet-programmer who is
> hella good with Flash and interactive video with Flash.
>
> He recently finished his doctorate at Concordia studying under Jason Lewis.
> Previous to that, he did a Masters at SFU in SIAT.
>
> He lives in Montreal. He's in Vancouver for a visit cuz his partner Sophie
> has a visual art show in Richmond now.
>
> ja
>
> _______________________________________________
> x mailing list
> x at vispo.com
> http://vispo.com/mailman/listinfo/x_vispo.com



From teahousemusic at gmail.com  Sun Jul  1 10:41:24 2012
From: teahousemusic at gmail.com (Don Chow)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:41:24 -0400
Subject: [x] David Jhave Johnston at x, Sunday June 8
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Oops, sorry

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 11:41 AM, Don Chow <teahousemusic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> Could you please change my mailing list subscription address to
> teahousemusic at hotmail.com which is the one I use for lists, thanks.
>
> How's things back in Vancouver?
>
> Don
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:
>> I'll have more info for you from Jhave on just what he's going to do, but I
>> thought I'd give you a heads up that we'll have David Jhave Johnston at x on
>> Sunday July 8 (next Sunday).
>>
>> Jhave does exceptional work in electronic literature/digital poetry. I
>> published some of his work at http://vispo.com/jhave and you can see much
>> more of his work at his site http://glia.ca
>>
>> Jhave has concentrated on net art, mainly. He's a poet-programmer who is
>> hella good with Flash and interactive video with Flash.
>>
>> He recently finished his doctorate at Concordia studying under Jason Lewis.
>> Previous to that, he did a Masters at SFU in SIAT.
>>
>> He lives in Montreal. He's in Vancouver for a visit cuz his partner Sophie
>> has a visual art show in Richmond now.
>>
>> ja
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> x mailing list
>> x at vispo.com
>> http://vispo.com/mailman/listinfo/x_vispo.com



From jim at vispo.com  Sun Jul  1 18:37:38 2012
From: jim at vispo.com (Jim Andrews)
Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2012 16:37:38 -0700
Subject: [x] Sunday July 8 at x: David Jhave Johnston
Message-ID: <2766EA4AE8DE403692FE3DD9C7C9BFB9@OwnerPC>

************************************************
DAVID JHAVE JOHNSTON, SUNDAY JULY 8
************************************************

Jhave Johnston is one of the leading lights of digital poetry. I'm happy to 
be able to introduce some of you to his work. I published some of his work 
at http://vispo.com/jhave and you can see more of his work on his site at 
http://glia.ca . Jhave has been a digital poet for a long time. Even before 
he did a degree at Concordia in Computer Science. He then did a Masters at 
SFU and SIAT. He recently finished his doctorate in Montreal at Concordia 
studying with Jason Lewis. He has focussed mainly on net art. He knows Flash 
and ActionScript inside and out.

Alain Lioret from Paris may possibly join us at 10 pm via Skype. He teaches 
generative art at the U of Paris 8.

JHAVE JOHNSTON BIO:

Jhave is a Montreal-based digital-poet.
Focus: Language-based online digital art. Combinatorial poetics, multimedia 
poetry. Currently, developing works that feature typographic experiments 
built through a synthesis of Flash, Mudbox, Vegas, Ableton, After Effects 
and Mr. Softie.
Exhibition history: Agence Topo, Chambre Blanche, Champ Li bre , ELO, FILE, 
FOFA, Incident, Oboro, Turbulence among others. His work has been exhibited 
at 4 new media Biennales: Montreal '03, '09, '11 & Toronto '04. For more 
details see CV ( http://glia.ca/resume/David_Jhave_Johnston_CV.pdf )
Education: an undergrad degree in Computer Science; a Masters of Science in 
interactive art; & a PhD from Concordia University where he works as a 
research affiliate with OBX, TML & NT 2 .
Philosophy: Jhave uses algorithms as aesthetic tools; and believes that 
moist matter is quasisentient. His work is an attempt to harmoniously 
reconcile computation, emotion, concepts, and the ancient idea of artist as 
conduit. Since 1999, he has published language-art online (instead of on 
paper) at www.glia.ca . In the spring of 2011 he is releasing a usb-key 
version of a decade of this web-work.

GROUP OF X TALK:

I will show and discuss the making-of a set of recent works including MUPs 
(a mashup sound poetry gui), a short video-poem "Reading the Wind" made for 
the 2012 ELO (Electronic Literature Organization) conference, and an 
experiment built during last couple weeks. Talk will probably focus on the 
opportunities available and perils integral for literature as digital tools 
evolve.

*****************************
LOCATION
*****************************

The talk is at my place, which is at 811 Helmcken St. in the 'Imperial
Tower' (!). Buzz 247. I am in #1502 on the 15th floor. I'm at 604 209 1728.

*****************************
UNDERGROUND PARKING
*****************************

If you're coming by car, there is underground parking. The entrance to the
underground parking is off Helmcken. You turn into an alley between Howe and
Hornby. You then see an underground entrance to your right. You take that
and then buzz me at 247. Park in the visitor's section, proceed to the
elevator area, and then buzz me again at 247 to get access to the elevator.

*****************************
OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
*****************************

Friday August 24: Steve DiPaola (unconfirmed)
September: Dominic Lopes, author of A Philosophy of Computer Art




From xoxoxcom at gmail.com  Sat Jul  7 09:43:11 2012
From: xoxoxcom at gmail.com (erik)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 07:43:11 -0700
Subject: [x] Sunday July 8 at x: David Jhave Johnston
In-Reply-To: <2766EA4AE8DE403692FE3DD9C7C9BFB9@OwnerPC>
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Apologies if I've missed it, but what is the start time?  7pm?

On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 4:37 PM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:

> **************************************************
> DAVID JHAVE JOHNSTON, SUNDAY JULY 8
> **************************************************
>
> Jhave Johnston is one of the leading lights of digital poetry. I'm happy
> to be able to introduce some of you to his work. I published some of his
> work at http://vispo.com/jhave and you can see more of his work on his
> site at http://glia.ca . Jhave has been a digital poet for a long time.
> Even before he did a degree at Concordia in Computer Science. He then did a
> Masters at SFU and SIAT. He recently finished his doctorate in Montreal at
> Concordia studying with Jason Lewis. He has focussed mainly on net art. He
> knows Flash and ActionScript inside and out.
>
> Alain Lioret from Paris may possibly join us at 10 pm via Skype. He
> teaches generative art at the U of Paris 8.
>
> JHAVE JOHNSTON BIO:
>
> Jhave is a Montreal-based digital-poet.
> Focus: Language-based online digital art. Combinatorial poetics,
> multimedia poetry. Currently, developing works that feature typographic
> experiments built through a synthesis of Flash, Mudbox, Vegas, Ableton,
> After Effects and Mr. Softie.
> Exhibition history: Agence Topo, Chambre Blanche, Champ Li bre , ELO,
> FILE, FOFA, Incident, Oboro, Turbulence among others. His work has been
> exhibited at 4 new media Biennales: Montreal '03, '09, '11 & Toronto '04.
> For more details see CV ( http://glia.ca/resume/David_**
> Jhave_Johnston_CV.pdf <http://glia.ca/resume/David_Jhave_Johnston_CV.pdf>)
> Education: an undergrad degree in Computer Science; a Masters of Science
> in interactive art; & a PhD from Concordia University where he works as a
> research affiliate with OBX, TML & NT 2 .
> Philosophy: Jhave uses algorithms as aesthetic tools; and believes that
> moist matter is quasisentient. His work is an attempt to harmoniously
> reconcile computation, emotion, concepts, and the ancient idea of artist as
> conduit. Since 1999, he has published language-art online (instead of on
> paper) at www.glia.ca . In the spring of 2011 he is releasing a usb-key
> version of a decade of this web-work.
>
> GROUP OF X TALK:
>
> I will show and discuss the making-of a set of recent works including MUPs
> (a mashup sound poetry gui), a short video-poem "Reading the Wind" made for
> the 2012 ELO (Electronic Literature Organization) conference, and an
> experiment built during last couple weeks. Talk will probably focus on the
> opportunities available and perils integral for literature as digital tools
> evolve.
>
> *****************************
> LOCATION
> *****************************
>
> The talk is at my place, which is at 811 Helmcken St. in the 'Imperial
> Tower' (!). Buzz 247. I am in #1502 on the 15th floor. I'm at 604 209 1728
> .
>
> *****************************
> UNDERGROUND PARKING
> *****************************
>
> If you're coming by car, there is underground parking. The entrance to the
> underground parking is off Helmcken. You turn into an alley between Howe
> and
> Hornby. You then see an underground entrance to your right. You take that
> and then buzz me at 247. Park in the visitor's section, proceed to the
> elevator area, and then buzz me again at 247 to get access to the elevator.
>
> *****************************
> OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
> *****************************
>
> Friday August 24: Steve DiPaola (unconfirmed)
> September: Dominic Lopes, author of A Philosophy of Computer Art
>
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> x mailing list
> x at vispo.com
> http://vispo.com/mailman/**listinfo/x_vispo.com<http://vispo.com/mailman/listinfo/x_vispo.com>
>



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From jim at vispo.com  Sat Jul  7 10:40:04 2012
From: jim at vispo.com (Jim Andrews)
Date: Sat, 7 Jul 2012 08:40:04 -0700
Subject: [x] Sunday July 8 at x: David Jhave Johnston
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Yes, the usual time: 7pm. Generally people start arriving at 7 and Jhave 
will start at 7:30.

ja 




From jim at vispo.com  Sun Jul  8 13:46:42 2012
From: jim at vispo.com (Jim Andrews)
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 11:46:42 -0700
Subject: [x] Sunday July 8 (7pm) at x: David Jhave Johnston
In-Reply-To: <2766EA4AE8DE403692FE3DD9C7C9BFB9@OwnerPC>
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Message-ID: <116F99722BF14D3685890F471896CF66@OwnerPC>

Just a reminder of tonight's event (Sunday July 8 at 7pm): David Jhave 
Johnston. Should be very interesting. Hope to see you at my place!

ja

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Andrews" <jim at vispo.com>
To: "x" <x at vispo.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:37 PM
Subject: [x] Sunday July 8 at x: David Jhave Johnston


> ************************************************
> DAVID JHAVE JOHNSTON, SUNDAY JULY 8
> ************************************************
>
> Jhave Johnston is one of the leading lights of digital poetry. I'm happy 
> to be able to introduce some of you to his work. I published some of his 
> work at http://vispo.com/jhave and you can see more of his work on his 
> site at http://glia.ca . Jhave has been a digital poet for a long time. 
> Even before he did a degree at Concordia in Computer Science. He then did 
> a Masters at SFU and SIAT. He recently finished his doctorate in Montreal 
> at Concordia studying with Jason Lewis. He has focussed mainly on net art. 
> He knows Flash and ActionScript inside and out.
>
> Alain Lioret from Paris may possibly join us at 10 pm via Skype. He 
> teaches generative art at the U of Paris 8.
>
> JHAVE JOHNSTON BIO:
>
> Jhave is a Montreal-based digital-poet.
> Focus: Language-based online digital art. Combinatorial poetics, 
> multimedia poetry. Currently, developing works that feature typographic 
> experiments built through a synthesis of Flash, Mudbox, Vegas, Ableton, 
> After Effects and Mr. Softie.
> Exhibition history: Agence Topo, Chambre Blanche, Champ Li bre , ELO, 
> FILE, FOFA, Incident, Oboro, Turbulence among others. His work has been 
> exhibited at 4 new media Biennales: Montreal '03, '09, '11 & Toronto '04. 
> For more details see CV ( 
> http://glia.ca/resume/David_Jhave_Johnston_CV.pdf )
> Education: an undergrad degree in Computer Science; a Masters of Science 
> in interactive art; & a PhD from Concordia University where he works as a 
> research affiliate with OBX, TML & NT 2 .
> Philosophy: Jhave uses algorithms as aesthetic tools; and believes that 
> moist matter is quasisentient. His work is an attempt to harmoniously 
> reconcile computation, emotion, concepts, and the ancient idea of artist 
> as conduit. Since 1999, he has published language-art online (instead of 
> on paper) at www.glia.ca . In the spring of 2011 he is releasing a usb-key 
> version of a decade of this web-work.
>
> GROUP OF X TALK:
>
> I will show and discuss the making-of a set of recent works including MUPs 
> (a mashup sound poetry gui), a short video-poem "Reading the Wind" made 
> for the 2012 ELO (Electronic Literature Organization) conference, and an 
> experiment built during last couple weeks. Talk will probably focus on the 
> opportunities available and perils integral for literature as digital 
> tools evolve.
>
> *****************************
> LOCATION
> *****************************
>
> The talk is at my place, which is at 811 Helmcken St. in the 'Imperial
> Tower' (!). Buzz 247. I am in #1502 on the 15th floor. I'm at 604 209 
> 1728.
>
> *****************************
> UNDERGROUND PARKING
> *****************************
>
> If you're coming by car, there is underground parking. The entrance to the
> underground parking is off Helmcken. You turn into an alley between Howe 
> and
> Hornby. You then see an underground entrance to your right. You take that
> and then buzz me at 247. Park in the visitor's section, proceed to the
> elevator area, and then buzz me again at 247 to get access to the 
> elevator.
>
> *****************************
> OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
> *****************************
>
> Friday August 24: Steve DiPaola (unconfirmed)
> September: Dominic Lopes, author of A Philosophy of Computer Art
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> x mailing list
> x at vispo.com
> http://vispo.com/mailman/listinfo/x_vispo.com 




From dave at ayre.ca  Sun Jul  8 20:46:19 2012
From: dave at ayre.ca (David Ayre)
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 18:46:19 -0700
Subject: [x] Sunday July 8 (7pm) at x: David Jhave Johnston
In-Reply-To: <116F99722BF14D3685890F471896CF66@OwnerPC>
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	<116F99722BF14D3685890F471896CF66@OwnerPC>
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Hi Jim !

Regretfully I won't be able to make it this evening.   I've got some ugly
bug in my system and don't want to kill off the majority of Canada's best
net artists with a casual visit and a few misdirected coughs.    I was very
much looking forward to seeing Jhave again and meeting Sophia.

I'm sure it will be a great evening !

d





On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Jim Andrews <jim at vispo.com> wrote:

> Just a reminder of tonight's event (Sunday July 8 at 7pm): David Jhave
> Johnston. Should be very interesting. Hope to see you at my place!
>
> ja
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Andrews" <jim at vispo.com>
> To: "x" <x at vispo.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2012 4:37 PM
> Subject: [x] Sunday July 8 at x: David Jhave Johnston
>
>
>  **************************************************
>> DAVID JHAVE JOHNSTON, SUNDAY JULY 8
>> **************************************************
>>
>> Jhave Johnston is one of the leading lights of digital poetry. I'm happy
>> to be able to introduce some of you to his work. I published some of his
>> work at http://vispo.com/jhave and you can see more of his work on his
>> site at http://glia.ca . Jhave has been a digital poet for a long time.
>> Even before he did a degree at Concordia in Computer Science. He then did a
>> Masters at SFU and SIAT. He recently finished his doctorate in Montreal at
>> Concordia studying with Jason Lewis. He has focussed mainly on net art. He
>> knows Flash and ActionScript inside and out.
>>
>> Alain Lioret from Paris may possibly join us at 10 pm via Skype. He
>> teaches generative art at the U of Paris 8.
>>
>> JHAVE JOHNSTON BIO:
>>
>> Jhave is a Montreal-based digital-poet.
>> Focus: Language-based online digital art. Combinatorial poetics,
>> multimedia poetry. Currently, developing works that feature typographic
>> experiments built through a synthesis of Flash, Mudbox, Vegas, Ableton,
>> After Effects and Mr. Softie.
>> Exhibition history: Agence Topo, Chambre Blanche, Champ Li bre , ELO,
>> FILE, FOFA, Incident, Oboro, Turbulence among others. His work has been
>> exhibited at 4 new media Biennales: Montreal '03, '09, '11 & Toronto '04.
>> For more details see CV ( http://glia.ca/resume/David_**
>> Jhave_Johnston_CV.pdf <http://glia.ca/resume/David_Jhave_Johnston_CV.pdf>)
>> Education: an undergrad degree in Computer Science; a Masters of Science
>> in interactive art; & a PhD from Concordia University where he works as a
>> research affiliate with OBX, TML & NT 2 .
>> Philosophy: Jhave uses algorithms as aesthetic tools; and believes that
>> moist matter is quasisentient. His work is an attempt to harmoniously
>> reconcile computation, emotion, concepts, and the ancient idea of artist as
>> conduit. Since 1999, he has published language-art online (instead of on
>> paper) at www.glia.ca . In the spring of 2011 he is releasing a usb-key
>> version of a decade of this web-work.
>>
>> GROUP OF X TALK:
>>
>> I will show and discuss the making-of a set of recent works including
>> MUPs (a mashup sound poetry gui), a short video-poem "Reading the Wind"
>> made for the 2012 ELO (Electronic Literature Organization) conference, and
>> an experiment built during last couple weeks. Talk will probably focus on
>> the opportunities available and perils integral for literature as digital
>> tools evolve.
>>
>> *****************************
>> LOCATION
>> *****************************
>>
>> The talk is at my place, which is at 811 Helmcken St. in the 'Imperial
>> Tower' (!). Buzz 247. I am in #1502 on the 15th floor. I'm at 604 209
>> 1728.
>>
>> *****************************
>> UNDERGROUND PARKING
>> *****************************
>>
>> If you're coming by car, there is underground parking. The entrance to the
>> underground parking is off Helmcken. You turn into an alley between Howe
>> and
>> Hornby. You then see an underground entrance to your right. You take that
>> and then buzz me at 247. Park in the visitor's section, proceed to the
>> elevator area, and then buzz me again at 247 to get access to the
>> elevator.
>>
>> *****************************
>> OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS
>> *****************************
>>
>> Friday August 24: Steve DiPaola (unconfirmed)
>> September: Dominic Lopes, author of A Philosophy of Computer Art
>>
>>
>> ______________________________**_________________
>> x mailing list
>> x at vispo.com
>> http://vispo.com/mailman/**listinfo/x_vispo.com<http://vispo.com/mailman/listinfo/x_vispo.com>
>>
>
>
> ______________________________**_________________
> x mailing list
> x at vispo.com
> http://vispo.com/mailman/**listinfo/x_vispo.com<http://vispo.com/mailman/listinfo/x_vispo.com>
>
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From jim at vispo.com  Thu Jul 12 22:46:42 2012
From: jim at vispo.com (Jim Andrews)
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 20:46:42 -0700
Subject: [x] Andres Wanner's drawing machines++, Thursday July 19,
	Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr U
Message-ID: <AAD22119422C4869AEAC6D88FD9973F4@OwnerPC>

Andres's drawing machines are on display Thursday July 19-23 at the 
Concourse Gallery at Emily Carr U, along with work by others. Andres showed 
us videos of these at his excellent presentation to the group of x; they're 
very amusing low-tek generative systems involving tech such as cake mixers 
and fans as generative art engines. Check them out at the opening at 6pm on 
Thursday July 19 or in the Concourse Gallery until July 23.

Below is what I received from Andres.

ja

-------------------------------------------------------

Hi all

It is my pleasure to invite you to my opening, Thursday next week, 6pm on 
Granville Island. My drawing machines are part of the group show 
"Interstitium".
Hope to see you there!

Andres Wanner

----

Concourse Gallery
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
1399 Johnston St
Granville Island

Interstitium
Translating systems, spaces and media.

Luigi Allemano, Judith McNaughton, Minttumaari M?ntynen, Joanna Smythe and 
Andres Wanner

In distinct approaches, Luigi Allemano, Judith McNaughton, Minttumaari 
M?ntynen, Joanna Smythe and Andres Wanner showcase works that interrogate 
notions of transformation and hybridity.

Exhibition themes operate around the notion that our perception of the world 
is influenced by mechanisms that extend, enhance, or reinterpret 
subjectivity. Such themes invite the viewer to consider a number of 
questions. How do mediating structures affect our sense of place?  What 
defines experiences across media? In what way can aesthetic artifacts be 
transposed into different modes of experience? What if objects were 
liberated from their original context to become an end in themselves?

July 19 to July 23, 2012
Opening Thursday July 19 at 6pm
Admission is free.


 




From jim at vispo.com  Wed Jul 18 19:35:58 2012
From: jim at vispo.com (Jim Andrews)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:35:58 -0700
Subject: [x] Dominic Lopes and A Philosophy of Computer Art,
	Friday September 28
Message-ID: <6D6C2A434B0A4B9AA55147C9FE8BB62B@OwnerPC>

Dominic Lopes, author of A Philosophy of Computer Art (Routledge, 2009),
will talk about his book to the group of x on Friday September 28. Doors
open at 7pm and Dom starts 7:30-7:45pm. Discussion will take place after his
talk.

Dom teaches philosophy at UBC.

Dom's book is the first by a professional philosopher on the subject of
computer art. One could say--quite loosely--that there are several books,
such as Manovitch's The Language of New Media, which seek to develop a
philosophy of computer art, where computer art is art in which the computer
is crucial as medium. How do such approaches differ from what a philosopher
might consider to be a philosophy of computer art? What is a 'philosophy of
computer art?' Pick up Dom's book before the event and find out.

RELEVANT LINKS

A Philosophy of Computer Art: http://apoca.mentalpaint.net
A review by Jim Andrews:
http://netpoetic.com/2009/11/reviewed-a-philosophy-of-computer-art-by-dominic-mciver-lopes
A video interview: http://vispo.com/lopes
Dom's site: http://lopes.mentalpaint.net

DOMINIC LOPES BIO

Dominic Lopes is Distinguished University Scholar and Professor in the
Department of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He works
mainly in aesthetics and is a member of the UBC aesthetics group. His
research focusses on pictorial representation and perception; the aesthetic
and epistemic value of pictures, including scientific images; theories of
art and its value; the ontology of art; and computer art and new art forms.
He is working on a pair of books entitled Beyond Art and Four Arts of
Photography and has just co-edited (with Diarmuid Costello) a special issue
of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism on the media of photography.

Paloma Atencia-Linares recently interviewed him on the topic of "Pictures,
Bytes and Values" for the Postgraduate Journal of Aesthetics.

Lopes is Vice-President of the American Society for Aesthetics (and will be
president in 2013-15). He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the
British Society of Aesthetics, Secretary-Treasurer of the American
Philosophical Association Pacific Division, a member of the Editorial Board
of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, and co-editor (with Berys
Gaut) of Wiley-Blackwell's New Directions in Aesthetics book series. He
served for three years as an Associate Dean in the UBC Faculty of Arts.

LOCATION

Dom's talk will be the first at our new location for group of x 
get-togethers, thanks to Arne Eigenfeldt: at SFU downtown in the Goldcorp 
Centre for the Arts at 149 West Hastings street in room 3420, the third 
floor electroacoustic studio. There's great tech available here and more 
space than in my apartment. But food and drink are not permitted in the 
studio. After Dom's talk and the discussion, let's head over to Charles Bar 
(or wherever we figure would be good).




From jim at vispo.com  Tue Jul 24 15:49:01 2012
From: jim at vispo.com (Jim Andrews)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 13:49:01 -0700
Subject: [x] Steve DiPaola at x,
	Friday Aug 17: Computational Art Portraiture in the Age of
	Virtuality
Message-ID: <E4CA270A246E4F82802C54A26A5010B8@OwnerPC>

We're excited that Steve DiPaola will talk with the group of x on Friday 
August 17!

Jim Bizzocchi may also Skype in with Deena Larsen. More information as it 
becomes available.

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STEVE DIPAOLA BIO
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Steve DiPaola, (http://dipaola.org) active as an artist and a scientist is 
director of the Cognitive Science Program at Simon Fraser University, and 
leads the iVizLab (http://ivizlab.sfu.ca), a research lab that strives to 
make computational systems bend more to the human experience by 
incorporating biological, cognitive and behavior knowledge models. Much of 
the labs work is creating computation models of very human ideals such as 
expression, emotion, behavior and creativity. He is most known for his AI 
based computational creativity (http://darwinsgaze.com) and 3D facial 
expression systems. He came to SFU from Stanford University and before that 
NYIT Computer Graphics Lab, an early pioneering lab in high- end graphics 
techniques. He has held leadership positions at Electronic Arts, Saatchi 
Innovation and consulted for HP, Macromedia and the Institute for the 
Future. His computer based art has been exhibited internationally including 
the AIR and Tibor de Nagy galleries in NYC, Tenderpixel Gallery in London 
and Cambridge University's Kings Art Centre. The work has also been 
exhibited in major museums, including the Whitney Museum, the MIT Museum, 
and the Smithsonian.

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PRESENTATION
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Computational Art Portraiture in the Age of Virtuality

Steve DiPaola will demonstrate his authoring process and final still,
installation and performance works shown worldwide centered on finding
a new meaning for abstract portraiture in a new media context. From
his 1988 Kraftwerk art video work and work with Nam June Paik to new
works that use AI to extract emotion from music that drive spherically
projected portrait installations or evolve a family tree of portrait
painting programs. These systems both use notions of human creativity
using in Artificial Intelligence to make a computer system creative on
its own and in use in cognitive science vision studies with
internationally discussed results showing the genius of portrait
artists like Rembrandt from a science perspective.  Steve's work
delves into human-ness versus artifact in new media portraiture. He
will also talk to art-research practice shown in the journals Nature
and Leonardo as well as showcased at the National Gallery in London,
MIT and Cambridge.

-  Steve DiPaola    -  -
 - Graduate Chair: School of  Interactive Arts & Technology
 - Director: Cognitive Science Program   - Simon Fraser University -
    - - -  home:          www.dipaola.org
      - -  research:     http://ivizlab.sfu.ca/research
        -  art gallery:    www.dipaola.org/gallery

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LOCATION
************

This event is at my place and therefore by invitation only: #1502, 811 
Helmcken street. I'm in The Imperial Tower (!) at the corner of Howe and 
Helmcken. Buzz 247 to get in. If you are coming by car, there is underground 
parking. If you are coming from Granville street along Helmcken, you turn 
right into the alley between Howe and Hornby. And go right at the first 
opportunity down into the basement. Buzz 247 to get in. And then buzz 247 
again when you are by the elevator to get up to the 15th floor.




From jessecolinscott at gmail.com  Tue Jul 24 16:13:01 2012
From: jessecolinscott at gmail.com (Jesse Scott)
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:13:01 -0700
Subject: [x] Processing Vancouver - July 30th
Message-ID: <FD4155DC-9ECF-4AA9-844A-062D81E4AA83@gmail.com>

Please join us for the July session of Processing Vancouver, hosted by VIVO Media Arts.

We will have a presentation from Patrick Daggitt (http://patrick-daggitt.com/), a freelance creative coder and currently a Masters Candidate at the Centre for Digital Media (http://mdm.gnwc.ca/program/mdm). 
He will be showcasing his RGB Plinko project (http://patrick-daggitt.com/portfolio/rgb-plinko/), a webcam-based game based on the "Price Is Right", built, of course, in Processing.

Other presentations TBA. 

Libations will be provided, discussions will ensue...  

#P5Van
July 30th, 7-10pm
@ VIVO Media Arts
1965 Main St
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www.processingvancouver.ca
www.vivomediaarts.com

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