What’s On | Goldsmiths Thursday Club | March 09
Event 1: Fundamentals of the Computer-controlled Human Face as a Medium for Kinetic Art with Arthur Elsenaar
Date & time: 5th March 09, 1800-2000
Location: Seminar Rooms, Ben Pimlott Building. Map
Controlling the human face by a computer instead of the brain can make the face perform in unexpected and often surprising ways. In his current PhD research Arthur is investigating the fundamentals that constitute the computer-controlled face as a medium for algorithmic kinetic art. Humans normally use their faces in a limited way although their facial hardware allows for an enormous range of possible facial patterns. This range of patterns, referred to as ‘face-space’, is huge and largely unexplored. The level of control that digital technologies can offer allows for a systematic exploration of ‘face-space’. The research presented systematically explores this by applying algorithms to map out sections of this space.
Event 2: TONEWHEELS: Experiments in Opto-Electronic Synthesis and Graphical Sound with Derek Holzer
Date & time: 19th March 09, 1800-2000
Location: Seminar Rooms, Ben Pimlott Building. Map
TONEWHEELS is an experiment in converting graphical imagery to sound, inspired by some of the pioneering 20th Century electronic music instruments such as the Variophone [Evgeny Scholpo (USSR) 1930], the Welte Light-Tone Organ [Edwin Emil Welte (DE) 1936], the ANS Synthesizer [Evgeny Murzin (USSR) 1958], and the Oramics system [Daphne Oram (UK) 1959].
Event 3: Bio Feminism – Move Over Darwin with Rachel Armstrong
Date & time: 26th March 09, 1800-2000
Location: Seminar Rooms, Ben Pimlott Building. Map
Bio Feminist science promotes the treacherous biology of the cyborg challenging notions of aliveness, performing every transgressive act possible within autopoietic systems at a molecular level and redefining our view of evolution.
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