Eva London 2019

https://computer-arts-society.com/event-two

christine de pizan - poetry and the cosmos

n Katherine Hayes ‘the digital machinery with which we interact recreates human consciousness’

ai-da aidan meller

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Rachel Ara what do digital artist do all day?

the artwork which re-evaluates it’s own value

tech > system of power > sex >

a copy of a copy (cat)

singing scripts of weaving

technology is mystified to be complicated - it is actually not.

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unruly systems THE PROBLEM OF THE BROCOLI BRAIN

cell engines - game life - slight change of(f) the rules rule engines where the rule engine rewrites the rules.

complex systems - handling complexity aka chaos - chaotic systems simple but unpredictable.

• systems interconnected parts capable of arbitrary levels of complexity

• mechanisms to harness unruly behaviour

cellular forms

2D surface of interconnected cells cell division mesh of cells rules when cells split if to add/remove/connect cell(s)

forces between connected cells bulge force (length of connection|potential connect) repulsion between unconnected cells

one rule cells / iterate the number of rules to 2 …

searching for the interesting stuff

aggregation may work for 3 or 4 parameters

but we do not think in 10 dimension (more than a billion samples)

• non linear behaviour
• edge of instability
• boundary between

express intention as human - computer delivers the interpretation example centaur chess

evolution is easily trapped into niches (computer exploits it)

machine learning how a particular system works (yet isn’t that a niche system again?) if yu use this for what one likes and what not - based on what you found already

find new stuff - far away from you have explored. recipes what and how to explore

active assistant collaborator

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Digital Bodleian

challenges defined by limited resources money time retention of experienced staff variety of purpose

work based on project and funding innovation / renovation access and reuse

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