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“Diálogos Oblicuos: Notas entre la arquitectura y otros campos”, CIAC, Faro, Portugal, Facultad de Arquitectura, UNC, Córdoba, Argentina, 13, 20 Nov. 2020Adérito Fernandes-Marcos, aderito.marcos@uab.pt / aderito.marcos@artech-International.org(UAb, CIAC, INESC-TEC, LE@D, Artech-Int)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosFernandes-Marcos, A. (2017). Computer artefact: the crucial element in artistic practice in digital art and culture. In Revista Lusófona de Estudos Culturais. [Em linha]. ISSN 2183-0886. Vol. 3, n. 2 (2017), p. 149–166. Candy L. & Edmonds E. (2018). Practice-Based Research in the Creative Arts: Foundations and Futures from the Front Line. In LEONARDO. Vol. 51, n.1. p.63-69. ISSN 0024-094X.Manovich, Lev (2019). The aesthetic society: instagram as a life form. Data Publics, Routledge,forthcoming.Pereira, S. & Fernandes-Marcos, A. (2020). O PROCESSO CRIATIVO NA ERA PÓS-DIGITAL - Uma reflexão crítica baseada na prática artística. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Digital Creation in Arts and Communication, ARTeFACTo 2020. Bruno Mendes da Silva (Ed.). Nov. 26-27 2020, Faro, Portugal. Published by Centro de Investigação emArtes e Comunicação (CIAC). Global publication copyright © 2020 by Artech International. ISBN: 978-989-9023-32-1; ISBN (eBook): 978-989-9023-33-8. p. 127-135. Reference Articles:The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosFoundations: the Pioneers (Dada) DADA characteristics:ü unconformity with accepted rules and conventions. ü scandal was the leitmotiv to shock their audience into self-awareness ü embraced chaos (anti logic) and irrationalityü presented as anti-art ü certain form of nihilism (an extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence)“Fountain”, by Marcel DuchampThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosFoundations: the Pioneers (Dada)Dadaists adopted the principles of abstraction, spontaneity and chance and employed the technique of collage and odd juxtapositions of image and text to create a sense of the absurd.Dadaists were united not by a common style, but by their rejection of conventions in art and thought. The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosFoundations: the Pioneers (mixed)“an interactive machine that invited users to interact with concentric rotating glass plates to generate visual effects”Main Characteristics: - interactive- spontaneous and dynamic- appealing for other senses“Rotary Glass Plates”, by Marcel Duchamp & Man Ray (1920)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosFoundations: the Pioneers (Conceptual Art)Conceptual art: the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work. - concept is king- not necessarily aesthetic- appealing to other senses“One and Three Chairs”, by Joseph Kosuth (1965)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosFoundations: the Pioneers (Fluxus)Fluxus art movement has extensively explored the idea of instruction-based generated art along with the immersion of the audience in the event, forcing an interactionbetween the spectator and the artworks“Musique télépathique n° 5 (Telepathic Music #5)”, by Robert Filliou (1978)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosFoundations: the Pioneers (mixed)Art as “experimental research in computer-generated transformationsof visuals through mathematical functions.”The hummingbird is a good example of computer-generated animation.“Hummingbird”, by Charles Csuri (1967)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-Marcos“Art as a living process” and “artificial live” as art Pioneered the today’s artificial live artworks“AVolve” (1994), “Pico-Scan” (2000), Sommerer & MignonneauFoundations: the Pioneers (mixed)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosDigital media art’ differential characteristics  The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-Marcosü From Latin arte factu- «made with art»ü Art and culture are social phenomena, resulting from social interaction, as well from individual and collective imaginary manifestations, that together establish a common communicational and informational space embracing artefactssaid to be cultural and artistic. ü These artefacts, where some are possibly non-tangible, constitute, in fact, the resulting product from the artistic and cultural phenomenon.  They are expressions of our imaginary. Lessons Learned: Digital Media Art’ Differential CharacteristicsThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-Marcosü The digital medium is defined here as the set of digital/computer technologies ranging from digital information formats, infrastructures to processing toolsthat together can be taken as a continuum art medium used by artists to create digital artefacts.ü Digital media art applies the digital/computer medium both as raw material (e.g. information content) and as a tool to enhance creativity.Lessons Learned: Digital Media Art’ Differential CharacteristicsThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-Marcosü Art objects or Artefacts might be described as symbolic objectsthat aim at stimulating emotions. ü They reach us through our senses (visual, auditory, tactile, or other).  ü They are displayed by means of (un)physical material (stone, paper, wood, mechanics, electronics, digital, etc.) and combine some patterns to produce an aesthetic composition. ü Their creator intends to convey some message, offer a certain experience, normally to suggest some state of mind or to induce an emotion and the consequent feeling.Lessons Learned: Digital Media Art’ Differential CharacteristicsThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThe digital media art’s creation process relies mainly on:ü Collaborations between artist(s) and a multidisciplinary team, from art, science, technology, design, etc. ü Design of the artefact’s message and its development. The digital/computer medium is always present and traversing the overall creation process. It is a non-linear process!Lessons Learned: Digital Media Art’ Differential CharacteristicsThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThe process of developing the computer/digital components of the artefact follows, to a large extent, the procedures adopted in the development of small and medium-scale computer systems and applications. Lessons Learned: Digital Media Art’ Differential CharacteristicsThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosHowever, contrary to the traditional design process where the solving of a problem guides the designer's action, in digital media art the systematization does not appear primarily for such purpose, but rather to enhance a meaningful experience of aesthetic contemplation that comes from the creation/fruition of the artefact. Lessons Learned: Digital Media Art’ Differential CharacteristicsThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosResearch in digital media artThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosIt looks for new knowledge of the following nature:ü Aesthetics Thinking or Aesthetics Narratives;ü New/Amplifications of Meanings; ü Thoughts and Perspectives of Seeing;ü Artistic Experiences, Practices, Techniques, Approaches, etc.That has to be understandable(comprehensive) and demonstrable to others; supported in evidence, replicable, and defendable before peers (or a examination panel)!What is research in arts“Fragmentation”, de Charles Csuri(2008) The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThe artist-researcher immerses in a journey of intense reflection, resulting from:ü the gradual maturation of his/her primordial vision (theoria);ü the practical experimentation with technologies and materials (praxis) ü and the materialization of prototypes of and of the artefact itself (poesis); ü while in the scenario of exhibition, use and enjoyment. It is a journey full of inner conflicts and questioning, in relation to the process, the materials, the primordial idea and the public. Lessons Learned: research approach in Digital Media Art“ARBOR”, de Ana Marques e Rui Gaspar (2016)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosØ Thus, research in digital media art is essentially a practice-based approach following the creation cycle, thus, around the set up of the Artefact(s)Ø The deeper the process of reflection-experimentation-construction (materialization) carried out at the appropriate times, which include pauses and periods of intense activity, the greater the propensity to achieve results to reach high aesthetic quality in the perspective of the experience provided and of the reflections realized, thus of the research results obtained. Lessons Learned: research approach in Digital Media ArtThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosNarrative Design. Sketching. Draft drawingConcept Design/ DrawingExperience DesignArtefact DesignArtefact Implementation  Artefact Exhibition PlanningPrimordial Vision/Idea. Exhibition Montage. Assessment. Storytelling. ScriptingPerceptive Design:. Content . Empathy      . Interaction. Architecture Design. Technology Selection          . Use Scenario Design. System Programming          . Techn. Integration              . Artefact  ImplementationAesthetic MusingArtistStarting ConceptPublicFinal ArtefactAesthetic Perception Technologic InnovationRevisit ReverberationRevisitInterpretationNew/Amplifications of Meanings, Senses, Aesthetic Discourses,Artistic Experiences,Aesthetic Contemplat on Technology ExperimentingThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-Marcos)LQDO$UWHIDFW7DQJLEOH([KLELWLRQ2QOLQH([KLELWLRQ3XEOLF$XGLHQFH6WDUWLQJ&RQFHSW7HFKQRORJ\([SHULPHQWLQJ$HVWKHWLF0XVLQJ5HYLVLW5HYHUEHUDWLRQ3ULPRUGLDO9LVLRQ,GHDArtist5HYLVLW,QWHUSUHWDWLRQ5HYLVLW4XHVWLRQLQJ&RQFHSW'HVLJQ1DUUDWLYH'HVLJQ([SHULHQFH'HVLJQ([SHULHQFH'HVLJQ([SHULPHQWLQJ0DWHULDOL]DWLRQ$HVWKHWLF3HUFHSWLRQ5HYLVLW5HYHUEHUDWLRQ1HWZRUN&ROODERUDWLRQ1HWZRUN&ROODERUDWLRQ1HZ$PSOLILFDWLRQVRI0HDQLQJV6HQVHV$HVWKHWLF'LVFRXUVHV$UWLVWLF([SHULHQFHV$HVWKHWLF&RQWHPSODWLRQ7HFKQRORJLF,QQRYDWLRQ 'HVLJQRIWKH,QWHUDFWLRQDQG,PPHUVLRQ'HVLJQRIWKH,QWHUDFWLRQDQG,PPHUVLRQ$UWHIDFW,PSOHPHQWDWLRQ	6HWXS$UWHIDFW([KLELWLRQ3ODQQLQJ1HWZRUN&ROODERUDWLRQ1HWZRUN&ROODERUDWLRQ7HDPThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosAesthetic Musing: This activity plays a central role in the creative cycle, since it represents the moments of contemplation where the artist/creative person revises, revisiting his/her seminal vision in the light of the decisions made (or only planned) during design and development of the artefact.Lessons Learned: research approach in Digital Media Art“PIXEL2”, de Acácio Carvalho e Selma Pereira (2016)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosTechniques / tools for practice-based research: Ø Time planning around the cycle, including milestones (without loosing flexibility) Ø Freely experimenting technologyØ Board book to register sketches, observations, reflections, decisions, results and drawbacks, etc.Ø Impose a gradual maturation of the artefact Ø Team-work / exhibition planning / inquiries design / capture in video / sound the public fruition    Lessons Learned: research approach in Digital Media ArtThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosFor practice-based researchers, making an artefact is pivotal, and the insights from making, reflecting and evaluating may be fed back directly into the artefact itself. Practice-led research, on the other hand, does not depend upon the creation of an artefact but is nevertheless founded in practice.Lessons Learned: research approach in Digital Media ArtThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosDigital media art from the students of the doctoral program in digital media art (Aberta University; Algarve University) and invited artists-teachersThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosDigital textile artefact that studies the interaction of e-materials with the traditional tapestry techniqueExplores a kind of interactive visual-sound-musical language“Interactive Carpet "Óbidos / Oppidum"”, by Teresa Barradas et al. (2014)Artefacts The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosUses the principles of sound art to explore the concept of the user's sound portraitsPerformer immerses himself in a performative and choreographic dimension of self-representation (self-portraiture)“Sculpture Présence", by Rudolfo Quintas, Mirian Tavares and A. Fernandes-Marcos (2015)Artefacts The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosDevelops a pictorial, dynamic representation that represents the place of the pilgrimage, which is changing as a result of the interaction of the user who manipulates a pendulum. “Between the Sacred and the Profane in the Feasts of S. João d’Arga", by Dominguez et al. (2014)Artefacts The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosExamples of visual compositions generated by the artefactArtefacts The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosVideo mapping to explores religious physical artefacts thus offering a spiritual / philosophical experience “The New Light", Óbidos, by Rudolfo Quintas (2013)Artefacts The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosInstallation exploring sensuality elements while allows for a immersive interactive experience guiding to critical reflections about critical reflection on the female libido.Transdisciplinar InstallationPontos G – Chakras Invertidos", de Paulo Cesar Teles(2018)The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosTwo reference conferences:- ARTECH – International Conference in Digital and Interactive Arts - 9th Edition Braga 23-25 October 2019 - http://2019.artech-international.org/- ARTeFACTo – Int. Conference on Digital Creation in Arts and Communication- second edition: http://artefacto.artech-international.org/artefacto-conference-2020/The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosAdditional information- http://dmad.dcet.uab.pt (info DMAD)- “PRESENCE” - https://youtu.be/PMaUHHCq66U- http://arbor.pt/index.php/teste/videos (“ARBOR”)- https://youtu.be/XaJb05YFFRc (Artistic residence Cerveira, 2015)- “Pontos G – Chakras Invertidos” - http://artefacto.artech-international.org/paulo-cesar-teles/- https://www.facebook.com/aderito.marcos/videos/10217772929494046/?t=22The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThe computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosCollaboration between students from Architecture and Digital Media Art doctoral programs are devisable and welcome!Feel free to propose collaborations!   The computer artefact: a central element in digital media art researchDiálogos Oblicuos, 13, 20 Nov. 2020, Adérito Fernandes-MarcosThank you

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