Archive for September, 2005

Computational information design. Ben Fry’s proposed solutions to many information management problems

Thursday, September 29th, 2005

The ability to collect, store, and manage data is increasing quickly, but our ability to understand it remains constant. In an attempt to gain better understanding of data, fields such as information visualization, data mining and graphic design are employed, each solving an isolated part of the specific problem, but failing in a broader sense: […]

Briano Eno on Generative Art

Tuesday, September 27th, 2005

An interesting series of quotations from Brian Eno’s book: A Year With Swollen Appendices : The Diary of Brian Eno which allows me to know more about this important artist.
Brian Eno on Generative Art Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV.
Thanks to: Fractal and Generative Arts
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Marius Watz, an interview on Generative Art

Wednesday, September 21st, 2005

Some interesting excerpt from interview to Marius Watz, artist and curator of the Generator.x conference:
Generative art is often understood exclusively as software generated abstractions. I personally understand the term as a much broader range of strategies involving both digital and non-digital systems and processes bridging specific art traditions and media.
Generative art describes a strategy for […]

Generative Art 2005: deadline extended to 30 September

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

Celestino Soddu sends out an announcemnte about the Generative Art Conference:
The deadline for sending proposals (papers, posters, artworks, installations, live performances) to the 8th Generative Art Conference and Festival GA2005 was extended to 30 September.
GA2005 will be held in Italy, Milan, the 15-16-17 December 2005
For any info www.generativeart.com

leogeo: flash and interaction design experiments

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

Several nice Flash applets with photos, motion graphics, animations.
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(via Levitated.net)

Digital Information Design (DID) Camp

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

Many traditionally trained, professional designers wonder what the next generation of computing technologies might bring to their field. At the same time, many digitally trained, professional designers feel that they have missed out on some of the cornerstones of a traditional design education. To work towards a common ground between the digital and traditional design […]

Mediamatic.net - New Media, Art, Culture

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Mediamatic is a cultural institution in Amsterdam. We do exhibitions, presentations, workshops and other activities in Amsterdam and internationally. This site gives you an overview combined with news and theory. The site is edited automatically with anyMeta. It matches the topical with heritage in a sometimes fuzzy, but always surprising way. Just to get you […]

 
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