Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts. EVA 2015 Florence

Information Technologies of interest for Culture Heritage are presented: multimedia systems, data-bases, data protection, access to digital content, Virtual Galleries. Particular reference is reserved to digital images (Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts), regarding Cultural Institutions (Museums, Libraries, Palace – Monuments, Archaeological Sites). The International Conference includes the following Sessions: Strategic Issues; New Technologies & Applications; New 2D-3D Technical Developments & Applications; Virtual Galleries – Museums and Related Initiatives; Access to the Culture Information. Two Workshops regard: International Cooperation; Innovation and Enterprise

Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts. EVA 2014 Florence

Information Technologies of interest for Culture Heritage are presented: multimedia systems, data-bases, data protection, access to digital content, Virtual Galleries. Particular reference is reserved to digital images (Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts), regarding Cultural Institutions (Museums, Libraries, Palace - Monuments, Archaeological Sites). The International Conference includes the following Sessions: Strategic Issues; EC Projects and Related Networks & Initiatives; 2D - 3D Technologies and Applications; Virtual Galleries - Museums and Related Initiatives; Access to the Culture Information. Three Workshops regard: International Cooperation; Innovation and Enterprise; e.Culture Cloud

Morfogênese : sistema autopoiético emergente de vida artificial

Tese (doutorado)—Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Artes, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arte, 2014.Dos sistemas complexos que nos circundam emergem padrões não previstos que organizam nossas cidades, nossas comunicações, a sociedade e a vida como um todo. A influência de um indivíduo em tais padrões não pode ser dimensionada no nível micro de suas ações, pois seus efeitos são incrementos de relações programadas que orientam a construção das abstrações emergentes. Assim surge a proposta poética da Morfogênese, que versa sobre a imprevisibilidade dos desdobramentos de nossas ações frente à complexidade dos sistemas que nos contornam. Sua poética é voltada para uma transposição dos padrões emergentes dos sistemas vivos para um contexto metafórico de composição das imagens, como se fosse possível observar em um microscópio as células vivas de toda imagem brigando para impor suas formas, cores e sons. Ela consiste em uma poética proposta enquanto arte computacional evolutiva, que utiliza um sistema adaptativo complexo multiagentes, constituído por algoritmos genéticos e inteligência artificial em enxame, para gerar comportamentos de locomoção, alimentação, confronto e reprodução, assim como interações mais complexas, como a colaboração ou a submissão. Todos esses comportamentos são programados no âmbito dos indivíduos, dos quais emergem os macro padrões de comportamento dos grupos, importantes para a sua adaptação e manutenção no tempo, simulando-se o processo evolutivo. Ao longo do relato são apresentados outros projetos que serviram como inspiração conceitual, estrutural e formal para o trabalho proposto. Também é discutido o seu processo de concepção, assim como são exibidos alguns de seus arranjos, as situações de comportamentos emergentes identificados e as experiências com os interatores nas exposições realizadas. Ao final, é realizada uma discussão sobre os seus extratos de significação. _______________________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACTUnpredictable patterns emerge from the systems that embrace us. They organize our cities, communications, society and our lives as a whole. The micro level of individual´s actions cannot be used as a measure of their influence in such systems. Their behavior result from the incremental programmed relations that guide the construction of the emerging abstractions. In this context it is presented the Morphogenesis, which comprehends the unpredictability of our actions facing the complexity of our surrounding systems. This poetic approaches the emerging patterns of the living systems applied to the metaphoric world of images. It works as if it was possible to watch the very cells of every picture fighting to impose its forms, colors and sounds. The Morphogenesis is presented in the field of computational evolutionary art. It was developed as a multi-agents complex adaptive system, built with genetic algorithms and swarm intelligence to generate movement, feeding, fighting and reproduction behaviors. Also, it elicits more complex interactive behaviors, like collaboration and submission. All these behaviors are programed at the individual level, from which emerge the macro patterns of the groups, simulating the evolutionary process. Along the sections, other studies are presented as inspirations in terms of concepts, structures or interfaces. Furthermore, it´s creation method is detailed, some compositions are presented, the emerging behaviors are explained and the first experiences with the public are described. To conclude is presented a discussion about the levels of significance suggested by the Morphogenesis

TwitSong: A current events computer poet and the thorny problem of assessment.

This thesis is driven by the question of how computers can generate poetry, and how that poetry can be evaluated. We survey existing work on computer-generated poetry and interdisciplinary work on how to evaluate this type of computer-generated creative product. We perform experiments illuminating issues in evaluation which are specific to poetry. Finally, we produce and evaluate three versions of our own generative poetry system, TwitSong, which generates poetry based on the news, evaluates the desired qualities of the lines that it chooses, and, in its final form, can make targeted and goal-directed edits to its own work. While TwitSong does not turn out to produce poetry comparable to that of a human, it represents an advancement on the state of the art in its genre of computer-generated poetry, particularly in its ability to edit for qualities like topicality and emotion